Technical expert appointed in Baghdad-KRG court case
Hamza al-Jawahery, a published critic of the KRG, will provide industry expertise to the Supreme Court as it evaluates constitutional issues around Kurdistan's oil sector.
Iraq's Federal Supreme Court at the Aug. 14, 2018, hearing of a lawsuit by the federal Oil Ministry against Kurdistan's oil sector. (Source: Federal Supreme Court media office)
Iraq's Federal Supreme Court has appointed an expert, Hamza al-Jawahery, to help evaluate the technical details of a seminal case regarding the balance of oil powers between the federal government and the Kurdistan region.
Jawahery, a former Oil Ministry official who has a well established history of criticizing the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and its oil policy, confirmed that he will be advising the court in a Tuesday evening phone call with Iraq Oil Report. A second senior Iraqi oil official and an industry official, both with knowledge of the court proceedings, also said Jawahery is the court-appointed expert.
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