
ISHM: January 19 – 26, 2023
Key Takeaways: Federal Court Says Government Payments To KRG Unlawful; Sudani In Paris To Sign “Strategic Partnership” Agreement – On January 25, Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court (FSC) ruled that all money transfers authorized by the Council of Ministers to the KRG since 2021 were against the law. The ruling, related to a case filed by a Coordination Framework lawmaker, said the transfers violated the 2021 budget law, which required the KRG to hand over the revenue of its oil exports at a rate of 250,000 bpd. Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani condemned the ruling as “a flagrant violation of rights” and of the principles agreed upon when his KDP supported the formation of Sudani’s government. Officially, the KRG slammed the decision as a violation of the constitution by an illegitimate court and called on the federal government to ignore it. The ruling was met with different reactions from political leaders, with