American Oil companies offered five million dollars to each Iraqi MP to pass the Oil law

Reported today on Akhbar Alkhaleej news­pa­per [link updated]

An Iraqi MP pre­ferred to remain anony­mous told the news­pa­per that highly con­fi­den­tial nego­ti­a­tions took place by rep­re­sen­ta­tives from Amer­i­can oil com­pa­nies, offer­ing $5 mil­lion to each MP who votes in favor of the Oil and Gas law.

The amount that could be paid to pass the votes do not exceed $150 mil­lion dol­lars in the case of $5 mil­lion to each MP, point­ing out that the Oil law requires 138 votes to pass, which the Amer­i­cans want to guar­an­tee in many ways, includ­ing vote-buying, intim­i­da­tion and threats!

Focus­ing on the heads of par­lia­men­tary blocs and influ­en­tial fig­ures in the par­lia­ment to ensure the votes, the Amer­i­cans guar­an­teed the Kur­dish votes in advance but they are seek­ing enough votes to pass and approve the law as soon as possible.