Parliamentary power: Kurds did not provide a convincing justification for non-commitment to pay oil money

[magawatt]

My hope is that Malili is relegated to the spittoon of history. 

He will say anything to incite the rabble; utterly shameless.

[3n1]

5 hours ago, tigergorzow said:

Maliki will be consigned into dustbin of history.

 

 

5 hours ago, tigergorzow said:

He should have hidden himself after the crimes he committed against the Iraqi people, he added.

Maliki caused Iraq to be at the top of the list of the world's most corrupt countries. And he encouraged plunder and killed transparency

 

Thank you Kurdish spokesman .............

[Donziman]

Let's all write Trump and tell him to take out this baffoon. Maybe it

will work.Worth a try anyhow.

[yota691]

The rule of law: the time is appropriate to conduct a referendum in the Kurdistan Region

By Hearing , Zubair two hours ago

Head of State of Law bloc in the House of Representatives, Ali al-Adeeb

Roudao - Erbil was 

considered the head of state law in the House of Representatives, Ali al - Adeeb, that time is not right to hold a referendum in the Kurdistan Region. 

The writer spoke network Roudao media , saying that " the current circumstances taking place in Iraq , where the armed forces are engaged in a fierce war with the organization Daesh, as well as the absence of political consensus among the political parties does not allow the referendum to be implemented in the Kurdistan Region." 

Kurdistan Regional Government identified on the 25th of September as the date for the referendum on the independence of the Kurdistan Region. 

The writer added that the suspension of work in the Kurdistan Region Parliament effectively prevents the holding of the referendum.

[yota691]

researchers are British: a referendum date is very suitable and appropriate Kurdistan Region

 

 one hour ago

 

Twilight News / count, researchers and experts, British deadline for a referendum of independence is very convenient and suitable Kurdistan Region.

The researcher said the expert گarat Stansfield in a press statement, "to hold a referendum on 25/9/2017 is a positive step, and important for the region in a delicate phase," noting the importance of the referendum for the leadership of the Kurdish and how to deal with him, and deliver the demands of its people to the international community, and the introduction of wider referendum stage.

The affairs of the same professor, University of London, Bill Park says, "The important thing is to be a referendum," adding that "some believe that the time is appropriate to hold the referendum, but I imagine that the right time is very convenient for performing."

He added that the referendum would give the legitimacy of leadership in the Kurdistan Region to start meetings and enter into agreements with neighboring States on independence.

It is scheduled to hold the Kurdistan Region on 25 of the month of September next referendum, the right of self-determination, independence from Iraq or not, and this triggered mixed reactions internally and externally, but the Kurdish leadership has recently confirmed its determination to proceed to hold the referendum.

From: Kurdistan24

[yota691]

Petraeus: the independence of Kurdistan is not easy

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Petraeus: the independence of Kurdistan is not easy

 

27-06-2017 03:32 PM

 

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The former president told the CIA David Petraeus, said that the independence of the Kurdistan region is not easy now. 

Petraeus said the Kurdistan Regional Government has decided to hold a referendum of independence, but it is difficult to declare independence, adding, that through his presidency of the Central Intelligence Agency, conducted an assessment and reach a vision that that for the Kurdistan Regional Government declaration of a coherent state, it is necessary to export 800 thousand barrels of oil per day abroad, to be the price per barrel of $ 105 at least. 

He added that the Kurdistan Regional Government in the present days of crises produce 800 thousand barrels of oil per day and exports a portion of this production at a price 40 to $ 50 per barrel, so the Kurdistan need help from Baghdad, noting that in the event of Kurdistan 's independence, it has an agreement with Baghdad and Ankara, in order to take Iraq peacefully.

[Wiljor]

Iraq, June 27, 2017 

Retired United States general, former CIA Director and Commander of international forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, David Petraeus said Iraq’s Kurdistan Region needs to produce and export about 800,000 barrels of oil at US$105 per barrel before it declares statehood.

“I literally don’t think they [Kurds] can afford to be independent. We calculated at one point – the CIA – that they needed to export about 800,000 barrels of oil at US$105 per barrel. They are only producing 800,000 barrels on a really good day and exporting a subset of that now in the forties per barrel. So, they still need some of what they get from Baghdad.” said Petraeus in an interview with Australian Strategic Policy Institute on Friday.

Petraeus said “Keep in mind that Iraq for all of the centrifugal forces pulling it apart has a huge centripetal force and that is the central government’s distribution of the oil revenue. That is absolutely crucial and that is keeping that country together.”

 

“The Sunni Arabs, for all of the differences they have with Shia-led government in Baghdad have no alternative, but to getting that. So maybe you get a new deal with Baghdad, gets greater devolution of power to the provinces, the Sunni provinces, as they have and some of the others. But I think they stay part of Iraq and I think that the Kurds will stay part of Iraq for some time longer as well.” Petraeus added.

“I think, ultimately, they probably do have a right to an independent state and an independent people, but again they’re going to have to get a good deal. This has to be an amicable divorce with Iraq and a good deal with Turkey before they can risk that.”

The retired US General David Petraeus has served as the commander of international forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and the CIA chief.

The Kurdistan Region’s political parties, not including the Change Movement (Gorran) and the Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG), came to an agreement on June 7 to hold a referendum on the region’s independence on September 25, 2017.

The decision by Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s authorities has concerned Iraq, US, UK, EU, Russia, Germany, Turkey and Iran.

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http://iraqdailyjournal.com/story-z15511803

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Barzani's party reveals acceptance conditions for the return of al-Maliki's rule

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Barzani's party reveals acceptance conditions for the return of al-Maliki's rule

 

28-06-2017 01:08 PM

 

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The head of the Kurdistan Democratic Bloc Karam Arafat rejected his party 's political majority in Iraq because it 'would lead to the division of the country, revealing the acceptance of the return of Nuri al - Maliki to power conditions. 

He said Karam told the media that the local Kurdish Kurds do not have a problem with people and faces , but with the programs and agendas, noting that his party supports anyone who does not believe in the political majority because if its application will be directed to the division of Iraq, as he put it . 

He also revealed the generosity of the democratic conditions of Kurdistan to accept the return of theVice - President and former Prime Minister Nuri al - Maliki to power, saying support Maliki 's return to the prime minister on condition that declares that what happened to the Kurds in 2014 was wrong, referring to stop the region 's share of the general budget of the country . 

Maliki on Tuesday announced in a speech that the demand to conduct a self - determination referendum on a national or sectarian basis is an encroachment on the law , he said.

[tigergorzow]

Barzani: Time to End Forced Inclusion of Kurds in Iraq

 

Basnews English

28/06/2017 - 17:04

Kurdistan

 

 

 

ERBIL— Kurdistan Region president Masoud Barzani stated that Kurdistan Region exercises its right for independence through the referendum in September, asking the international community respect the "democratic decision of Kurdistan's people."

In an article which was published by the Washington Post on Wednesday, Barzani touches on the factors pushing Kurds to plan referendum and assures the neighbors that the survey will not alter their borders.

"On Sept. 25, the people of Iraqi Kurdistan will decide in a binding referendum if they want independence or to remain part of Iraq," President Barzani writes," The vote will resolve a conflict as old as the Iraqi state itself between the aspirations of the Kurdish people and a government in Baghdad that has long treated Kurds as less than full citizens of the country."

He stated the survey does not threaten anyone, rather it "may make a volatile region more stable."

"It will not alter the borders of any neighboring state and, if done right, will make for a much stronger relationship between Iraq’s Arabs and Kurds."

President Barzani also points out that Kurdistan authorities are ready to do everything possible "to accommodate Iraqi concerns in the likely event that the vote is for independence."

In his piece for the Washington Post, Barzani expands on the history of Kurds' struggle for independence in the 20^th century and the annexation of their lands to Turkey, Iran, Syria and Iraq against their will.  

The focus then is moved to the Kurds from the Kurdistan Region who for decades hoped for a real power-sharing with the successive Iraqi government but instead suffered atrocities at the hands of Iraqi administrations, including those installed after the fall of Baath regime in 2003.  

President Barzani alludes to the Iraqi constitution drafted after the fall of the Baath regime as the key guarantee to protect the autonomy for Kurds and the rights of all Iraqis.

However, he adds, the constitution has been violated by the Iraqi governments for 14 years.

"Fourteen years later, Baghdad has failed to implement key provisions of that constitution, and we have good reason to believe that it never will," Barzani states, "This failure of the political system is also responsible for the drastic deterioration of relations between Sunnis and Shiites that led to the rise of the Islamic State, with disastrous consequences for all Iraqis, including the Kurds."

In another part of his article, Barzani explains the claim that Iraqi unity is to better protect the Iraqi citizens "is not supported by experience."

He refers to the Iraqi government's denying military and financial support to the Kurdistan Region at the time of Islamic State (IS) offensive against Kurdistan in 2014.

The cooperation between Kurdistan Peshmerga forces and Iraqi army in the battle against IS "provides a model for how Kurds and Arabs might cooperate in the future," Barzani believes "the Peshmerga and the Iraqi army have been in an alliance of equals. Each army has its own chain of command."

He also promises that Kurdistan's cooperation with the other major actors in the battle against IS will continue.  

Regarding the steps following the imminent referendum, Barzani writes after negotiations with Baghdad and consultation with the neighbors and the international community the timing and modalities for Kurdistan independence will be determined.

"In our negotiations with Baghdad, we will be practical. The issue of what territory joins Kurdistan will be the most contentious issue in the separation," Barzani notes, while he deems the referendum will help fully implement the Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution which the federal government has failed to enforce before its deadline on Dec. 31, 2007.

"Nearly ten years later, we propose to give them that opportunity. We wish to incorporate into Kurdistan only those territories where the people overwhelmingly want to be part of Kurdistan as expressed in a free vote," Kurdistan president states, adding  Kurdistan does not wish for a long-lasting territorial dispute with Iraq that "could poison our future relations."

President Barzani also highlights the diversity of Kurdistan, saying "Kurdistan is home to Christians, Yazidis, Turkmen and Shabaks whose separate identities are recognized in our laws."

In his concluding words, Kurdistan president writes "after a century of trying, it is time to recognize that the forced inclusion of the Kurds in Iraq has not worked for us or for the Iraqis."

He also asks the US and the international community "respect the democratic decision of Kurdistan’s people," for the interest of both Iraqis and people of Kurdistan.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/360368

[DinarThug]

CNN. Broadcasting While The Kurds Astutely Play The Secession Card For Leverage After Surviving For Numerous Generations By Engaging In The Age Old Long Practice Of Shrewd Camel Trading With The Duplicitous Arabs !

 

Barzani: Kurdistan will be a good neighbor to Iraq and will share with him the water and oil

 

 

 2017/06/28 21:37 

 

 

Baghdad today

Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani said that the secession of the territory from Iraq will be a factor for the stability of the region, noting that the Kurds will continue their close cooperation with Baghdad.

He wrote Barzani in an article published by the Washington Post reported today that "the independence of Kurdistan may make the region more stable," and will establish as a strong relations with Baghdad and would be an excellent neighbor and will cooperate against terrorism and will share resources with them, including the water and oil the way that is beneficial to "the two countries."

"We will decide the people of Iraqi Kurdistan in the binding referendum, which will take place on 25 September this year, if they want independence or remain part of Iraq," stressing that this move will not pose any threat to any party, and "the border with any will not change from neighboring countries, "in reference to Turkey and Iran.

He noted the Kurdish official said the declaration of the timing and method of separation after the referendum will be "after negotiations and extensive consultations with Baghdad and with neighboring countries and the international community," following up "we will be pragmatic with Baghdad, and we suggest that it be granted an opportunity for residents of the disputed areas to determine their future in a democratic way."

Barzani ended his presidential term since August / August 2015 and continued that "regardless of the outcome of the referendum, we will continue our close cooperation with the

Iraqi and coalition forces until final victory is achieved on the organization Daesh."

 

http://baghdadtoday.news/news/5860/link

 

[tigergorzow]

23 minutes ago, DinarThug said:

He wrote Barzani in an article published by the Washington Post reported today that "the independence of Kurdistan may make the region more stable," and will establish as a strong relations with Baghdad and would be an excellent neighbor and will cooperate against terrorism and will share resources with them, including the water and oil the way that is beneficial to "the two countries

DT Thanks, DV,  Excellent article.......Barzani is really making the case for this referendum by throwing out "Carrots" to Baghdad.   

 

GO HCL

 

GO RV / RI

[drj]

Nice!

 

Thanks Thug!

[jeepguy]

one way too get bagdad  too the  table again ,  sooo   September  is a time frame for the h-c-l   or any other laws about profit sharing ,  wonder if bagdad will call the bluff ?  { I say bluff ,  because  Kurdistan tribes are scattered over quite a lot of area  turkey, iran  ,Iraq, afganistan ,  to say we will become a nation with in Iraq ...  can`t be done with out a big brew haa ... }   time to get off the slow poke train too no where , and pull into the  " dinar value station "

[yota691]

Barzani: the establishment of a Kurdish state would avoid the region bloody wars

Political

 Since 06/28/2017 19:18 am (Baghdad time)

 Baghdad balances News

President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, said that the time has come to announce the Kurds for their final decision on independence from Iraq or not, stressing that the establishment of an independent state of Kurdistan would spare the region bloody wars, calling at the same time the United States and the international community to respect the decision of Kurdish people.

In an article published by the newspaper "Washington Post" America, on Wednesday, Barzani said, "the people of Kurdistan will decide in this binding referendum to be held on September 25 of this year, if they want independence, or want to remain part of Iraq."

He added, "In the exercise of this project right, will not form a threat to any one, but this may be the right step for the stability of the region, before 100 years and during the peace negotiations that followed the First World War, the enemy of the Kurds to establish their own independent state, and instead, was division of Kurdistan between Turkey, Iran, Syria and Iraq. "

He pointed Barzani in his article that "we were waiting for the modern Iraqi state that there will be an equal partnership between Arabs and Kurds, but that all successive Iraqi governments suppressed the Kurds, and we saw when Saddam Hussein's use of poison gas in the cities and Kurdish villages were destroyed more than 5000 the village were displaced section of the Kurds to the southern regions, while the other section has been killed and buried alive in mass graves during that period. "

He said Barzani, "and after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime, the work of the Kurds and seriously to build a new Iraq, was approved Iraqi constitution to ensure the independence of Kurdistan and the protection of the rights of Iraqis, and after more than 14 years later, Baghdad failed to implement the provisions of this Constitution, and the Iraqi government refused to give the territory Kurdistan share of the federal budget, or to provide the Peshmerga forces with weapons when we attacked in 2014 Daesh weapons left behind by the Iraqi army in Mosul. "

President of the region and stressed that "the independence of Kurdistan may make the region more stable and will not change the borders of any neighboring country only Iraq, but that independence from Iraq will strengthen the foundations of stability and spare the region bloody wars may erupt due to disagreements raging throughout the years."

He added that "the state of Kurdistan will promote larger relations between the Kurds and the Arabs of Iraq, and will establish an independent Kurdistan strong relations with Baghdad and will be a great neighbor and cooperate against terrorism and will share resources with them, including the water and oil the way that is beneficial to the two countries, so we will conduct negotiations with Baghdad and neighboring countries and the family international. we understand the concerns that may be caused by an Kurdistan referendum when our neighbors. "

Barzani concluded by saying, "Having confirmed that the forced integration of the Kurds in Iraq that is no longer valid for Kurdistan or Iraq, we want from the United States and the international community should respect the resolution of the Kurdish" .anthy 29

[jeepguy]

Mmm, kind of the reason "California" hasn't broken away, or split into 3 or 4 regions with in the state ...  It isn't something you do with out more problem, or extended fighting...

[yota691]

Congress is threatening to cut off funding for the Peshmerga in the event of the secession of the province

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Congress is threatening to cut off funding for the Peshmerga in the event of the secession of the province

 

29-06-2017 11:51 PM

 

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Press sources said that the US Congress threatened to cut off funding granted to the Peshmerga forces in the event of the continuation of the separatist Kurdistan Regional Government for Baghdad orientations during the referendum scheduled to take place next September. 

And to monitor the Euphrates news reported by the newspaper 'Monitor' that the US Senate Armed Services Committee in the US House of Representatives this week issued an annual draft defense law, which stipulates that the continued financial support for the Kurdistan Regional Government conditional on the survival of the region within a unified Iraq. 

And considered the paper, the new US decision issued by the Congress as a 'sign that Donald Trump is moving towards the management of payment to enhance cooperation between the governments of Baghdad and Erbil in light of efforts to fight against the terrorist organization in Iraq Daesh efforts. " 

US newspaper added that the implementation of the decision of Congress could cost the government obstructed the Kurdistan region economically, hundreds of millions of dollars provided in support of US annual Peshmerga forces, was highlighted by the Congress last year to allocate $ 480 million on the salaries and expenses of the Peshmerga forces , the form will end by the end of the current fiscal year 30 September next. 

The newspaper 'Monitor' and pointed out that what she described as ' the language of the new Congress' comes under preparations Erbil to hold the planned referendum on independence during the month of September this year.

[yota691]

The US Congress is threatening to cut off the Kurds granted funding for the Peshmerga in the event of separation

Political

 Since 30.06.2017 at 11:21 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad balances News

Press sources said that the US Congress threatened to cut off funding granted to the Peshmerga forces in the event of the continuation of the separatist Kurdistan Regional Government for Baghdad orientations during the referendum scheduled to take place next September.

The newspaper "Monitor" American, that "the Armed Services Committee in the US House of Representatives this week issued a draft annual Defense Act, which provides that the continued financial support for the Kurdistan Regional Government conditional on the survival of the region within a unified Iraq."

And it considered the paper, the new US decision issued by the Congress as a "sign that Donald Trump is moving towards the management of payment to enhance cooperation between the governments of Baghdad and Erbil in light of efforts to fight against the terrorist organization in Iraq Daesh efforts."

US newspaper added that "the implementation of the decision of Congress could cost the government obstructed the Kurdistan region economically, hundreds of millions of dollars provided in support of US annual Peshmerga forces, was highlighted by the Congress last year to allocate $ 480 million on the salaries and expenses of the Peshmerga forces, the form will end by the end of the current fiscal year on 30 September next. "

The newspaper "Monitor" and pointed out that what she described as "the language of the new Congress" comes under preparations Erbil to hold the planned referendum on independence during the month of September this year.

The Kurdistan Regional Government previously announced a date for the referendum for the independence of the province, during a meeting held on (June 7, 2017) under the chairmanship of the President of the Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, the center of the MDC Province and the Islamic Group, the participants to hold a popular referendum on 25 September next and decided also agreed to hold parliamentary and presidential elections on November 6 Almqubl.anthy 29

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Then Russia will move in . . . 

[Officiallytook]

Saw a twitter poll...think it said over 70% believes they will gain independence

[235snack]

Maliki Paying Kurdish Channels to Run Anti-Referendum Campaign

Maliki is spending a great deal of money against Kurdistan

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01/07/2017 - 16:17

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ERBIL — A former Kurdish member of the Iraqi parliament said that Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi former PM who leads the State of Law faction has paid a number of Kurdish channels in order to stand against the forthcoming referendum on Kurdistan Region independence.

Sirwan Ahmed, a former Iraqi MP from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) told BasNews “Maliki has spent a great deal of money, and some media channels in Kurdistan have received part of it, in order to lead an anti-referendum campaign.” He noted that Maliki will keep paying the channels until his assumes his aim is achieved.

The Kurdish official believes Maliki may increase the amount of the money he is spending against Kurdistan Region and use more people and channels. He noted that Maliki is seeking to incite tensions among the people of Kurdistan Region to divide them.

He added that Maliki is openly plotting against Kurdistan Region and has personally threatened the region if it holds a vote on independence.

BasNews has obtained a document which shows that Maliki has given $87 million to Chavy Land Company which is part of Nalia companies owned by Shaswar Abdul Wahid, the owner and founder of Nalia Media Corporation.

[yota691]

US intelligence center: Kurdistan referendum will be prey to internal fighting between the Kurds

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US intelligence center: Kurdistan referendum will be prey to internal fighting between the Kurds

 

03-07-2017 10:10 PM

 

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Saw the American "Stratfor , " the Center for Security and Strategic Studies, on Monday, that the referendum on the independence of the planned Kurdistan region organized next September will be "prey" internal fighting between Kurdish factions competing, noting that the President of the region, the outgoing Massoud Barzani is trying to deflect the attention of his constituents about the problems of government pressing the Kurdistan region and it remains illegal in office. 

The center said in a study published on the development of the Middle District East on the third quarter of 2017 , said local political factions Kurdish managed to resume its discussion on the future of the semi - autonomous region, and near the end of the second quarter of the year, Kurdish politicians announced a referendum on independence on 25 September, has pushing the confluence of the Kurds and their alliance on these temporary powers concerned the matter to try to get the vote derailed, especially since it will include the oil - rich province of Kirkuk. 

The Center is likely to try to Baghdad, for example, distracting the attention of Kurdish leaders for the referendum by forcing the Kurdistan Regional Government to settle their disputes unresolved land and energy with the Iraqi central government, indicating that other countries with large numbers of Kurds, such as Turkey and Iran will seek to exploit the Kurdish factions that have influence over them, to involve themselves in the referendum plans. 

The study pointed out that the referendum will fall prey to internal fighting between Kurdish factions competing, which will result in either vote rejects Baghdad 's recognition of it, or one does not intend the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party to stick to it, noting that Barzani defended the referendum to distract voters from the problems of the Kurdistan Regional Government and pressing it remains illegal in office, securing greater independence for his people. 

It is noteworthy that Stratfor is the center of a strategic and security - American Studies, and is one of the most important institutions dealing with the intelligence sector, and calls the American press the CIA name in the shade or face the privatized CIA, and most of the center experts are officers and employees , former US intelligence

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As if there's not been enough killing already ! They're setting the stage to tear Kurdistan apart !

 

It's taken years just to get this far, now they want turn and head straight into a BRICK WALL. 

[yota691]

Sadr calls for Barzani to postpone the "referendum" in preparation for the abolition

News Journal July 4, 2017

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - The Journal News

He demanded the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, on Tuesday, the President of Kurdistan (outgoing), Massoud Barzani, to postpone the referendum secession ", while carrying indirectly, to a coalition of state law, a student in an earlier statement to remove the Kurds from Baghdad and the provinces, in if the declaration of the State of Kurdistan ..

Sadr said in a statement seen by «Journal News», "I demand Massoud Barzani to postpone the referendum, especially the separation and we are at the doors of liberation of Mosul, even as the first step to cancel it in the future."

On the threat of some of the parties to the Kurds in Baghdad, Sadr said, "Those who Anakon bad speech, betting that their love Smaein sectarian and ethnic voices seem to think that they would win this their job."

He added, "These divine laws work disobey and violate the work of the mind of reference and guidance of the national constants, and they like cattle, but they are astray from the Path."

He stressed the leader of the Sadrist movement, on Iraq and one for all, which does not differentiate between one of the Iraqis, "as long as lovers of their homeland and Ayamlon foreign agendas," according to the recipe.

The Kurdish political parties in a meeting with the President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, last June, decided to determine the day of 25 September next date for an independence referendum in the Kurdistan region.

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Kurdistan parties have divergence of views on independence referendum

July 04 2017 12:05 PM

Kurdistan will hold referendum on Sep. 25

 

There a clear divergence of views on stances of key Kurdistan Region's parties concerning the mechanisms of the independence referendum, Shawan Raber, a leader in Kurdistan Islamic Movement, revealed on Tuesday. 

In a press statement, Raber said that the main parties in the Kurdistan Region have concerns over holding the referendum on independence. 

This in turn led to a difference in the viewpoints of the region's people as per their partisan leaning and political affiliation, he noted.  

Raber stated that a number of parties, which have recently attended a meeting with Kurdistan Region's President Masoud Barzani, agreed to hold the referendum. 

But they required the activation of the parliament before holding it, he added.    

According to Raber, activating the region's parliament and reaching a national consensus are necessary for taking any crucial decisions.    

Citizens of the region suffer from bad living conditions, he said, stressing that they fear that regional countries put political and economic pressures on Kurdistan after declaring the referendum's results.

He also stated that major powers' rejection of the independence referendum had an impact on people's stance.
  
Kurdistan Regional Government has announced recently that it would vote on September 25 on whether to split from the rest of Iraq and form an independent nation.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/13914/Kurdistan-parties-have-divergence-of-views-on-independence-referendum

[yota691]

Barzani meets 7 Arab diplomats and affirms: everyone respect the Kurdistan referendum

Political

 Since 07/04/2017 18:32 am (Baghdad time)

Baghdad balances News

President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, again defended the referendum, which seeks the vote in preparation for the independence of the Kurdistan region as warned of the emergence of what he described as "new terrorism and otherwise" turn the page after the organization Daesh of Mosul.

Barzani stressed that "post Daesh in Mosul is very sensitive, and must prevent the return of those that paved the ground for the emergence of the organization Daesh."

Barzani interview came during a meeting with consuls seven Arab countries in the region namely Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, UAE, Palestine, Kuwait and Sudan.

Kurdish leaders are on the movements of internal and external level to reassure everyone about the referendum and its results, which are expected to be largely in favor of independence.

A statement issued by the presidency of the province and received / scales News / Barzani as saying that "the referendum legitimate and natural right of the people of Kurdistan, and all parties must respect that right."

Barzani said that the Kurds want independence through diplomatic and peaceful means to ensure their rights and cut the road in front of any problems that may occur in the future.

In recent Kurdistan region decided to hold a referendum on independence on 25 September next, a first step towards the formation of the state flew awaited.

With regard to Mosul, Barzani told the file of the seven consuls that "the battle to liberate the city is nearing the end," reiterating that "the end of Daesh in the city does not mean the end of terrorism."

Iraqi forces have been locked in the meantime, the final stages of the battle to regain control of Mosul, which began about nine months ago, a rare coordination with the Peshmerga and the support of the international coalition led by Washington.

He Barzani said, "Before you start restoring the currency of Mosul during a meeting with the US and Iraqi sides we called for the need to develop a political plan, and the management of the province after the expulsion of Daesh, but these proposals have not been taken into account."

The President stressed the need for the region, "Nineveh is managed in accordance with the desire of its components, to prevent the recurrence of such disasters that befell them," .anthy 29 / m h n