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

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28 minutes ago, 6ly410 said:

A member of the parliamentary finance committee, Ahmed Haji Rachid, issued a clarification on salaries of Kurdistan region employees on Wednesday.

 

29 minutes ago, 6ly410 said:

article 130 of the Constitution on the salaries of employees, including employees of the region, has become law, and can not be canceled," pointing out that "the oil file will be resolved soon

Wednesday 20 March 2019

 

Baghdad / Omar Abdul Latif

 

The Parliamentary Finance Committee is moving in the current legislative session to develop mechanisms to change the monetary and monetary policies in the country, in coordination with the Central Bank of Iraq, aimed at raising the dinar exchange rate and maintaining the stability of inflation.

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Hey bro, was there a date given to that article regarding that piece of info about raising the dinar exchange? The reason why i ask because in the call I was with said may 1 was the target date for this change mechanism to take effect. Cheers bro n all dvers 

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I am not worried about a specific date bro I think with all the news right now this could pop at any second imo cheers 

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Agree bro, cheers

 

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Wednesday 20 March 2019

 

Baghdad / Omar Abdul Latif

 

The Parliamentary Finance Committee is moving in the current legislative session to develop mechanisms to change the monetary and monetary policies in the country, in coordination with the Central Bank of Iraq, aimed at raising the dinar exchange rate and maintaining the stability of inflation.

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Iraqi government reassures a class in the Kurdistan region and pay them 500 billion dinars

 

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A member of the Finance Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives Ahmed Haji Rashid on Thursday that the federal government promised to pay the dues of farmers in the Kurdistan region for wheat and barley crops.

Haji Rashid said in a statement today that members of the Finance Committee of the Kurds visited the Iraqi Minister of Trade to follow up the issue of financial dues for farmers for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 in addition to their dues for the current year on wheat and barley crops.

He added that "the Minister of Trade assured us that 499 billion dinars under the hand of the ministry, and is waiting for the approval of the Council of Ministers to be disbursed," adding that in any WTS issued in the final decision of the Council, the amount will be paid.

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Time ripe for KDP-PUK to unite for sake of KRG: Int'l Crisis Group

By Rudaw 13 hours ago

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KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani (right) and his deputy Qubad Talabani attend a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on December 2, 2017. File photo: AFP

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Following the demise of the Islamic State (ISIS), repercussions of the independence referendum, and Iraqi and Kurdish elections, now is the time for the two dominant parties in the Kurdistan Region to make hay, argues a European think-tank. 

After last year's Iraqi election, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) emerged as the largest single party in the country — less lists — while the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) reestablished its dominance in its Sulaimani stronghold as well as in Kirkuk and Kurdistani areas of Diyala and Saladin provinces. The KDP also performed well in disputed Nineveh province.

These accomplishments bode well for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and its role in Iraqi politics, despite overwhelming internal and external rhetoric that pro-referendum supporters would suffer political setbacks if their independence bid failed.

Now a Brussels-based think-tank, the International Crisis Group (ICG), argues that global actors should work to bring the PUK and KDP together. 

“Any international effort to advance negotiations between Erbil and Baghdad should begin by encouraging renewed KDP-PUK partnership and reinvigorating the push for political reform in the Kurdish region,” stated the International Crisis Group (ICG) in an analysis piece on Wednesday.

Despite improvements in Erbil-Baghdad relations under new Iraqi PM Adil Abdul-Mahdi, the ICG warns that the fragile state of intra-KDP and PUK politics could hamper further progress. 

"If KDP reformists are able to overcome party and family allegiances and make common cause with kindred spirits in the PUK, they could together push for institutional changes in the KRG and open the way for negotiations with Baghdad on a host of outstanding issues," the ICG analysis read.

The PUK and KDP hold a majority of seats in the Kurdistan Region parliament, but have been unable to settle on governmental posts. 

"Even if the reformists guided the region out of the post-referendum crisis, family-based politics re-emerged as the preeminent anchor of continuity," stated the ICG.

It labeled reformists as those who went along with the referendum because of "family and party," while hardliners supported Kurdish independence under the guidance of then Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani "wholeheartedly."

"But if anti-reform elements impose themselves in the KDP, the party might try to slake its apparent thirst for hegemony in the Kurdish region, as exemplified by the referendum drive. Such a move, in turn, would bolster the PUK’s hardliners,” the ICG argued.

Security, intelligence, and military apparatus — unified and free of party influence — have been a longstanding barrier between PUK-dominated Sulaimani and KDP-dominated Erbil.

“[T]he two parties’ stranglehold on the region’s institutions prevented other parties from emerging as effective alternatives to the KDP/PUK, encouraged high-level corruption and plunged the region’s political system into a crisis once the strategic partnership fell apart in 2017,” the ICG added.

The Kurdistan Region held a referendum in September 2017. Ninety-three percent votes of cast indicated ‘Yes’ for independence from Baghdad. Kurdistan then agreed to “freeze” the results of the referendum.

That followed a series of perceived punitive measures implemented by Baghdad, including international border and airport closures, the federal takeover of Kirkuk and all disputed areas, and the halting of oil exports by the KRG through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline.

Since the events of October 2017, nearly all of the measures effectively have been removed except federal control of the disputed areas. 

After going to Baghdad, KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani led a regional and global tour to reaffirm relations with Erbil and foreign capitals. The stops included Tehran, Ankara, Paris, the Vatican, Rome, and other states which had opposed the timing of referendum.

As the Kurdistan Region’s presidency law is expected to be amended, the KDP nominated Nechirvan Barzani to the post, and Masrour Barzani — Masoud’s son — to the post of prime minister. 

“The latter nomination signaled a comeback of the party’s hardline factions led by Masrour, who had been in charge of the region’s security apparatus,” the IGC said.

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Gorran Supports Amendment to Kurdistan Presidency Law

 

Basnews English 28/03/2019 - 16:55 Published in Kurdistan

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/510897

 

 

 

ERBIL — Change Movement (Gorran) announced on Thursday that it supports the amendment to the Kurdistan Region presidency law to elect the new president at the parliament.

Earlier the day, the bill, signed by 68 lawmakers, was submitted to the parliament. It intends to reactivate the presidency and then elect the new president of Kurdistan Region.

Head of Gorran faction at the parliament, Ali Hama Salih, told reporters that his party’s support for the amendment is on the bases of its political agreement with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) as well as Gorran’s goal for electing the president at the parliament so the term of the president could automatically end with the last session of the parliament.

However, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU), Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG), and New Generation did not sign the bill. Salih said Gorran hopes the bill will receive support from all parliamentary factions, especially the PUK.

“We believe that a multilateral consensus is needed for the laws with a national interest. However we could not further delay the Kurdistan Region presidency law because it could impact and also delay the formation of the [new] government,” he added.

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29-03-2019 10:22 PM

Peshmerga calls on the government to send salaries for the first three months of 2019

 

 

Baghdad / News: The 
Ministry of Peshmerga in the Kurdistan Regional Government, the Iraqi government to send salaries for the first three months of this year. 
"According to the Iraqi budget law, the Iraqi government should send 68 billion dinars per month as dues to the Peshmerga, but has not yet sent salaries for the month of January, February and March," said Jabbar Yawar, secretary general of the ministry. 
He added: "We have asked the Ministry of Defense of these salaries through an official book, and we have spoken with the Minister of Finance several times in this regard, but we did not receive any formal response." 
He said that "securing a month's salaries to the Ministry of Peshmerga requires about 140 billion dinars, but the budget of 2019 allocated 68 billion dinars to the Peshmerga."

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Ex-Chief of Staff Suggests Erbil-Baghdad Summit on PKK-Turkey Conflict

 

Basnews English 31/03/2019 - 17:35 Published in Kurdistan

 

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/511497

 

ERBIL — Iraqi army’s former chief of staff has suggested a high summit to be held between Erbil and Baghdad to discuss the ongoing conflict between Turkey and Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Iraq and Kurdistan territories.

For decades, the PKK has set up headquarters on Mount Qandil of Kurdistan Region. Turkey sees the Kurdish fighters a threat to its national security, and it often conducts ground or aerial operations to target the PKK positions.

However, Turkish airstrikes have several times costed the lives of civilians in the border areas, with Erbil and Baghdad calling for an end to the conflict in the region.

Babakir Zebari, a Kurdish general who previously served as the chief of staff for the Iraqi army, told BasNews that Turkey has something to justify its attacks on Kurdistan border areas, that is the presence of the PKK which carries out attacks against the Turkish army from Kurdistan and Iraqi territories.

He noted that Erbil and Baghdad, directly or indirectly, are dragged into the conflict between Turkey and PKK. “This is not an easy issue… The PKK does not know borders,” Zebari added.

He pointed out that the issue differs when it comes to the PKK-affiliated fighters in Sinjar region. According to Zebari, they are under the command of Shi’ite militias of Hashd al-Shaabi and they enjoy financial support from the Iraqi government.

“There, the question is how to deal with them?”

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Peshmerga salaries will come from Baghdad: Iraqi MP

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Peshmerga are stationed on the Makhmour Front on December 19, 2015. File photo: Rudaw

SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region – The Kurdistan Regional Government’s Peshmerga ministry is waiting for procedures between the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Finance to finish in order for Peshmerga salaries to be sent by Baghdad.

“Baghdad has promised to send the money,” Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Peshmerga Jabar Yawar told Rudaw.

In the past, the Kurdistan Region often complained to the consecutive governments in Baghdad that failure to send Peshmerga salaries was a violation of the Iraqi constitution.
 

But the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi reached an initial agreement for the problem. The deal finally led to the approval of the 2019 budget in which 68 billion dinars has been allocated for monthly Peshmerga salaries. 

The Finance Committee in the Iraqi parliament initially asked for 120 billion dinars ($100.6 million)  to be allocated for Peshmerga salaries monthly, but Baghdad didn’t approve it, explained member Ahmad Haji Rashid. Instead, Baghdad approved 100 billion dinars.

“Now they have allocated 68 billion dinars ($57 million) monthly in the [budget] law,” Rashid claimed.

Previous Iraqi governments under PMs Nouri al-Maliki and Haider al-Abadi refused to send Peshmerga salaries on the pretext the Peshmerga payroll was unclear and inflated.

“It is the first time Peshmerga salaries are fixed in the Iraqi budget law. And this is a guarantee that these salaries will be sent to the Kurdistan Region monthly,” Rashid said.

Salaries have not been sent yet because of outstanding issues between the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Peshmerga, according to Parliament Finance Committee member Ahmad Safaar.

“There is dialogue and exchange of opinions between both ministries aiming at reaching a better mutual understanding between them. Then the 68 billion dinars will be monthly sent along with employee salaries,” Safaar said.

After the Iraqi budget law for 2019 was approved by the parliament, the Iraqi Ministry of Finance asked the Ministry of Peshmerga to submit a letter detailing Peshmerga salaries.

“We have sent a letter to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense regarding this and we are prepared for any coordination and cooperation in an attempt to give them a clearer idea about Peshmerga forces or anything else they want explained so that they send Peshmerga salaries. But they haven’t asked us for anything yet,” Yawar said.

The Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga are constitutionally enshrined as an element of the Iraqi Security Forces. In reality, the Peshmerga have their own chain of command — separate from the Iraqi forces. 

Collaboration between Iraqi and Peshmerga forces reached its precipice during the Mosul offensive against the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2016 and 2017.

However, some Peshmerga clashed with Iraqi paramilitias during the federal takeover of Kirkuk and all disputed areas or Kurdistani areas claimed by Erbil and Baghdad

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Saleh comments on his disagreement with Massoud Barzani

Political | 08:44 - 02/04/2019

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazin News 
President of the Republic, Barham Salih, on Tuesday, in disagreement with the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Massoud Barzani. 
Saleh said, in an interview with the newspaper "Middle East" and followed by / Mawazin News / and in response to a question about the existence of the beginning of breaking the ice between him and the former president of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani: "There is a continuum between the brothers in the Kurdistan Democratic Party and Beni, God these vocabulary will not stop then the country is greater than that. " 
Asked about the role played by former foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari, Saleh said: "My colleague Hoshyar visited me in Baghdad a while ago."

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Merzur Barzani: Steps taken to improve relations between Erbil and Baghdad are positive

By Rudao 2 hours ago

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Roudao - Erbil 

On March 3, 2019, the Advisor of the Kurdistan Region Security Council, 
Mesrour Barzani, met with the French Ambassador to Iraq, Bruno Obert, and discussed the latest developments in the country and the region in general. 
"The meeting was attended by the French Consul General in Erbil, during which he discussed the latest developments in Iraq and the region and stressed the strengthening of friendly relations between the people of France and Kurdistan," said a statement issued by the office of Mesrour Barzani. 

He expressed his appreciation for the support and assistance provided to the Kurdistan Region from France, which supported the people of Kurdistan throughout the various stages. He also talked about the steps of forming the new government in the Kurdistan Region on the one hand and the developments of relations between the Kurdistan Region and Baghdad, describing these steps as positive.

"The situation in Syria has been discussed and the last stronghold is restored, the tensions and the political solution to the problems in this country are stressed and the need to put sacrifices and the rights of all components into consideration in the next steps," the statement said. 

The statement pointed out that "the French ambassador in Iraq and besides wishing success to Barzani pleasure in the presidency of the next government cab in the Kurdistan Region, stressed the expansion of relations between the two sides, and that his country will continue to support the Kurdistan Region and Peshmerga.

Translated and edited by: Shunem Abdullah Khoshnaw

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Root Cause of IS Emergence Persists: Barzani

 

 Basnews English 03/04/2019 - 12:13 Published in Kurdistan

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/512104

 

ERBIL — Kurdish prominent leader Masoud Barzani has warned of the Islamic State (IS) comeback, to saying that the extremist group is defeated on the ground but the root causes which led to its emergence in Iraq years ago are yet to be addressed.

Barzani made the remark during a speech he gave at the opening ceremony of the 14th International Book Fair in Erbil, attended by several senior Kurdish and Iraqi officials.

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Barzani, who previously served as the president of Kurdistan Region and now leads the largest Kurdish political party, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), reminded that there were multiple unique opportunities after 2003 to build a democratic and federal Iraq for the diverse population of Iraq, but the chances were missed one by one.

“If only the [Iraqi] Constitution was fully implemented, none of the issues would have occurred,” the Kurdish leader said.

He also mentioned the recent tragic ferry accident in Mosul which killed more than 100 people, saying that the tragedy is the outcome of neglecting the prolonged issues related to administration and governance.

“While discussing the liberation of Mosul [from the Islamic State], Coalition forces and military officials from Erbil and Baghdad agreed that the liberation is in two phases: ousting the Islamic State and post-liberation phase which was about governance,” Barzani said, noting that, however, the authorities neglected the second phase which was vital to root out IS.

“They were keen on conducting the liberation phase and discuss the post-liberation phase later. I told them frankly that they will be responsible for the consequence,” Barzani said. “We have been emphasizing from the beginning that [Iraqi officials] deal with the outcome of the issues not the causes. Even now, if the root cause of IS emergence is not addressed, more tragedies like the Mosul ferry are to come.”

However, Barzani said, the new government of Iraq under Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi’s leadership has opened a new chapter to allow all the sides work and resolve the prolonged issues.

“We see Mr. Adil Abdul-Mahdi at the premiership as an opportunity; and maybe this is the last opportunity, therefore, we shall not miss this chance.”

Barzani reiterated that the Kurdistan Region will support Abdul-Mahdi’s cabinet to work in the direction of finding a solution to not only the Erbil-Baghdad disputes, but also the issues related to the Constitution.

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High-level delegation from Kurdistan to visit Baghdad soon: KDP MP

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Kurdistan Democratic Party MP Aram Balatayi said that a high-level delegation from Kurdistan will visit Baghdad after the formation of the new government, adding that he thinks it is time to solve outstanding issues.

Balatayi said that he thinks the current circumstances between the federal government and Kurdistan are positive, and can enable resolving the outstanding issues between the two regions.

"Although there are some anomalous views that want to harm relations between the two sides, we are optimistic that once the government ofMasrour Barzani is formed, a high-level delegation will visit Baghdad and there will be a solution to the problems."

 

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/38042/High-level-delegation-from-Kurdistan-to-visit-Baghdad-soon-KDP-MP

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04-04-2019 04:48 PM

Halabousi calls for the investment of positive atmosphere between Baghdad and the region to resolve the outstanding problems

 

 

Baghdad:

Called the President of the House of Representatives Mohammed Halbusi, on Thursday, to invest the positive atmosphere between the Center and the Kurdistan region to resolve the outstanding problems between the two.

A statement by the Halaboussi media office and received by the "news" that the latter "received the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohammed Halbusi, today the Amir of the Islamic Group in Kurdistan Sheikh Ali Babir and his delegation."

The statement added that "the meeting discussed the relationship between the center and the region, and ways to enhance the prospects for cooperation to promote the reality of the country. The meeting also reviewed the talks of the Kurdish parties on the formation of the Kurdistan Regional Government."

He stressed Halabousi, according to the statement on the need to "invest the positive atmosphere and a spirit of trust between Baghdad and Erbil; to resolve outstanding problems in accordance with the Constitution."

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Kurdistan Region calls on public servants to work required hours

By Rudaw 51 minutes ago

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An Erbil Traffic Police officer poses for a photo by the Nishtiman Bazaar on June 13, 2018. File photo: Rudaw English

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Civil servants should meet their required work expectations, implored Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani. The call follows the end of the salary savings system last month with full salaries being paid after years of withholdings. 

“According to our information and monitoring, in most of the ministries, bureaus and agencies of the government, the employees are not adequately committed to working hours,” the PM wrote in a letter dated March 31 and seen by Rudaw on Friday.

Due to measures not being taken the habit of not fulfilling working hours has become “a phenomenon.”

“This has led to a vacuum and hampers appropriately managing the affairs of the citizens. At the same time, due to unfairness in salaries and bonuses, those employees who did work regularly in a diligent and committed manner got cold feet while executing their duties,” the PM added.

The PM admits that while the phenomenon of not doing enough hours of work existed even before the financial crisis and ensuing salary cuts, it increased with the salary cuts.

In 2014, three crises beset the Kurdistan Region: Baghdad cutting Erbil’s share of the federal budget to the latter indecently exporting oil, the conflict with the Islamic State (ISIS), and the influx of some 1.8 million IDPs and Syrian refugees. 

The KRG took a drastic and unpopular decision called the salary savings system which withheld portions of civil servants’ monthly salaries which the KRG said would later be repaid. 

Salaries at times had to be cut by more than 50 percent so the KRG was able to pay — usually not on time — and sometimes on a bimonthly.

However, following negotiations and an agreement with Iraq under what KRG leaders have described as a Kurd-friendly government of Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, Iraq began sending the salaries of the public servants. It has been over a month since salaries have been paid in full, without cuts. 

“Considering the improving financial conditions of the Region, and the salary cutting not remaining, and for the public interests and managing the affairs of citizens, all ministries, bureaus, and agencies of the government have to undertake necessary measures to make employees committed to official working hours according to determined times,” added the letter.

The PM puts forth a number of points: Giving off-days will become stricter, and legal and administrative measures will be undertaken against employees unwilling to commit to working hours.

If there is no justifiable reason, any employee who doesn’t come to work for more than 30 days will be fired.

The ministries, bureaus and agencies of the government have to send the PM’s office the number and names of all “extra” employees on their payroll, and the list has to differentiate between those who work and those who just get paid and don’t do any work.

During the financial crisis, government officials were themselves not keen on enforcing the rules of working hours, taking into consideration that the employees were already disgruntled due to the little salary they were inconsistently receiving. 
 

With the improving financial conditions, a separate decision bars government employees, including in the security sector, from working as taxi drivers. 

It is not uncommon in the Kurdistan Region for people to have various services of income, whether in the public or private sector. The KRG has made concerted efforts to trim its bloated public sector through biometric systems and reforms. 

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Two parliamentary questions to the Minister of Finance on the disbursement of 724 billion for Kurdistan

Political | 11:23 - 06/04/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News 
MP announced the alliance Fath Faleh al-Khazali, Saturday, for directing two parliamentary questions to the Minister of Finance Fouad Hussein on the disbursement of $ 724 billion to the Kurdistan region. 
"We have asked a parliamentary question to the Minister of Finance on the reason for the disbursement of $ 724 billion for the Kurdistan region," Khazali said in a statement received by Mawazine News. 
He added that "the province did not abide by the federal budget law and did not deliver the federal government, not oil and revenue ports," and called on the Prime Minister to "assume its responsibilities for the application of federal laws fairly."

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Mullah Bakhtiar: No one can change Article 140

Political | 04:53 - 06/04/2019

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News 
The leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Mullah Bakhtiar, Saturday, that Article 140 of the Constitution can not be manipulated or changed by any politician or prime minister. 
Bakhtiar told reporters during his visit to the Arbil International Fair, "Article 140 constitutional text can not any prime minister of ministers to change that text." 
He added that "the Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, better than other prime ministers, and with regard to its ability to achieve the demands of the Kurds and the Kurdistan region, this is related to regional and internal factors and his ability to confront the mentality of chauvinism in Baghdad," noting that " Working on the implementation of Article 140 of the Constitution. "

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2019/04/06 21:05

 

Kurdish parties alternately praise Abdul Mahdi and attack other forces in Baghdad: a chauvinistic mentality

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The leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Mullah Bakhtiar, said Saturday (April 6, 2019) that any prime minister can not manipulate Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution. Or change them, while praising the Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, described him as better than the former in dealing with the Kurds and the Kurdistan region.

He added that "Abdul-Mahdi is better than the other prime ministers, and as to his ability to achieve the demands of the Kurds and the Kurdistan region, this is related to regional and internal factors and his ability to confront the mentality of chauvinism in Baghdad," saying that "Abdul Mahdi can work on the implementation Article 140 of the Constitution. "

Why this satisfaction?

The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Massoud Barzani, Wednesday, April 3, 2019, that the presence of Abdul-Mahdi at the head of the government in Baghdad, is "the final opportunity should not be underestimated."

What does Barzani mean in the "final opportunity"?

Barzani is seeking to launch hints and signals at every occasion that Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, is the "best option" for him to achieve political, geographical and economic gains, especially oil, forgetting that Abdul-Mahdi political, economic experience, do not miss "paints" Barzani.

Barzani's statement coincides with statements by his party's leaders accusing former prime minister Haider al-Abadi of marginalizing Kurdish rights. This explains the precise intent behind Barzani's statement that Abdul-Mahdi is "the greatest opportunity." He wants to say that Abdul-Mahdi's policies toward the Kurds are better than Abadi, who returned the power of law to Kirkuk, and justice in the budget, and refused to grant the territory over the entitlement, and imposed the marketing of oil through the official contexts, where Barzani thinks of Abdul Mahdi will overlook these achievements, while the fact that Abdul Mahdi will certainly undo the rights of Iraqis For the "words" Barzani.

While such rhetoric, which Barzani has always focused on to unify the ranks in Baghdad, is so cautious that the decision in Baghdad must be strong and firm against anyone trying to gain At the expense of what was approved by the Constitution.

Barzani knows well that the administration of government today is not the same as in the era of Abadi, not even in the era of former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, but became influential political forces and sacrificed the largest bloc sacrificed to political tracks, and dominated by the different powers on the decision, A pure king of the party it represents, Barzani returned to the Territory with a landslide victory in the budget adjustment and get a gift of quarter million barrels per day.

Barzani relies heavily on Abdul-Mahdi's policy of compromise, and the policies of appeasement of all parties, a policy of good faith from Abdul Mahdi, but that is not enough to Barzani hunting opportunities even good intentions, to impose the policies of the status quo.

The attempt to put Abdul-Mahdi in the Barzani projects, with a suspicious intention, and associate him with the "final opportunity" for the Kurds, requires a response from the political forces, because the Prime Minister is higher and more discerning than being dragged behind these resonant sentences, waiting for the Prime Minister to be decisive in achieving The rights of all the Iraqi people, justly.

Barzani thinks that raising the flag of the region again in Kirkuk, and the vague agreement behind the scenes in raising the budget of the region to 17 percent in twisted ways, in exchange for "silence" and "non-response," for fear of political debate and media, allowed him to believe that the leadership in Baghdad conciliatory and inconclusive .

However, the prime minister, who is patient and skeptical, will respond to Barzani, especially in the oil marketing file, with the courage and courage of the responsible leader.

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2019/04/06 10:05

 

After securing its share of the budget without delivery and the return of oil .. Regional forces "promise" the Kurds coup against "law enforcement"

 

The political, political and political forces of Kurdistan are preparing for the return of the Peshmerga forces to the province and working in the Chamber of Operations before 2014, considering it a defeat for the decision of imposing the law taken by former Prime Minister Haider Abadi in 2017, The province, after the Kurdish parties were unique in the city.

While the Deputy Commissioner of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the province of Kirkuk Hdayat Taher, Thursday, April 4, 2019, preparations for the return of the Peshmerga forces to the province and work in the operations room before 2014, it coincides with a new gain for the Kurds, especially Barzani Party, Without giving one barrel of oil to the Federal Ministry of Oil contrary to the provisions of the General Budget Law of 2019, which prevents the delivery of the territorial government one dollar unless the territorial government recognizes the amount of oil provided for in the General Budget Law of 250 thousand barrels per day a.

Taher admitted in a press statement that "there is an urgent need for the re-deployment of the Peshmerga forces in Kirkuk," while sources told the "obelisk" that this need is reflected in the region's quest to control the oil wells, and the establishment of the Kurdish Kirkuk stages, Of the province, which was prepared by the Kurdish community, a historic setback must be overcome.

 

This is consistent with the position of the "obelisk" published March 4, 2019, entitled (the expected explosion in Kirkuk) .. It was agreed by the Kurdish parties despite the differences, the importance of "restoration" of Kirkuk, as reflected in the Kurdish political literature, Occupied "by a foreign power, weighed on the apparent complacency of the federal government over this file, which he successfully managed, is attested to, the former government of Haider Abadi, and ended up enforcing the law in the city.

It became clear that a political deal, arranged by the Kurdish parties, with the hidden support of regional powers, to exploit the chaos of the completion of the cabinet, and weak decision in Baghdad.

The deal would not have been possible without significant signs of a proliferation of security forces outside the authority of the federal government in Kirkuk and other areas. The talk is about the federal government being excluded from the administrative boundaries of the province, the most dangerous step for the Kurdish parties to have the material strength to implement " And undermined security and political achievements in the process of law enforcement, during which fled the former governor Najmuddin Karim out of the country.

There are those who do not recognize the principle of fair joint administration of Kirkuk, which is easily distinguishable in the Kurdish discourse, which has not ceased to describe Kirkuk as Kurdish. Negotiations with the government and Taboois are the same as the leaders of the forces. It is an open method of adopting political tricks to end Kirkuk after the failure of the military force. Which have been defeated in the process of law enforcement.

The Kurds and regional powers see Kirkuk as a cake that can easily be shared, but the truth is that as oil it will burn Iraq and the region if Baghdad responds to the agenda of security and military control of Kirkuk. This is evident in the end of the military presence because of Kurdish blackmail and regional pressure.

All this is under the banner of normalization of conditions in Kirkuk, but the price will be high, this time.

And on the news of a deal between the government and the President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Massoud Barzani, the deputy of the Iraqi Turkmen Front, Khadija Ali, told the "obituary" that "these deals exist, and no one is hiding, but we hope the central government and Abdul Mahdi personally to look with justice to all Components, Arab and Turkmen, but we can not say that we are aware of the outputs and details of these deals, and this will not be silent about him at all. "

Edited April 6, 2019 by 6ly410

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Mullah Bakhtiar: No one can change Article 140 and Abdul Mahdi better than others
 

http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/Ar_NewsReader/29a8e968-bcb3-4fd0-84fc-77fb3c01f99a
 

6th April, 2019

The leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Mullah Bakhtiar on Saturday that any Prime Minister can not manipulate Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution permanent or change, while praised the head of the federal government, Adel Abdul Mahdi, described him as better than the former in dealing with the Kurds and the province Kurdistan

Mullah Bakhtiar said in a statement to reporters on the sidelines of his visit to the Arbil International Fair, that "Article 140 constitutional text can not any prime minister of ministers to change that text

He added that "Abdul-Mahdi is better than other prime ministers, and with regard to his ability to achieve the demands of the Kurds and the Kurdistan region, this concerns the factors regional and internal situation as well as his ability to confront the mentality of chauvinism in some Baghdad," echoing that "Abdul Mahdi can work on the implementation of Article 140 of the Constitution

The Iraqi Constitution Article 140 as a solution to the problem of Kirkuk and the disputed areas between the Kurdistan Region and the neighboring provinces (Nineveh, Diyala and Salahuddin

The Committee for the Implementation of Article 140 of the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq defines the disputed areas of Iraq as being subjected to demographic change and Arabization by the regime of Saddam Hussein during his reign from 1968 until his overthrow during the US invasion in April 2003

The article includes a mechanism consisting of three stages: first, normalization, and the treatment of changes in the composition of the population in Kirkuk and disputed areas under the regime of Saddam and after, and the second census in those areas, the latest referendum to determine what the people want 

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They’re talking about it! A lot 

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Yup lots of good news today...