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

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Kurdistan Independence Council to Be Announced Tomorrow

Leyla.H.Sherwani

30/09/2017 - 18:45

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ERBIL— The Senior Referendum Council of the Kurdistan Region will adopt a new designation, Senior Independence Council, on Sunday, according to a report by Kurdistan 24 news channel.

The report said the council will convene tomorrow to discuss the developments after declaring the results of the independence referendum as well as the strides in post-referendum phase.

The representatives from almost all the ethnic, religious and political components in the Kurdistan Region are members with the council.

The council was tasked with setting the stage for the plebiscite and held several meetings with the Iraqi parties and politicians, officials and religious leaders in August ahead of the plebiscite on September 25.

The referendum, which took place amid regional and international backlash over the timing of the vote but obtained over 92% of votes in favor of the independence, has resulted in numerous sanctions by Baghdad, including international air blockade on Kurdistan airports.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/382117

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Thanks Tiger, this will get interesting. The Kurds feel like they have been the whipping boy, if they lock them out and use force it will go a long way to proving  that they were right and need to be independent at any cost.  

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Mosul district chief denies Baghdad orders to close roads to Kurdistan

September 30 2017 10:13 PM

Mosul district chief denies Baghdad orders to close roads to Kurdistan

Baghdad's central government did not order Mosul's government to close the roads between Mosul, Erbil and Dahuk in Kurdistan, Mosul District Chief Zuhair al-Araji said on Saturday.

In a statement, Araji urged Mosul residents not to listen to any rumors, as any propagators will be sued for misleading the public.

This comes as Kurdistan carried out an independence referendum on Monday, which led to major tensions between Baghdad and Erbil.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/17630/Mosul-district-chief-denies-Baghdad-orders-to-close-roads-to-Kurdistan

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Barzani is ready to meet Abadi in Paris

The head of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani has expressed his readiness to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi in Paris.

The French agency quoted Bernard-Henri Levy, who participated in monitoring the referendum in the Kurdistan region, as saying that Barzani had expressed his readiness to meet the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macaron to meet with Abbadi in Paris.

Levy noted that Barzani was ready to meet Makron's invitation, if Abadi agreed.

Earlier in the day, Abadi's office denied that the latter's visit to the referendum on the independence of the Kurdistan Region.

Abbadi's office denied a statement published by Reuters to a source in the French president's office, saying Abbadi accepted  McCron's
invitation to visit Paris on October 5 to address the question of the referendum.

http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/Ar_N.....20a7d00d9a

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The Independent: The referendum was to serve the interests of Barzani not the Kurdish population

 

 

 

2017/9/30 10:51:16 AM 

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Allawi calls on the United Nations to intervene before getting things done

Abadi addresses the Kurds in their language: we will share a loaf with you

Mohammed al-Ghazi

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  Chairman of the National Coalition Iyad Allawi

 

 

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi addressed Iraqi Kurds in the Kurdish language in a letter in which he affirmed that they are citizens of the first degree and vowed not to allow them to be harmed and to share bread together. The Kurdistan Regional Parliament replied that the decisions of the government and the federal parliament will not apply in the region " "While Iraqi Vice President Iyad Allawi called on the United Nations to intervene and urged an unconditional dialogue

"You are first class citizens," Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Saturday. "We will not allow any harm to you and we will share the bread together."

"We defend the citizens of Kurdistan and we defend all Iraqis, and we will not allow any aggression against them," said a statement issued by the office of Abadi, which was published in Kurdish.

The Office of the Prime Minister that "control of oil revenues in the Kurdistan region by the federal government is to secure salaries of employees in all regions of the region and in full so as not to go money to the corrupt."

"The central government will preserve all the rights and benefits of citizens, including the citizens of Kurdistan," he said, adding that any decision issued would "take into account the rights of the Kurdish people."

"The control of the border (land and air) in the region by the center is not intended to starve the Kurdish people and prevent the import of food and impose a siege on the citizens of Kurdistan."

The Prime Minister's Office stressed that "the Iraqi government preserves the rights and gains of all our people, including the Kurdish people, and any action taken to take care not to harm them"

And began on Friday evening, September 29, 2017 effectively implement the decision of the Council of Ministers to stop the international flights to and from the region until the transfer of control over the airports of Sulaymaniyah and Arbil to the control and management of the federal authority.

Parliament of the region responds to Baghdad: Your decisions do not apply in Kurdistan

In contrast, the Parliament of the Kurdistan region, on Saturday, the decisions issued by the Iraqi Council of Representatives and the Iraqi government as a result of the referendum on the independence of Kurdistan, as a collective punishment against the Kurds, calling for the implementation of the results of the referendum.

The Kurdistan Parliament said in a statement on Saturday evening, September 30, 2017 that "the closure of border crossings is not the authority of the federal government," and called for the implementation of the results of the referendum held last Monday in the Kurdistan region and disputed areas.

The statement added that the parliament of Kurdistan welcomes any step leading to the strengthening of the dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil, praising the initiative of the religious authority Ali al-Sistani in this regard. "

He stressed that "these decisions do not apply to the region only with the approval of the Parliament of Kurdistan."

This came during the meeting, which was attended by 62 deputies out of 111, to respond to the decisions of the Iraqi government and parliament on the referendum on independence.

In its decisions, the provincial parliament pointed out that the closure of land and air borders is not part of the powers of the federal government.

The provincial parliament voted by majority on a set of resolutions, including supporting the provincial government in rejecting the decisions of Baghdad.

The Iraqi parliament last week authorized Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to take a series of measures against the Kurdistan region in response to the independence referendum held on Monday.

Among the sanctions package to be taken against the Kurdistan region is the redeployment of Iraqi forces in the disputed areas, the suspension of flights at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports and the delivery of border crossings to the central government such as the Ibrahim al-Khalil crossing between the Iraqi-Turkish border and the execution of Pashmakh and Parviz Khan on the Iraqi-Iranian border.

Allawi: Any spark will burn everyone

The head of the National Coalition, Iyad Allawi, said on Saturday that the repercussions are frightening if the crisis does not contain after the referendum on independence of Kurdistan, which was held on Monday.

"We are concerned about the start of any spark in Kirkuk after the repercussions of the referendum," Allawi told a news conference in Amman on Saturday evening, adding that he had sent a letter to the United Nations to continue talks between Baghdad and Erbil.

The head of the National Coalition "to continue his efforts for the continuation of the dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil," at the same time, calling on the United Nations to "intervene before things get out."

He added that "the problem in Iraq is not the problem of the referendum, but that the problem managed in the political process," explaining that "both Iran and Turkey can not solve the problems in Iraq."

Allawi urged the President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi to calm to defuse the "existing danger", and immediately begin dialogue to resolve the crisis.

Allawi said at the conference that on Friday he sent a message to Barzani and Abadi on the initiative he had put forward to resolve the current crisis.

Unconditional dialogue

He added that he asked Barzani and Abadi, the need for dialogue between Erbil and Baghdad without conditions, pointing out that what is happening a danger and may be reflected on everyone.

Allawi stressed the need to be cautious and not to escalate and to be aware of the calm and logical dialogue that affects the unity and integrity of Iraq and the achievement of a civil state.

He pointed out that it is not permissible to unify the dialogue by any party, noting that "this happened when the Kurdish delegation came to Baghdad, and was the bulk of the delegation of Baghdad from the National Alliance."

Allawi expressed hope that the press will contribute to the transfer of facts and work to calm the tension and not fuel it.

Allawi: Partition or dialogue

He pointed out that "the involvement of the United Nations in the dialogue between Erbil and Baghdad, is necessary to block the way for regional countries to intervene in Iraqi affairs, so as to ensure solutions to secure Iraq's unity and integrity and achieve the federal state."

Allawi added that "the referendum of the Kurdistan region has been after the failure of political parties and the international community to prevent it, a natural result of the political climate prevailing in Iraq."

"What is required is to go to a dialogue about solutions, either to go to divide the country, or to agree to preserve the unity of Iraq."

Allawi stressed that "the current constitution is divided into Iraq and not unified, and wrote on the accelerator and within three months, and participated in two parties mainly in the writing of the Constitution are Kurds and Shiites, and apart from others."

The Vice President of the Republic, Iyad Allawi, on Friday, a proposal of six points to Prime Minister Haider Abadi and Kurdistan Regional President Massoud Barzani, calling them to open the door to dialogue, "without preconditions," while stressing the need to stop escalation and media campaigns and avoid any armed clash in the regions Disputed.

Allawi's proposal included six principles: "opening dialogue without any preconditions to any party", "the ceiling of the dialogue is the constitution of the Republic of Iraq", "calling on the United Nations to support the dialogue and asking the Secretary-General to send a representative supported by a team of news," and " Media campaigns and decisions that cause more tension, "and" exert maximum efforts to avoid any armed clash in the disputed areas, primarily Kirkuk province and inject the blood of all Iraqis "and" finding solutions nationally and away from external interference of neighboring countries that will deepen the crisis and withdraw Iraq to more tensions and tensions. "

Mutlaq calls for constitutional revolution

For his part, the head of the Arab coalition Saleh al-Mutlaq called for a "constitutional revolution" and to make urgent changes and reconsider and evaluate the political process in a comprehensive manner, stressing the strengthening of civil and justice to maintain the security and safety of Iraq.

Al-Mutlaq said during a meeting with a number of politicians and advisers of the Alliance of National Forces, "as long as we warned on more than one occasion gaps and problems in the Iraqi constitution and called for the importance of making amendments to ensure the safety of the country and territorial integrity."

"We continue today to hold the House of Representatives and the judicial and executive authorities their historical responsibility in the face of what happens from time to time of attempts that fall within the frameworks of political obstinacy and arms races and the liquidation of personal accounts, among some politicians, exposing the unity of the country and the security of the community risk and distortion again.

Regarding the crisis in the Kurdistan region specifically, al-Mutlaq expressed his readiness to mediate between the center and the region "again his categorical rejection of the results of the referendum."

The referendum was "an inevitable result of the wrong policies and confusion that characterized the previous stages."

"It is time to conduct an open disclosure and to end the state of qualitative interpretations of the constitution. It is necessary to work hard, fast and inevitable to prune some of its paragraphs to ensure the unity of the people and the homeland," al-Mutlaq said.

Al-Mutlaq called on the political blocs to show flexibility and seriousness in solving outstanding problems, and that all legislative, executive and judicial authorities bear their historical responsibility to preserve the unity of the people.

Fallon calls Barzani for serious dialogue with Baghdad

The British Defense Minister, Michael Fallon, on Saturday, a letter to the President of the Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, and urged him to begin serious negotiations with Baghdad and regional countries, especially after the referendum is controversial.

The Kurdistan Regional Presidency, in a statement seen "Elaph" a copy of it, "the President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani received a letter from the British Defense Minister Michael Fallon on the referendum on the independence of the region held on September 25.

The statement added that "the British minister pointed to the importance of the Peshmerga forces in the joint efforts to rid the region of a terrorist organization calling."

"Now that the referendum has been held, I would like to urge you to start serious negotiations with Baghdad and your neighbors and seek a mutually acceptable solution in a calm manner," Fallon was quoted as saying.

He pointed out that "the British Defense Minister encouraged President Barzani to continue coordination between the Peshmerga forces and Iraqi forces in the war against a terrorist is urging."

Referendum Council to the Council of Independence

The source said on Saturday that the Supreme Council for the referendum in the Kurdistan region will meet on Sunday, headed by Massoud Barzani, head of the region.

The meeting will be the first meeting of the Council since the referendum on the independence of the Kurdistan region from Iraq.

"The Supreme Council for the referendum in Kurdistan will meet tomorrow under the supervision of Barzani to change his name," the source told Ilaf. "The source told Elaph that the council would be named the Independence Council.

The source pointed out that the name of the Council will be changed after the referendum already held last Monday, expected to take this Council in the future decisions on negotiations with Baghdad and relations with neighboring countries and ultimately to independence from Iraq.

 

 

 

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Prime Minister of the occupation: Israel has nothing to do with the referendum of Kurdistan

01/10/2017

 

 

 

- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied all accusations of Israel's involvement in a referendum in the West Bank town of Kurdistan, while he said Tel Aviv was upset by the Israeli flag being raised in northern Iraq.

"Israel has nothing to do with the referendum in Kurdistan, but this goes hand in hand with the profound and natural sympathy of the Jewish people with the Kurdish people and their aspirations," Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting, which was carried by Agence France-Presse and its Independent newspaper on Sunday.

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was accused Saturday night, the Israeli intelligence services that they played a role in the referendum of Kurdistan.

Netanyahu added that "our problem has nothing to do with the people in northern Iraq, but we were very upset by raising the Israeli flag there," addressing the Kurdish leaders, "Do you realize what you are doing? Israel alone supports you. "

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, an international report explaining the impact of the Kurdistan referendum on Iraq 's economy

 

 Twilight News    

 

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"The direct economic impact on the credit rating of Iraq will be limited in the near term, in the case of the survival of the current situation between the Government of Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government. 

Fitch pointed out that the referendum in the Kurdistan Region shows the continued political risks of Iraq, and highlights the deep political divisions in Iraq, although it is difficult to predict the implications in the short term. 

The agency expected to maintain the status quo between the governments of Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region to what it is to a large extent.

 

http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/Ar_NewsReader/66906ec6-fe29-4e9d-8d38-b1cb120d6254

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Regional Kurdistan filed an international complaint against Baghdad

Twilight News    

 

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A member of the Higher Committee for Referendum in the Kurdistan Region and former Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on the resort of the authorities of the Territory to lodge a complaint against Baghdad to the International Aviation Organization, considering that the air embargo impede access of aid to the displaced. 

The ban, imposed on Friday, prevented many workers from returning home. 

According to statistics, "companies in the Kurdistan Region has brought over the past 10 years more than 200 thousand foreign workers, mostly from Bangladesh." 

The authorities of Erbil airport had previously announced that the last flight left the airport was on Friday evening, with the application of the embargo imposed by the Government of Iraq.

Baghdad began on Friday evening to implement some measures on the territory of Kurdistan in response to the referendum, which was considered by the Iraqi government and parliament unconstitutional, including the handing over control of the border crossings of the central government in Baghdad, and the prohibition of flying over the territory and international flights from airports Erbil and Sulaymaniyah.

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URGENT The Supreme Committee for the referendum holds an important meeting in the presence of Barzani

Editorial date: 2017/10/1 15:41 • 17 times read

(Arbil: Euphrates News) began a few days ago an important meeting of the Supreme Committee for the referendum in the Kurdistan region in the presence of the President of the region Massoud Barzani and the Prime Minister in the region, Najran Barzani and the heads of the Kurdish parties .. Follow

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Iran freezes the movement of oil products with the region

Date of release: 2017/9/30 21:50 • 132 times read

{{Al-Furat News} Iran has decided to indefinitely freeze the movement of oil products to and from the Iraqi Kurdistan region in response to a referendum on its independence.
 

According to the news sites today, "the Iranian television site quoted a memorandum to the Ministry of Transport says that all shipping companies and their drivers received orders to freeze shipments of refined oil products between Iran and the neighboring Kurdistan region," until further notice. " 
Iranian President Hassan Rowhani had earlier stressed the position The Government of Iran is clear to prevent unilateral and unconstitutional measures that threaten the unity of Iraq, peaceful coexistence among the people of the country, rejection of the referendum and failure to deal with its results.

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In the presence of Barzani and the Prime Minister of Kurdistan .. Start a meeting of the Supreme Committee for the referendum

 

 From 2017-10-01 at 15:49 (Baghdad time)

In the presence of Barzani and the Prime Minister of Kurdistan .. The start of the meeting of the Supreme Committee for the referendum ... 

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Kurdistan

Kurdistan Referendum Council to convene following mounting pressure

By Rudaw 3 hours ago

Kurdish people release doves during in a peaceful demonstration at Erbil International Airprt after the Iraqi central government ordered the indefinite halt to all foreign flights to and from Iraqi Kurdistan on September 29, 2017. Photo: AFP / Safin Hamed

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The High Referendum Council that lobbied for the independence vote which took place on Monday is to meet in Erbil today with the particiption of Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani, likely to put the word 'independence' in the council's name.

 

It is the first such meeting after a 92-percent vote to leave Iraq. 

 

Sadq Jabari, a member of the Council, told Rudaw that the meeting will discuss and assess the world reaction and pressures mounted on Kurdistan, in addition to laying out a program for the next stage.

 

He added that the Council may change its name to the High Independence Council or the High National Council.

 

The meeting comes after the Kurdish parliament, that had called for the vote on September 15, committed the Kurdish government on Saturday to follow through with the mandate granted by the vote.

 

The Iraqi government introduced a number of punitive measures against the Kurdistan Region on Wednesday, including closing Kurdistan’s land and air entry points to the outside world, something rejected by the Kurdish government and the parliament. 

 

The neighbouring countries such as Turkey and Iran have also said that they are ready to help Baghdad carry out those measures. While the United States, an ally of the Kurdish Peshmerga in the war against ISIS, has said they do not recognize the referendum that lacks legitimacy but urged all sides to avoid confronation or further escalation of the situation.

 

President Barzani has said that Kurdistan Region is ready to enter talks with Baghdad, with the support of the international community, for two years during which the two sides can agree on borders and iron out other disagreements including on oil and natural resources, to be followed by an eventual conclusion– for the two nations to live as “two good neighbours.”

 

http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/011020171

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Kurdistan Democratic Party: Barzani will not run for the presidency of the next regional elections

 

 From 2017-10-01 at 15:58 (Baghdad time)

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A member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Arif Tayfur, on Sunday, that the head of the Kurdistan region outgoing Massoud Barzani, will not run for the presidency of the next regional, while he pointed out that the latter will be the head of the Executive Shura for the separation of Kurdistan.

"The head of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, will fulfill the promises he made before the referendum, which he will not run for the presidency of the next province," Tayfur said in a statement to Tasnim, the Iranian news agency.

"Barzani will occupy the post of Chairman of the Executive Shura for the separation of Kurdistan of Iraq," noting that "Barzani is currently the head of the Supreme Council of the referendum, which will meet this week and will change the positions of existing positions."

The head of the Kurdistan region, the outgoing, Massoud Barzani, earlier, that his goal is not the post of president of the province, but the independence of Kurdistan, while he indicated that he will leave the post of presidency of the region after independence. Ended 29/6 n

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Barzani heads the first meeting of the Supreme Council for Referendum after the announcement of the results 15:52 Last updated The time now is 03:56 PM 467 Watch       Tomorrow Press / Salah Papin:  began shortly before the Supreme Council for the referendum in the Kurdistan region , headed by Massoud Barzani meeting in the presidency of the region building to discuss a response to the central government 's decisions and also discussed changing the name of the Council.  Council member Romeo Hakkari told Al-Ghad Press that "the meeting of the Council started a few days ago headed by Massoud Barzani and in the presence of all members to discuss the response to the decisions of the central government, as well as the position of countries on the results of the referendum." "The meeting will take more than two hours," Hikari said.

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01-10-2017 03:41 PM

An important meeting of the Supreme Committee for the referendum started in the presence of Barzani, the Prime Minister and the heads of the parties

 

 

 

An important meeting of the Supreme Committee for the Referendum started in the presence of the President, the Prime Minister and the heads of the parties.

 

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Nujaifi: The constitution was written in a selective manner and the referendum resulted from wrong policies in 14 years

 

Sunday, October 1,

 

 

 

Alsumaria News / Baghdad , said Vice President Osama Najafi , Sunday, that the Constitution was written in a way "urgent and wrong", while noting that the referendum is due to wrong policies over 14 years.  "The referendum on the secession of the Kurdistan region is the result of wrong policies and constitutional violations over 14 years, " Nujaifi said in a television interview followed by Alsumaria News, calling for "resolving the issue internally and with international support only."   He added that "the subject of the referendum of the region is a satisfactory result in the Iraqi political arena needs to address the real and a new contract written between all parties and not marginalize a party in the political agreement until Iraq returns to normal (citizenship)."  He said that "some sectarian policies followed by the previous government led to the emergence of extremism in the Iraqi regions," pointing out that "the Constitution was written in a hurry and selectively, in which the interests of components and give a larger share of other components and not respected."  "We need to go beyond these policies and mistakes," Nujaifi said. Al-Nujaifi stressed "the unity of Iraq, and that the political start from Baghdad from the concept of partnership and symmetry and citizenship to bring the Kurds to the political process again," stressing that they "against any threat or abuse of the Kurdish people or displaced people who are there."  The Vice President Osama Najafi on August 29, 2017, rejected the inclusion of Kirkukand the disputed areas by referendum Kurdistan.

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Kurdish Change Policy : We will return to Baghdad for this reason

 

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The deputy head of the parliamentary Change Bloc Amin Bakr said on Sunday that his bloc will return to Baghdad in an effort to build bridges of dialogue and based on the responsibility of the movement in the need to activate the right of self-determination of the Kurdish people in accordance with legal and constitutional frameworks.

"There is a state of spasm and unprecedented escalation and the threat of using military force, accompanied by decisions that we believe were hasty by the Federal Council of Representatives towards the region in response to the referendum that took place on September 25," Baker said in a press statement.

He pointed out that "the policy of collective punishment and the use of force will be the loser in which the Iraqi and Kurdish people will achieve nothing but the increase of destruction and social disruption initiated by the organization is calling." 

He added that Bakr, "the movement of change and the door of national responsibility and its sense of the rights of the people of Kurdistan to self-determination in accordance with legal and constitutional frameworks, and belief in the need to activate this right through the gate of Baghdad to be a force factor for all and not weaken, we will come to Baghdad and we are convinced that the minds of people and To support the sedition will help us to extinguish the fire of conflict and the specter of internal fighting. "

He pointed out that "the calls for a clear reference to the necessity of giving preference to the language of dialogue and respect for rights will be the starting point in our efforts to bring all parties to the table of one dialogue on the basis of the law and the constitution and to thwart all internal and

external conspiracies that bet on a war of components. 

 

http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/Ar_NewsReader/e26fea77-6258-4e31-a53d-463d34e546ef

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Deputy confirms the return of the Kurdish blocs to the Federal Council of Representatives

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A member of the House of Representatives Adel Nuri, on Sunday, the return of the Kurdish blocs to the sessions of the Iraqi parliament, except for the Kurdistan Democratic Party bloc.

Al-Nuri said in a press statement that 'the Kurdish blocs decided to end their boycott and return to the meetings of the House of Representatives', explaining

that' the blocs that decided to return are; change, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan,

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Erbil to dissolve the referendum council and form a political council for dialogue with Baghdad

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The Kurdistan government announced the dissolution of the Supreme Referendum Council, and the formation of a political council for his country to conduct dialogue with the central government in Baghdad.

The Council member Khalil Ibrahim, in an interview that the functions of the Council ended, and was formed, "the Council of political leadership of the Kurds," after the completion of a meeting in which members discussed the Council to change its name to the Supreme Council for Independence, after completing its tasks related to the referendum.

The Council appreciated the position of the religious authority represented by the initiative of the reference Ali al-Sistani the importance of dialogue between

the parties, noting that the Council will begin talks with Baghdad.

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Kurdistan region dissolves the referendum council and forms a political leadership to deal with its results

 

 From 2017-10-01 at 19:09 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News

The Supreme Council for the referendum announced on Sunday the launch of talks with the central government in Baghdad and resolved himself to form a political leadership to deal with its results.

A member of the Supreme Council Khalil Ibrahim, in a press statement followed by / Mawazin News /, the functions of the Council "ended" where the formation of "the political leadership of the Kurdish / Iraq," a political leadership will be the highest in Kurdistan, Islamic Group and the Movement for Change.

He noted that this was "after the completion of a meeting in which the members of the Council changed its name to the Supreme Council for Independence, after completing its tasks related to the referendum of the Kurdistan region." 

The Council appreciated the position of the religious authority represented by the initiative of the supreme authority Ali al-Sistani, revealed by Friday sermon in Karbala, pointing out that "the new political leadership will start talks with Baghdad."

The Supreme Council for the referendum, which includes all the Kurdish parties except the Islamic Group and the Movement for Change, supervised last month to hold a referendum in Kurdistan.

The meeting was the first after the referendum on Monday, in which 92 percent of the vote cast for independence.

The meeting is chaired by Massoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region.

The Kurdish leadership confirmed that the new entity represented by the political leadership will become an advisory council does not issue mandatory decisions are originally from the functions of the Parliament of the region.

She added that the new leadership will be the task of dialogue with the Iraqi government and the international community in an effort to persuade them to referendum and its results.

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Political Leadership of Kurdistan - Iraq replaces High Referendum Council

By Rudaw 4 hours ago

The Political Leadership of Kurdistan - Iraq meeting in Erbil headed by President of the Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani on October 1, 2017. Photo: KRP

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The High Referendum Council that lobbied for the independence vote concluded its work following a meeting headed by President Masoud Barzani on Sunday and was replaced by the Political Leadership of Kurdistan - Iraq.

“In the meeting it was decided to set up the Political Leadership of Kurdistan - Iraq for  post-referendum work,” said Khalil Ibrahim, an attendant of the meeting.

The Kurdistan Region Presidency issued a seven-point statement following its meeting on Sunday, stressing that, under no threat or pressure, the people of the Kurdistan Region withdraw from the decision it made on September 25. 

The statement also stressed the dialogue path with Baghdad in the post-referendum phase.

 

The full text of the statement issued by the newly formed Political Leadership of Kurdistan - Iraq.  

 

First: In the meeting, gratitude was expressed to all the citizens of Kurdistan, national and religious components as well as the political parties for participating in the referendum process with unity, unanimity, in a peaceful and civil manner. The attendants of the meeting also congratulated the Kurdistani nation for this historic victory.

 

Second: The meeting also expressed gratitude to the High Referendum Council for its hard work, which concluded its work after the referendum was held.

 

Third: The meeting stressed the continuation of dialogue with Baghdad, the peaceful message and stance of the Kurdistani nation to Iraq and the neighbors. They also welcomed the call made by Ayatollah Saed Sistani for dialogue and will be responding to his call officially. 

 

Forth: The meeting stressed preserving the stability of the Kurdistan Region and rejected any kind of threats and collective punishment of the people of Kurdistan and reiterated its support for the Kurdistan parliament  and government responses to the quick measures Baghdad took against the people of Kurdistan.

 

Fifth: The meeting assures the international community that the referendum and peaceful voice of the Kurdistan Region have not posed nay threats to the peace and stability of the region at all and that the main purpose of the Kurdistan nation is peace and coexistence. The meeting asked the international community to honor the will and peaceful voice of the Kurdistan nation.
 

Sixth: The meeting, despite expressing gratitude and appreciation for the good role media outlets played in the referendum process, stressed that the role of local media outlets should be to serve the national and patriotic interests and that the meetings’ attendants all agreed that under law, limitation be imposed against attempts aimed at opposing the nation’s right and breaking out psychological war and violating the Kurdistan nation’s victory.

 

Seventh: The meeting considered the unanimity and single discourse of the political parties and forces as the key for protecting the victories of the Kurdistan nation and stressed Kurdistan nation’s decision was right and urged preserving the achievements. The meeting emphasized that the Kurdistan nation durably is determined on dialogue. Depending on peaceful mechanisms, no threat or pressure could force the Kurdistan nation to withdraw from the decision it made on September 25, 2017. 

 

The PLK-I also, in a separate announcement also welcomed an “initiative” from Iraq’s top Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani who called on Iraqi authorities to respect Kurdistan’s rights and urged officials in the Kurdistan Region to resolve the two sides outstanding problems.

“The call is an important step towards preserving our principles which are the source of protecting peace and social stability and eradicating violence and threats,” it added. 

 

Last updated at 7:15 p.m.

 

http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/011020174

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22 hours ago, DinarThug said:

The Independent: The referendum was to serve the interests of Barzani not the Kurdish population

 

 

 

2017/9/30 10:51:16 AM 

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Another Cat is out of the Bag ! ! ! !