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In the presence of President Barzani and Mr Talabani
and the representatives for various political
factions enlisted on Kurdistan Alliance, the Kurdish
Parliament gathered for its session in Irbil
Saturday. President Barzani delivered an important
speech on the upcoming elections to the Parliament
touching upon the successes achieved by the Kurdish
nation after the visit of the U.S. deputy secretary,
Richard Armitage, to Kurdistan.
The general attitude (outside Kurdistan) seemed to
be in favour of a Kurdish entrance into the polls in
Kirkuk without shifting anything. But state of
matters changed and the Kurdish Parliament gave its
approval to a Kurdish turnout for polls as Armitage
came to Kurdistan and conferred with President
Barzani, facing the resolution of Kurditsan’s nation
in implementing certain conditions, giving necessary
assurances to the Kurds in eradicating the
Arabization process.
The decision made by the Parliament should be seen
in line with many other assurances including the
letters from Iraqi Cabinet and Iraqi National
Assembly directed to the Kurdish leadership, in
which they ask for a Kurdish participation in
January elections in Kirkuk assuring the Kurdish
leaders that what ever Kirkuk’s poll outcomes turned
to be, it would not affect Kirkuk’s future. They
also stress the implementation of the Iraqi interim
constitution, article 58 in particular, and the
rights of more than 170000 Kurdish refugees from
Kirkuk to vote, previously being prevented from
voting.
The unified stance of the Kurdistani people
regarding their resolution in gaining necessary
assurances for entering elections turned to be
beneficial. Particularly the reiterations shown in
the two letters from Iraqi officials calling for a
total end to the Arabization process, and the
Kirkuki refugees right to vote, also stating that a
general referendum must take place after the
elections for the integration of Kirkuk into the
Kurdish region
These assurances are all in line with the objectives
of the Kurdish leadership in wiping out Arabization.
The Kurdish aspiration was a just one, which now
also gains achievement benefiting the Kurds.
May the unified standpoint of Kurdistan’s nation
live evermore!
(This article was written for the Editorial column
of the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s mouthpiece Xebat
20050116. The translation is Peyamner’s and is not
an official one.)
, 03:42 2005 Jan 16 )
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