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Barzani, President of Kurdistan Region,
urges large turnout
14.10.2005
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Erbil, 14 Oct. (AKI) - The president of Iraqi
Kurdistan Massoud Barzani has appealed to Kurds to
turn out in force and vote for the new draft
constitution in Saturday's nationwide referendum. "I
ask the people of Kurdistan to turn out in great
numbers at the polling stations as the constitution
which has been written is a great conquest for our
people, and such an opportunity will not come
again," read his message.
"We must keep in mind that the elections [scheduled
for December] will be held regardless of whether the
constitution is approved or not, in that moment we
will no longer have the power balance we have now,"
he warned. |
President of Kurdistan
Region
Government Massoud Barzani |
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Given this, Barzani argues "the Kurdish people run
grave risks, and so must not let this weekend's
opportunity pass by." He went on to appeal to "our
Arab Sunni brothers" asking them to "vote in the
referendum to free Iraq of terrorists and improve
the every day life of people in all fields."
After his return to Kurdistan from Baghdad, where he
had taken part in negotiations with Arab Sunni
representatives on some key amendments to the draft,
Barzani had declared that "the meetings in Baghdad
have brought positive results and some text added to
the constitution has nothing to do with us and does
not entail a reduction of our rights but at the same
time has given our Sunni brothers the considence to
take part and vote 'Yes'."
Barzani concluded that "every political development
in Iraq, if it is the fruit of common accord between
the Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, cannot but serve the
interests of everyone."
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