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Dukan, Kurdistan-Iraq
March 30 (Kurdistan TV) - Nechirvan Barzani, Prime
Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government,
accompanied by a delegation of Kurdistan Democratic
Party polit bureau members, today in Dukan met the
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Deputy General
Secretary and members of its polit bureau.
After the meeting at a press conference with Kusret
Resul Ali, head of the PUK polit bureau's
administration office, Mr Barzani said the talks
were very successful. He said, “We talked about how
to reform the Kurdistan Regional Government.
We also discussed how to go about providing services
in areas that have until now not benefited from the
services of the KRG." He added that the new
government must assess the Region's priorities and
serve the people of Kurdistan with a renewed spirit.
The Prime Minister said both sides had stressed the
need to clearly separate the work of the political
parties from the work of the government. The
political parties would nevertheless support the
government in performing its tasks, he added.
Referring to complaints about public services, Mr
Barzani said, “As I have said before, the rebuilding
of our Region only started recently, and it is not
possible to reconstruct a devastated region in just
two years. But I can assure you that we have made
serious plans for fulfilling this important task.
This government is different from previous ones
because it covers the entire Kurdistan Region, from
Zakho to Kifri. It will reassess its priorities and
will do what is necessary to provide services
directly to the people.”
The Prime Minister reiterated that none of
Kurdistan's political parties would lose out in the
unification because there is a willingness from all
sides to see the unified government succeed. He
said, "After the unification, our first step will be
to talk with Baghdad to establish a proper mechanism
to coordinate our activities with the federal
government."
Mr Kusret Resul Ali said the new government would
include those parties that have struggled side by
side with the PUK and KDP as well as representatives
of minorities in Kurdistan such as Turkmen,
Chaldeans and Assyrians.
Mr Ali added, "Members of the new government will be
chosen based not only on their political party
affiliation but also on their abilities as
technocrats. It is not good enough to be just one or
the other because we have party members that can
offer both. Also, independent people will be given
posts and the posts don't necessarily have to be
ministerial, they could be other positions such as
deputies or the general leadership."
Mr Ali said the 'fifty-fifty' power-sharing
mechanism of the unified government of the early
1990s would not be repeated.
This new government would be based on proper
institutions, and the parliament would be strong and
effective so that it performs checks and balances on
the government.
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