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The end of corrupt party system is the
only solution!
2.5.2006
By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli
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Kurdistan-Iraq, May 1, 2006
Head of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s politburo Mr
Kosrat Rasul has suggested in an interview with
Hawkari mass resignations of all senior officials of
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan to pave the way for a
younger and more able and competent generation of
leaders. He suggests that only Mr Jalal Talabani
should remain as leader of the party.
First I must say that I believe in the sincerity of
what Mr Rasul says and I salute him for this. When I
visited Kurdistan (Sulaymaniyah) last year I met a
number of PUK officials including Mr Kosrat Rasul.
With him, I used the sharpest language in my
criticism of PUK leadership. I found Mr Rasul a very
tolerant, respectable, caring and understanding
person. He suggested I wrote down my criticisms but
unfortunately I found out that no written criticism
or suggestion could deal with a hopeless situation.
My only suggestion for many cadres of PUK was that
the older generation, mountain fighters, from both
PUK and KDP must all retire. This should include ALL
members of the political bureaus of the two parties.
I suggested that they should do this with grace and
dignity before they would be forced to do so with a
burden of shame to struggle with for the rest of
their lives or maybe even worse. I suggested that
all what the party officials have taken
illegitimately from people (government): land,
houses, money, etc they must voluntarily give it
back. Then PUK and KDP should agree to ask Kurdistan
parliament to issue a law to honour these officials
for their struggle in the mountains. They should be
given medals representing Kurdish people’s respect
and appreciation for them.
They should be given not only one house but two or
three and very generous retirement salary. But this
should be done by Parlaiment as a legitoimate
collective consensus of Kurdish people.I also wish
that we would have a second chamber like British
House of Lords so that these older fighters and
politicians and other Kurdish figures with various
political, economic, management and community
experience could become members of that second
chamber so that they would continue to apply their
experience and ability for the service of our people
in a legitimate and democratic way.
I met other people from PUK. None of them even
bothered to take out a piece of paper or a notebook
to write down my observations, criticisms and
suggestions. The main quality of a leader is ability
to listen and respond, and to enter into a dialogue
with others. I found none with this ability. Further
qualities of leadership such as vision, planning,
integrity, accountability, team work and developing
others, sincerity and giving priority to people’s
needs and interests and above all conscience and
caring about people especially families of anfal,
Halabja, martyrs and new generation: all these were
not only missing but were also alien and threatening
to them.
I believe that the corrupt party system in Kurdistan
is responsible for the state of moral collapse of
Kurdish society and the total loss of its new
generation. Unfortunately we cannot exclude the top
of this collapse. Its the “ top down” approach and
marginalising people in general which is the main
cause of the stagnation and retardation afflicting
Kurdish society. As a Kurdish proverb rightly puts
it “the water is dirty from its source.” Another
proverb gives further explanation: majors spill the
water, minors put their feet in it.”
We hated the Ba’ath party. It was criminal and
murderous. But Kurdsih Ba’athism is more hateful and
more murderous. Arab Ba’athism could only destroy
land and body: but Ba’athified Kurdish parties
destroy nation and soul. And this Ba’athism comes
down from the top: Otherwise who is responsible for
trampling upon equal opportunities even for the sons
of Anafl victims and making it a compulsory
condition even for employment as a cleaner to have a
party ‘tazkia’, political vetting? Whoever has made
this decision, whoever implements it, whoever
supports it, are absolutely immoral. And our people
can no longer afford to be governed and led by
immoral people. They should go before they destroy
the soul of our nation.
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