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Kurdistani coalition walks out Iraqi
parliament over Najifi statement
25.9.2006 |
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BAGHDAD,
September 25 ,-- The Kurdistani coalition and the
deputy parliament speaker and member of the
Kurdistani coalition Aref Tifoz withdrew from the
parliament session in protest over a statement by
National Iraqi List MP and former Minister of
Industry Dr. Osama Al-Najifi.
Al-Najifi's statement said the villages in Mosul are
dominated by Kurds in efforts to integrate them into
the Kurdistan region and stressed that these
villages were of Arab origin. He also indicated that
Mosul was an Arab city; historically and
geographically.
Al-Najifi belittled the status of the Kurds in the
city and claimed that their population in the
villages did not exceed four percent and that they
are originally small Kurdish tribes that migrated to
Mosul due to armed conflict in Kurdistan mountainous
areas.
The 55 MPs of the Kurdistani coalition left the
parliament in protest over Najifi's statement which
they described as "chauvinist." A number of the Kurd
MPs tried to interrupt Al-Najifi but the Parliament
speaker requested Al-Najifi to continue his
statement , virtue of his right as MP, which did not
sit well with the Kurdish coalition.
Head of the Kurdistani coalition Dr. Fuad Maassoum
also left the Parliament in protest over the
statement and the actions of the parliament speaker
who was followed by Deputy Prime Minister Aref Tifor.
For his side, head of the Iraqi communist party and
head of the Iraqi National List said the statement
only represents the personal view of Al-Najifi.
After leaving Parliament, Dr. Fuad Maassoum
expressed in a press conference shock over the
statement which instead of focusing on the country's
current security and stability focused on Mosul's
past history and geography.
In this respect, Maassoum put blame on the Iraqi
National List for choosing Al-Najifi as spokesman
and said the MPs left Parliament in protest.(
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