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Iraq's Kurdistan presidency calls for
conference on federalism
5.10.2007
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October
5, 2007
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', --
Iraq's Kurdistan presidency on Friday called upon
Iraqi political parties to attend an expanded
conference in Erbil to discuss the federal system,
criticizing the Iraqi Arab politicians' rejection of
the U.S. Senate unbinding resolution on dividing
Iraq.
"We call upon all Iraqi parties' representatives to
attend an expanded conference in Kurdistan region's
capital Erbil, to discuss all issues related to
building the federal system," Kurdistan region
presidency said in a statement.
The statement, which did not set a date for the
proposed conference, said "invitation will be
extended to all Iraqi political parties to attend
it."
Meanwhile, the statement criticized the Iraqi Arab
voices rejecting the U.S. Senate unbinding
resolution on federally dividing Iraq, noting that
those rejected the resolution "either they did not
read it carefully or they expressed their
chauvinistic thought and faith in the centralized
system return into the country." |
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The U.S. Senate resolution, the statement said,
"comes in harmony with the Iraqi constitution
according to which the political process was
established in the country."
Ten days ago, the
U.S. Senate approved,
with 75 votes for and 23 against, a "non-binding"
draft resolution envisaging the division of Iraq
into three Kurdish, Shiite and Sunni entities, with
a federal government in Baghdad undertaking border
security and oil proceed management.
Initiators of the draft said it was "the only
solution" to halt violence sweeping the country.
The plan was opposed by Iraqi officials, parties and
religious clerics but was
welcomed by the Kurdistani
leaders.
Kurds now enjoy an autonomous governance of their
region of Kurdistan that includes three provinces in
so called 'northern Iraq'.
Since 1991, the Kurds of Iraq achieved self-rule in
part of the country. Today's teenagers are the first
generation to grow up under Kurdish rule. In the new
Iraqi Constitution, it is referred to as Kurdistan
region.
Kurdistan region has all the trappings of an
independent state -- its own constitution, its own
parliament, its own flag, its own army, its own
border, its own border patrol, its own national
anthem, its own education system, its own
International airports, even its own stamp inked
into the passports of visitors.
Iraqi Kurds love to see Americans. And no wonder.
The United States got rid of Saddam Hussein , who
killed tens of thousands of Kurds, some of them with
poison gas.
Now, with Hussein gone, Kurdistan has
blossomed into a vibrant economic success. The Iraqi
Kurds are the strongest allies the US has in the
area.
VOI | Agencies
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