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88% of Kurdistan people consider
president's post step toward establishing state
30.9.2007
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September
30, 2007
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', -- A
survey of 1,000 individuals carried out by an
independent Kurdish organization revealed that 88%
of those questioned consider the introduction of the
Kurdistan president's post as a "step toward
establishing an independent Kurdish state."
"The sample included people of different ages,
classes, religions, factions, denominations and
ethnicities: Kurds, Turkmen, Chaldoassyrians, Arabs,
and others.
It also included people of both sexes and covered
the region's three provinces: Erbil, Sulaimaniyah
and Duhok, in addition to neighborhoods with a
Kurdish majority in the northern provinces of Kirkuk
and Ninewa," according to the survey conducted by
the Point Organization for Opinion Polls and
Strategic Studies and on Saturday.
A total of 90.3% of those questioned said they are
proud of the post of Kurdistan’s president, while
only 72.5% voiced their approval of the incumbent
president, Massoud Barzani, the survey indicated.
"Also, 68.6% of the participants expressed their
satisfaction with Barzani's performance. Meanwhile,
41.1% said he did not succeed in separating his
posts as the KDP's leader and the region's
president," it added.
The post of Iraq's Kurdistan region's president was
first introduced in 2005, when Barzani, the leader
of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) was
unanimously elected as the first president of the
region.
The Point Organization for Opinion Polls and
Strategic Studies is a non-government organization
established last year. Its main headquarters is
located in Duhok.
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.
VOI
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