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Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief
23.7.2008
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July
23, 2008 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq'
Kurdistan Parliament to Hold an Extraordinary
Session
Adnan Mufti, speaker of Kurdistan Parliament called
the Members of the Parliament to attend the
extraordinary session that will be held Wednesday at
12:00pm. The session will discuss the subject of
issuing the law of Provinces’ Councils Elections in
Iraq, which was issued yesterday by the Iraqi
Parliament.
Iraqi Deputy PM: Voting to Provincial Elections
Law is Unacceptable
Iraqi deputy prime minister, Dr Barham Saleh, said
that voting to the provincial elections law by the
Iraqi lawmakers is unconstitutional and
unacceptable.
“If this issue remains unsolved, Iraqi president Mam
Jalal will be bound to veto it,” Barham Saleh said.
“Despite a signed agreement between Kurdistan
Alliance Bloc and other blocs to reach a compromise,
their stance to vote to the bill today made their
credibility suspicious.”
“Kurdistan Alliance Bloc (KAB) strongly objected to
this unconstitutional drive and it takes all
constitutional measures to respond it. The real
response is the insistence of KAB on implementing
the content of article 140 as a least constitutional
commitment of Iraqi government to the people of
Kurdistan,” Barham Saleh added.
Passing Election Law for Provincial Councils is
Constitutional Violation: Kurdistan Presidency
Concerning the Iraqi Parliament Passing on the
Election Law for the Provincial Councils, the
Spokesperson of Kurdistan Presidency said that the
Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament violated, Wednesday
the constitution and broke the internal system of
the Parliament when he managed the voting process in
a secret way aiming to overthrow the Iraqi
constitution.
He also said: "At the time that Kurdistan Presidency
condemns this unordinary behavior by the Speaker of
the Iraqi Parliament and those who joined him,
Kurdistan region doesn’t commit with the outcome of
this illegal voting."
“We express our deep concern towards this behavior
that may lead us to revise our stance and alliances
because our People become tired of this indirect
policy which contradicts the constitution and the
convenient basis of the political process”, he
added.
“We call upon the Parliament and his Excellency the
Republic President and the Presidency Council to
face these suspicious plans that serve non-Iraq
agendas and aim to undermine the National Democratic
Process. The vote on the law of the Provincial
Councils is an attempt to break down the whole
political process. We are confident that
nationalists and the devoted in the political blocs
are aware of these irresponsible behaviors. We urge
all People of Kurdistan region to stand in one raw
in order to foil this hazardous conspiracy”, he
said.
KRG Supports Iraqi-U.S Strategic Agreement: Fuad
Husain
Fuad Husain, the head of Kurdistan Presidency
Office, announced after a meeting between the
President of Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani and
Ryan Croker, the U.S Ambassador in Iraq that the
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) supports the
long term strategic agreement between Iraq and U.S.
“It’s in Iraq’s interest to sign the agreement”,
Husain added.
He also said that the Strategic agreement, regional
relations with neighboring states (Turkey) in
particular, the draft law of provincial councils,
the assignment of De Mistura and the role of the U.N
in the implementation of Article140 and the Oil-Gas
Draft law were the top issues discussed in Barzani-Croker
meeting.
Seminar on Drugs Combat in Sulaimaniyah
Al-Murtaqa Institution for Humanitarian Development
in cooperation with the NGOs, held a special Seminar
on Combating drugs with the participation of
trainees from the Drugs Combating Office in
Sulaimaniyah Security Directorate.
Ruaa Esam Muhammad, the Manager of the Seminar
talked to PUKmedia correspondent about the aim
behind holding the Seminar, she said: “The Project
of Future Protectors holds the seminar in order to
teach the trainees the ways of combating drugs in
Iraq in general, and Kurdistan region in particular.
The Project recently organized other seminars in
Erbil, Duhok and Khanaqeen.”
She also said that the Project, aims to qualify more
than 1000 trainees who work in drugs combat field.
“It is going to cover all Iraq and experts will give
lectures on drugs trade which is considered the
third largest trade in the world after oil and
arms”, she added.
Denmark to Build Kurdistan Construction Center
The KRG Minister of Civil Society Affairs, George
Mansour, met Safeen Abdel Qadir Hamid, the
Representative of the Danish (Rignokobink –Skyan)
Municipality. In the meeting, Mansour emphasized the
need to urge the Danish government to invest in
Kurdistan region.
Mr. Hamid talked about the (Kurdistan Construction
Center) which is going to be built in Kurdistan
region and financed by the Danish government. He
also said that the project aims to support the NGOs
and to qualify their members and also to arrange
visits between Kurdistan region and Denmark in order
to consolidate the democratic and civil experiment
in the region.
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