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Hewa Party cannot participate in Kurdistan
region elections: Al-Haidari
8.6.2009
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June
8, 2009
ERBIL-Hewler, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', —
Faraj al-Haidari, head of the Independent High
Electoral Commission (IHEC) of Iraq held a press
conference in Erbil City on Sunday June 7th, 2009 in
the presence of Mr. Hindarin Qadir, head of the
commission’s office in Erbil and Mr. Qasim Ridha,
representative of the supervisor of Kurdistan region
elections.
In the conference, al-Haidari presented a brief on
the commission’s preparations for the fourth round
of parliamentary elections in Kurdistan region.
Regarding the news of dismissing or transferring the
head of the electoral commission in Kurdistan region
Mr. Ali Qadir, al-Haidari emphasized a special
committee was formed to organize the commission’s
work and that Mr. Ali Qadir had gone to Baghdad as a
member of this committee. |
Faraj al-Haidari, head of the Independent High
Electoral Commission (IHEC) of Iraq |
Regarding the
demonstrations of Hewa party in front of the
commission’s headquarters in Erbil, al-Haidari said
“Hewa Party cannot participate in Kurdistan region
elections, because there are documents emphasized
that this party is an affiliate to the PKK, which
led to refuse its request to stand for the
elections. The party may appeal the commission’s
decision in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court’s
decision is a final decision.”
The Turkey's Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK),
which took up arms for self-rule in Turkey's
Kurdish-majority southeast in 1984,www.ekurd.net
triggering a conflict that has
claimed some 44,000 lives. A large Turkey's Kurdish
community openly sympathise with the Kurdish PKK
rebels. Turkey refuses to recognize its Kurdish
population as a distinct minority.
The PKK demanded Turkey's recognition of the Kurds'
identity in its constitution and of their language
as a native language along with Turkish in the
country's Kurdish areas,www.ekurd.net
the party also demanded an end to ethnic
discrimination in Turkish laws and constitution
against Kurds, ranting them full political freedoms.
The PKK is considered a 'terrorist' organization by
Ankara, U.S., the PKK continues to be on the
blacklist list in EU despite court ruling which
overturned a decision
to place the Kurdish rebel group PKK and its
political wing on the European Union's terror list.
Turkey refuses to recognize its Kurdish population
as a distinct minority. It has allowed some cultural
rights such as limited broadcasts in the Kurdish
language and private Kurdish language courses with
the prodding of the European Union,www.ekurd.net
but Kurdish politicians
say the measures fall short of their expectations.
Then, the lists of the political blocs’ nominees for
supervising the ballot boxes were presented.
Also the
al-Amal list dominated by the al-Hal party
barred from polls
for alleged PKK rebel links.
The commission mentioned that the number of voters
who visited the registration centers in Kurdistan
region provinces (Sulaimaniyah, Erbil and Duhok) was
234.570 citizens, including 4.960 citizens who were
added to the voters’ records, 260 citizens were
deleted because of their death and 86.760 citizens
who changed their names.
The number of political blocs’ supervisors was
1.288.
Kurdistan's 2.5 million eligible voters will elect a
parliament and a president next month, six months
after provincial polls were held in most of the rest
of Iraq, the first vote in the country since 2005.
Six candidates
have registered to contest the presidency, including
incumbent Massoud Barzani, while around 40 political
entities have registered to contest the 111 seats in
the assembly.
The vote will also mark the first time the president
of Kurdistan will be elected by popular vote. In
2005, Barzani was elected by the local parliament.
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