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Iraqi politicians concerned by new
Kurdistan constitution
3.7.2009
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July
3, 2009
BAGHDAD, Iraq,— Sunni and Shi'ite Arab
parliamentarians say the constitution of Iraqi's
autonomous Kurdistan region runs counter to Iraq's
national constitution and should be debated by the
country's parliament in Baghdad, RFE/RL's Radio Free
Iraq (RFI) reports.
Dhafir al-Ani, the head of the Sunni Accordance
Front bloc, told RFI that the Kurdish Constitution
-- which was recently approved by the regional
legislature -- contains formulations that have a
secessionist tendency. He added that some of its
provisions give regionally enacted laws precedence
over Iraq's federal constitution.
Al-Ani stressed that the Accordance Front also does
not recognize the Kurdish Constitution as a legal
document because it incorporates predominantly Arab
areas within Iraqi Kurdistan.
Al-Ani added that the region's constitution invites
foreign interference in Iraq's affairs.
Abbas al-Bayati of the Shi'ite United Iraqi Alliance
bloc told RFI that the Kurdish Constitution declares
disputed areas as part of Iraqi Kurdistan,www.ekurd.net
although the Iraqi Constitution clearly delineates
the Kurdish region's boundaries as excluding these
areas.
Al-Bayati said the Kurdish Constitution should be
debated by the parliament in Baghdad to define
discrepancies and pinpoint provisions of it that
clash with the federal constitution.
Farzand Ahmad of the Kurdistan Alliance bloc told
RFI that Kurds will not submit their constitution to
scrutiny by Baghdad because there is no
constitutional provision that provides for such a
measure.
Ahmad added that the Kurdish Constitution was
drafted by a team of legal and constitutional
experts and the draft was then presented to the
central government's consultative council and the
Baghdad parliament's presidium for examination
before it was voted on by the Kurdish parliament,www.ekurd.net
underlining that the Kurds are acting within their
rights.
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