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Iraqiya spokesman threatens Kurds to not
back Maliki
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October
17, 2010
BAGHDAD, —
Spokesman of the Iraqiya Coalition led by Ayad Allawi
is threatening Kurds that they would not have one of
their serious demands regarding the oil-rich city of
Kirkuk achieved if they support Maliki’s Coalition
instead of Allawi’s one to form a new government.
More than two months ago, the alliance of the
Kurdish parties sent a package of 19 demands to the
two leading Arab blocs as a pre-government-formation
condition. One of the demands, which the Kurdish
leadership has often considered a “redline”, was the
implementation of Article 140 of the Iraqi
Constitution.
This article calls for a census and then a
referendum to allow the residents of the disputed
regions like multi-ethnic Kirkuk to decide whether
they want to be part of the federal region of
Kurdistan in the north of Iraqi, stay as an
independent region or join the central government of
Baghdad.
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Former Iraqi premier Ayad Allawi, a secular Shiite
leader has the support of the Sunnis, want the Kurds
to back him to form a new government rather than
incumbent Prime Minister Nuri Maliki |
“If they [Kurds] form an
alliance with Maliki, they will lose, in particular,
the issue of the disputed regions,” said Mayson
Damalochi, spokesman for Iraqiya that has the
support of the Sunni Arabs and many Turcomans in the
disputed regions.
The Arabs and Turcomans have been openly opposed to
the implementation of Article 140.
But Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister, Nuri Maliki,
who now appears to have a higher chance than anyone
else to form a government after his alliance with
anti-American movement of Sadrists earlier this
month,www.ekurd.nethas
tacitly approved most of the Kurdish demands,
according to both Kurdish and State of Law
officials.
But Kurds say that the want more than just a verbal
approval of their demands.
Iraqiya’s Damalochi, however, also said that his
bloc generally agrees with most Kurdish demands. But
he admitted that there are people in his coalition
who are still against most Kurdish demands.
“We should have more meetings on 3 to 4 demands
Kurds want from us,” added Damalochi.
“May be not all of us are with the implementation of
article 140”.
But Damalochi said that since most of the
non-Kurdish residents of the disputed regions voted
for Iraqiya rather than State of Law, Maliki would
not be able to implement Article 140 for the Kurds.
Thus he suggested Kurds to negotiate an agreement
with Iraqiya rather than State of Law.
Under pressure of a number of Sunnis who are part of
Iraqiya coalition, Iraq’s general census was delayed
from October 24 to December 5, a move that has irked
Kurds to an extent that Kurdistan’s presidency
issued a statement insisting that a census “must”
happen by the end of 2010.
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