February 8, 2010
SULAIMANIYAH,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — Kurdish parties
that are part of the Supreme Council of Political
Parties in Iraqi Kurdistan say they will boycott
meetings o f the council because President Massoud
Barzani takes unilateral decisions, the
Sulaimaniyah-based independent newspaper Hawlati
reported Sunday.
Bahadeen Salahadeen, secretary-general of the
Islamic Union of Kurdistan, has told a group of his
party's media that he will boycott the meeting s
because: "unilateral decisions have been taken on
the issues. It is not possible that one person
(leads) the meetings and uses it to do his work,"
Hawlati has quoted him as saying to the journalists.
He also said: "Massoud Barzani takes unilateral
decisions." |
Massoud Barzani, the President of the autonomous
Kurdistan region in Iraq's north. |
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Qadir Aziz, leader of
the Kurdistan Toilers' Party, also said that in the
last meeting of the council they expressed their
concern about issues that need to be addressed,www.ekurd.net"The
parties that are in the council have not been given
their (share) of role to make decisions on the
(important) issues," Hawlati quoted him as saying.
The council was formed several years ago to act as a
body where Kurdistan parties meet to make decisions
that face Kurdistan region
Berevan Amedi, the central committee member of the
Kurdish Communist Party said to Kurdishmedia.com
that “the council exists, but its decisions are
non-binding to any parties.”
On the other hand, the president of Kurdistan
toilers Party Mr. Qadir Aziz told Hawlati, “We have
outspokenly talked to the KRG president and stated
that the order and authorities of the council be
readdressed.”
Mr. Aziz added that “the council parties were not
given any roles on issues relating to the fate of
Kurds.” He stressed that his party will not take
part in a council that takes decision without
consensus.
And likewise, Mr. Abulsattar Majeed, the spokesman
for the Islamic Group Party, which is a member of
council, told Hawlati, “We believe it is crucial to
have a political council for all parties, but it is
important to specify the duties and roles of the
member parties because no parties will be accept
membership of they are not consulted in important
decisions.”
For his part, Mr. Mohamed Tawfiq, the deputy leader
of the Change Movement (Gorran) told Hawlati that
they would study the issue and make a position on
the matter.
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