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Kurdistan opposition MPs involved in bid
to own state property at low costs
27.1.2012
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Nawshirwan Mustafa, the leader of
the opposition Gorran movement criticized the
Kurdish MPs for signing on a bid that would see the
buying of government property at very low costs.
Photo: Hawlati.net
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Nawshirwan Mustafa called on the four MPs to
apologize to the people of Kurdistan and to resign
from Kurdistan parliament and Gorran party.
January
27, 2012
SULAIMANIYAH,
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — Four parliamentarians
from the largest opposition party in Kurdistan
region, Gorran, are likely to splinter after party
leader Nawshirwan Mustafa criticized them for
signing on a bid that would see the buying of
government property at very low costs.
The splinter option comes after the local media
reported that Gorran leadership has decided in a
closed meeting to sack the four MPs from the party
for signing on the petition.
According to the petition signed last month by over
37 MPs in parliament, most of the from the main
ruling parties,www.ekurd.net
the houses provided for MPs as accommodation during
their work in the parliament and whose value is over
US$600,000 would be sold to the MPs at a price no
more than US$200,000.
Gorran leader Nawshirwan Mustafa called on the four
MPs in an open letter circulated on the media
channels in Kurdistan to apologize to the people of
Kurdistan for not passing the test of money and
breaking their vows to serve the people of Kurdistan
Region as they had promised in the electoral
campaigns two years ago.
Nawshirwan said in the letter that he always tested
real men with money and positions.. “When people
praise them they should not be too much
self-satisfied and they should not see people as
inferior”
“Some of you proved to be weak in the first test…
you were not strong enough for the ploy of money,
apartments, villas, cars, bodyguards and other
privileges.. I don’t like anybody avoid bad deeds
for me or discipline, but for the fear of being held
to account by the public and their own conscience”
he said in the letter.
The Gorran leader called on the MPs to explain what
happened to the public and offer apologies. Also to
push on the parliament to pass legislations to
reduce the salaries of MPs which amount to about
US$6,000 in a country where average salary of an
employee is US$500.
Nawshirwan Mustafa called on the four MPs to resign
from Kurdistan parliament and Gorran party, Hawlati
newspaper reported.
Abdul Rahman Hussein, one of the four Gorran MPs
told AKnews that “We have only withdrawn from the
Gorran bloc in the parliament, but will continue to
work in the parliament.. we will form a new bloc in
the parliament, but we will continue to work within
the principles of Gorran”
Hussein said the four Gorran MP’s signing on the
petition was not to buy government properties at
very low costs. “We asked the parliament that if it
planned to sell the houses it should sell them to
the MPs and the payments be made in instalments”
Karwan Mala Salih, another of the four Gorran MPs
who signed on the petition, refused to give a
comment on splintering from Gorran. “We will not
talk about this. We have decided it [splintering
from Gorran] to release ourselves [from commitment
to Gorran obligations]”
By Fryad Mohammed and Raber Y. Aziz
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