Abadi initiative provides for the application of Article 140 after the completion of the liberation

Abadi initiative provides for the application of Article 140 after the completion of the liberation of Mosul


 Baghdad / Mohammad Sabah

Trading proposal of the Prime Minister , which was handed over to the Kurdistan delegation on Thursday, conservatively by Shiite and Kurdish forces that refuse to make the content of this initiative, stressing that the parties will enter a long and ongoing negotiations over the next few periods to resolve all the problems and differences.
Kurdish lawmaker expects the content of Abadi 's initiative as including the implementation of Article 140 of the Constitution and activated immediately after the liberation of the city of Mosul process, likely that the head of government to determine the timings application of this constitutional article broken.
Arrived in the capital Baghdad, on Tuesday, a Kurdish delegation included President of the Presidium of the Kurdistan region , Fouad Hussein, and secretary of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Fadhil Mirani, and a member of the political bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan , Adnan Mufti.
The Kurdish delegation held high extensive discussions with the three presidencies, in addition to the President of the National Alliance , the political body of the Sadrist movement. It was remarkable that the delegation did not hold a meeting with Sunni forces that are concerned with the fate of the province of Kirkuk.
The visit of the delegation of the two Kurdish parties, after a meeting on the background of the two offices politicians Kirkuk provincial council decision to fly the flag of the province in the province, which was rejected by the Iraqi Council of Representatives issued a statement to that effect .
The visit followed the Kurdish delegation, vote Kirkuk council to reject the decision of the Iraqi Council of Representatives lowered aware of the region, as the Council voted to hold a referendum to decide the fate of the multi - ethnic province.
A statement from the Prime Minister 's Office that it was agreed with the Kurdistan region delegation to "stick to dialogue and calm and focus on the participants and commitment to constitutional and legal frameworks to ensure Iraq 's unity and coexistence among all components and not be allowed to be drawn into side battles and focus on the fight against terrorism."
The statement said his office " has also been agreed to remove the obstacles that have prevented the activation of Article 140 and to emphasize the importance of the configuration requirements for the population census after the completion of the liberation of all land and eliminate the terrorist Daesh gangs."
Speaks MP Zana Said, a member of the Kurdistan Islamic Group bloc, for " the initiative sent by Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi to the President of the Kurdistan region , Massoud Barzani , includes the application of Article 140 Bhetwaqat and specific time periods to resolve all outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil problems."
Commenting on the government 's seriousness to the implementation and application of Article 140 of the Constitution, says a Kurdish lawmaker, in connection with (range) yesterday that " the government program for Ebadi includes the application of this constitutional article within the specified time limits , " noting that the visit of the Kurdish delegation , which leaders met in Baghdad was positive and fruitful. "
the voice of the Kirkuk Provincial Council, the middle of last week by majority, to raise the flag of the Kurdistan region on the buildings and departments of Kirkuk province , but the Iraqi Council of Representatives voted, in (April 1, 2017), to take down the flag of Kurdistan and the Iraqi flag only in Kirkuk.
However , MP Arafat Karam, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic party bloc, confirms a "This visit was prepared long ago , after the leadership has taken the Kurdistan decision on the referendum , " pointing out that " the Kurdish delegation agreed with leaders in Baghdad to activate Article 140."
Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution to assume executive power stages (normalization, Statistics, and concludes with a referendum in Kirkuk and other disputed territories to determine the will of their citizens).
Karam said in an interview (range) yesterday, "this preliminary agreement will result in several exchanges of visits between the two sides to develop and maturation of the idea of the application of this constitutional article and completed", stressing "the presence of a visit to a Kurdish delegation comprising all political forces in the fry M Kurdistan to Baghdad. "
It rejects MP Ali Keywords, leader of the Dawa Party, make the content of the proposal Abadi on resolving differences and intersections with the Kurdistan region, stressing that " the problem needs to provide a number of initiatives from both sides to reset all their differences and their problems."
Adds Keywords, in a statement (term) yesterday that " the Kurdish delegation discussed with the National Alliance , the issue of salaries of the Peshmerga and the referendum and raise the flag in Kirkuk , " asserting that "these issues require resolved through bilateral dialogues between all the parties without any escalation."
He continues , leader of the Dawa Party , said " the National Alliance still adheres to the constitutionality of Article 140 and applied as stipulated in the Constitution , " likely that "the implementation of this article after the liberation of the city of Mosul operations."
But deputies from the Turkmen component considered that " the application of Article 140 passes in the first three phases of the census, and normalization, and then the referendum , " asserting that " the application of this article will include the disputed between Karbala, Anbar, Mosul, Kirkuk, Salahuddin and Wasit province areas."
Excludes MP Niazi architecture Ihsanoglu, in a statement (term) yesterday, the implementation of this constitutional article under the circumstances experienced by Iraq, saying that " the proposal Abadi is to soften the thoughts of the Kurdish side after the parliament 's decision , which refused to raise the flag of Kurdistan in Kirkuk."


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