Change Kurdish opposition criticizes "defense" al-Maliki to extend the mandate constitutional Barzan

Change Kurdish opposition criticizes "defense" al-Maliki to extend the mandate constitutional Barzani and invites him to stand on the sidelines

Thursday, 08 August / August 2013 14:07





[Baghdad - where]



Criticized the head of the parliamentary change Mustafa cute remarks of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in which he stated that the extension of the mandate of the President of Kurdistan [constitutional issue, expressing surprise at the "lack of knowledge of al-Maliki that the region does not have a constitution yet."



He has said in a newspaper interview that "the extension of the mandate Barzani for two years verge of a constitutional issue."



The President of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, had announced on July 16 of last year agreed to extend its mandate a temporary basis, until direct the fourth session of the Parliament of Kurdistan of work, and to reach a consensus.





Mustafa said in a statement received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of the "al-Maliki in a television interview said in answering a question about his opinion to extend the term of the president of the region, defended them and said that they [the issue of constitutionality concerning constitution of the region, and this answer prompts us to ask Prime Minister Are you the Prime Minister of the Federal State as a whole, how do not know things, an important part of your country, and is actually not know that he does not have the territory constitution so far?, or do you try to bypass the question to defend is illegal and you're talking always abide by the constitution and laws? ".



He asked a member of the legal committee of parliamentary told Maliki, "Do not you know that the law of the presidency of the province for the year 2005 rate may select the mandate of the president of the region بولايتين only, and the duration of each state for four years, and the president of the region currently has exhausted his two terms and that the Act did not allow no nomination for a third term or extension" .



He said Mustafa, "I ask your presence [ie al-Maliki] to be prime minister of the Federal State are all that stand at the same distance between the opposition and power in the region, and to distinguish between your position partisan As a head of a political bloc You are free there and in your relationships and Anhyazak to any political party according to your interests and political party , and this is right for you, and between your position of government being the Prime Minister of the Federal State and it is imperative you have to stand by the center and to be the protector of the Dsturalaraca stipulated in Articles 1, 5 and others on democracy and the peaceful transfer of power and hold elections on time all over the country that you are responsible for all of us, and Article 13 of the same Constitution states make it clear that any federal law in the state or in the regions and provinces in violation of the federal Constitution. "



The head of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, has attributed the approval of the extension of its mandate "in order not to make any legal vacuum or unconstitutional in the Kurdistan region," he said, adding that the President Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Jalal Talabani, is not present in Kurdistan, and he feels responsibility, and there are important must be performed to protect and strengthen the alliance between the two parties. "



The Kurdistan parliament has ratified 30 of the month of June on the proposal of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan extend the mandate of Barzani for two years ending in 2015 amid objection and protest by opposition forces. Ended.


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