Sako holds Christian parties responsible for the tragedies of their community

Sako holds Christian parties responsible for the tragedies of their community

 Kirkuk / Marwan al-Ani

The Chaldean Patriarch in Iraq and the world expressed deep concern and sorrow at the delay in the reconstruction of homes and destroyed infrastructure in the towns of the Nineveh Plain, which is hindering the return of displaced persons to their homes.
"We remember the passage of three years of the Nakba of the Christians of the towns of Nineveh, which is painful and will remain unbroken in memory. We express our deep concern and sorrow over the delay of the reconstruction process," said Patriarch Maris Louis Raphael Sako, Chaldean Patriarch in Iraq and the world. Damaged infrastructure and the restoration of services, which hampers the return of displaced persons to their homes, despite their liberation months ago of the terrorist organization.
He added that "we note with great concern the Christians fear of the continuation of the culture of oppressing obscurantism, provocative rhetoric, and the climate of conflicts in this region cut between the central government and the territorial government, according to those who edited them .. These are their concern about the future of their geographical, religious and national identity, Their existence and means of livelihood are at risk. "
He appealed to the Chaldean Patriarch in Iraq and the world to "respect everyone's values ​​and the right of the people of these regions to determine the future of their regions, away from the pressures." He stressed that "what they need today is to reassure them and help them to provide security, stability and develop confidence-building with neighbors, Reconstruction and paving the way for their return. "
"The Christian parties have a great deal of responsibility for the suffering and confusion of the Christian component, and we see that much of this ordeal is caused by the division of these parties and their dependence on them, their failure to unify their ranks and adopting a unified decision, Some of them for special interests, especially when trying to reduce the Christian position and monopoly to control the decision in favor of those who pay more for the success of his projects, forgetting that the parties a message, responsibility and commitment.
He called on the Christian parties to "dialogue with each other and with the independent intelligentsia of the Nineveh people, and take responsibility for serving the Christians and other citizens honestly and in the spirit of one team and aware of the requirements of the current stage to crystallize the future vision and find clear, serious and appropriate solutions to discuss them objectively and with the Kurdistan Regional Government For the benefit of the entire community. "
He renewed his call to "all officials in the central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to respect the rights of Christians and other minorities, according to the Iraqi Constitution, Article 125, to receive their fair share of participation in the administration, employment and the political process."
The Chaldean Patriarch stressed that it is time, more than ever before, that the Iraqi people should turn to the need for their parties to be founded on the foundations of civil society and the rule of law at the expense of any sectarian quotas to promote the civilizational Iraq deserved by its children who suffer a lot.

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