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United Nations carry Baghdad responsibility to protect candidates and voters
Kurdish delegation to visit Washington to discuss the political crisis in Iraq
Dr. Osama Mahdi
Leave to Washington on Sunday Kurdish delegation high for talks with the U.S. administration on the developments of the political crisis in Iraq, while loaded UN Baghdad responsibility to protect candidates, voters and enable entities to complete their campaigns without fear of threats and intimidation or violence, while confirmed Iraqi Interior basic function now is the failure of schemes aimed at targeting the electoral process.
London : Kurdish delegation to visit the United States to discuss the political crisis in Iraq. The delegation includes Fuad Hussein, President of the Presidium of the region, the head of the delegation, Ashti Hawrami, minister of natural resources in the territorial Government and Falah Mustafa Foreign Relations Department official of the Government of the Territory and Qubad Talabani, son of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Department official coordination and follow-up in the Government of the Territory.
The delegation looking During his visit, the relations between the region and the United States, also convey a vision and perspectives Kurdish political leadership to U.S. officials about the many Iraqi and regional issues. The delegation will also meet with senior officials in the White House and the State and Defense departments, as well as to visit the Congress and the Senate.
The presidency of the region that the delegation will hold several seminars and meetings in the centers of thought and American studies on a range of important issues and themes in the Iraqi political arena and Kurdistan and the region in general.
The visit of the Kurdish delegation to Washington three days after the arrival of the envoy of the U.S. administration is a consultant and U.S. Secretary of State Brett Makjurk to Baghdad, where he said: "I came here to Baghdad to follow up what happened after visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Iraq late last month, and I'm going to meetings with a lot political leaders and I will go to Arbil and then go back to Washington. "
He pointed out that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry brought during his recent visit to Iraq message to political entities, urging the need for dialogue between them, and to provide each party demands specific and explicit, "explaining that" Kerry urged the parties to make concessions to reach a solution. "And called "All parties in Baghdad to sit at the negotiating table," said: "We were delighted when we found the recent developments and the meeting, which gets between the National Alliance and the Kurdistan."
And Oharmakjurk that "points of contention between the province and the center are four points, the first payment of the oil companies and this is left in the budget and also linked to the law of oil and gas that is not prescribed, and the second article 140 of the disputed areas, and the third forces of the Tigris and the distribution of these forces, and this is a matter of dispute , and fourth elements salaries Kurdish Peshmerga forces and whether paid by the central government or the Kurdish side. "
On Thursday Delegation Shiite alliance Following talks in Arbil with Kurdish President Massoud Barzani in an attempt to persuade the Kurdistan Alliance to end boycott minister and his deputies to meetings of the Boards of Ministers and MPs agreement was to form a joint committee of the two parties to open files controversy thorny all that preceded it laid the foundations and principles for fruitful and productive dialogue between them.
The Kurdistan Alliance has announced its boycott of parliament sessions early last month in protest against the adoption of the federal budget at the beginning of last month without taking his demands, and decided to withdraw his ministers and deputies to Erbil to consult with their leadership. The coalition pointed out that the boycott of these come because of the Shiite alliance does not approve the proposals made to overcome their differences on the dues of the oil companies operating in the Kurdistan region.
And experiencing the relationship between Baghdad and Erbil tension continues the disagreements political, constitutional and some outstanding issues, notably the contracts oil region and management of oil wealth, and Article 140 of the Constitution for the normalization of the situation in the disputed areas, and management of border crossings and airports, and arming Kurdish Peshmerga forces and pay the salaries of its members from the federal budget , and other administrative and legal powers.
United Nations carry Baghdad responsibility to protect candidates and voters
And carried the United Nations Iraqi government responsibility to protect candidates, voters and enable entities to complete their campaigns without fear of threats and intimidation or violence, while confirming the Iraqi Interior that basic function now is to protect the security of voters and providing a safe allows active participation in the Iraqis voted freely and thwart schemes aimed to target the electoral process.
And demanded the United Nations Mission in Iraq, "UNAMI" Iraqi security forces to carry out their responsibilities to protect candidates and voters, said the head of mission, Martin Kobler The candidates for the local elections to be held on the twentieth of this month should be able to complete their campaigns without fear of threats, stressing the that the security forces responsible for protecting candidates and their supporters are just as responsible for the protection of all Iraqis, as he said in a press statement released by his office today after the bombing campaign rally for one of the components of the Iraqi city of Baquba (65 km) northeast of Baghdad, which led yesterday to killed 25 people and wounding 60 others.
Kobler emphasized the need to "provide protection for candidates in order to continue campaigning without fear of threats, intimidation or violence and that citizens participate freely in the election campaigns without fear of being targets of deadly attacks."
The leader of the Iraqi List, Abd Dhiab that candidates list are exposed to the targeting and assassination campaign organization "frantic and cowardly", and said that there is a campaign organization of various kinds of threats and filtering the latest assassination of a number of candidates in a number of provinces by their influence and confidence voters these provinces them.
And demanded the authorities to proceed with an immediate investigation and transparent about a campaign of assassinations against them in various Iraqi provinces. And killed in the past two weeks 13 candidates and in favor of the Iraqi weapons in assassinations with silencers in a number of governorates of the country, especially in western Anbar and northern Nineveh.
For its part, the Interior Ministry said that with the proximity of the provincial elections of local on the twentieth of this month and preceded by a ballot of military and internal security forces, the sick and prisoners and prisoners next Saturday they "confirm that the primary mission is to protect the security of Iraqi voters and provide democratic atmosphere safe allow Iraqis participate actors in the cast their ballots freely and transparency in the selection of the fittest among the candidates and thwart attempts phishers in troubled waters and schemes to the negative impact on this great democratic wedding ".
And at the same level, he stressed the head of the department electoral Mekdad Sharifi the need for effective participation in the special voting process control of the military and members of the security forces, the sick and prisoners and detainees and record any violations in the event takes place. He said that the Commission will open 420 centers includes 1845 polling stations in 14 provinces in the special election day security forces, where these centers will be opened from six o'clock in the morning until five o'clock in the evening.
Noteworthy that the 8138 candidates had applied to compete in the race in the four provinces where elections are to be held to fill the 447 seats, including 117 seats reserved for women and 9 seats are reserved for minorities.
Will conduct elections in four provinces other than 18 provinces parts of the country, where you select the KRG July next date for the elections provinces of the region the three Arbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk while still differences between the components of the province of Kirkuk (225 km north-west of Baghdad) hinder identification a date for elections deactivated.
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United Nations carry Baghdad responsibility to protect candidates and voters
Kurdish delegation to visit Washington to discuss the political crisis in Iraq
Dr. Osama Mahdi
Leave to Washington on Sunday Kurdish delegation high for talks with the U.S. administration on the developments of the political crisis in Iraq, while loaded UN Baghdad responsibility to protect candidates, voters and enable entities to complete their campaigns without fear of threats and intimidation or violence, while confirmed Iraqi Interior basic function now is the failure of schemes aimed at targeting the electoral process.
London : Kurdish delegation to visit the United States to discuss the political crisis in Iraq. The delegation includes Fuad Hussein, President of the Presidium of the region, the head of the delegation, Ashti Hawrami, minister of natural resources in the territorial Government and Falah Mustafa Foreign Relations Department official of the Government of the Territory and Qubad Talabani, son of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Department official coordination and follow-up in the Government of the Territory.
The delegation looking During his visit, the relations between the region and the United States, also convey a vision and perspectives Kurdish political leadership to U.S. officials about the many Iraqi and regional issues. The delegation will also meet with senior officials in the White House and the State and Defense departments, as well as to visit the Congress and the Senate.
The presidency of the region that the delegation will hold several seminars and meetings in the centers of thought and American studies on a range of important issues and themes in the Iraqi political arena and Kurdistan and the region in general.
The visit of the Kurdish delegation to Washington three days after the arrival of the envoy of the U.S. administration is a consultant and U.S. Secretary of State Brett Makjurk to Baghdad, where he said: "I came here to Baghdad to follow up what happened after visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Iraq late last month, and I'm going to meetings with a lot political leaders and I will go to Arbil and then go back to Washington. "
He pointed out that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry brought during his recent visit to Iraq message to political entities, urging the need for dialogue between them, and to provide each party demands specific and explicit, "explaining that" Kerry urged the parties to make concessions to reach a solution. "And called "All parties in Baghdad to sit at the negotiating table," said: "We were delighted when we found the recent developments and the meeting, which gets between the National Alliance and the Kurdistan."
And Oharmakjurk that "points of contention between the province and the center are four points, the first payment of the oil companies and this is left in the budget and also linked to the law of oil and gas that is not prescribed, and the second article 140 of the disputed areas, and the third forces of the Tigris and the distribution of these forces, and this is a matter of dispute , and fourth elements salaries Kurdish Peshmerga forces and whether paid by the central government or the Kurdish side. "
On Thursday Delegation Shiite alliance Following talks in Arbil with Kurdish President Massoud Barzani in an attempt to persuade the Kurdistan Alliance to end boycott minister and his deputies to meetings of the Boards of Ministers and MPs agreement was to form a joint committee of the two parties to open files controversy thorny all that preceded it laid the foundations and principles for fruitful and productive dialogue between them.
The Kurdistan Alliance has announced its boycott of parliament sessions early last month in protest against the adoption of the federal budget at the beginning of last month without taking his demands, and decided to withdraw his ministers and deputies to Erbil to consult with their leadership. The coalition pointed out that the boycott of these come because of the Shiite alliance does not approve the proposals made to overcome their differences on the dues of the oil companies operating in the Kurdistan region.
And experiencing the relationship between Baghdad and Erbil tension continues the disagreements political, constitutional and some outstanding issues, notably the contracts oil region and management of oil wealth, and Article 140 of the Constitution for the normalization of the situation in the disputed areas, and management of border crossings and airports, and arming Kurdish Peshmerga forces and pay the salaries of its members from the federal budget , and other administrative and legal powers.
United Nations carry Baghdad responsibility to protect candidates and voters
And carried the United Nations Iraqi government responsibility to protect candidates, voters and enable entities to complete their campaigns without fear of threats and intimidation or violence, while confirming the Iraqi Interior that basic function now is to protect the security of voters and providing a safe allows active participation in the Iraqis voted freely and thwart schemes aimed to target the electoral process.
And demanded the United Nations Mission in Iraq, "UNAMI" Iraqi security forces to carry out their responsibilities to protect candidates and voters, said the head of mission, Martin Kobler The candidates for the local elections to be held on the twentieth of this month should be able to complete their campaigns without fear of threats, stressing the that the security forces responsible for protecting candidates and their supporters are just as responsible for the protection of all Iraqis, as he said in a press statement released by his office today after the bombing campaign rally for one of the components of the Iraqi city of Baquba (65 km) northeast of Baghdad, which led yesterday to killed 25 people and wounding 60 others.
Kobler emphasized the need to "provide protection for candidates in order to continue campaigning without fear of threats, intimidation or violence and that citizens participate freely in the election campaigns without fear of being targets of deadly attacks."
The leader of the Iraqi List, Abd Dhiab that candidates list are exposed to the targeting and assassination campaign organization "frantic and cowardly", and said that there is a campaign organization of various kinds of threats and filtering the latest assassination of a number of candidates in a number of provinces by their influence and confidence voters these provinces them.
And demanded the authorities to proceed with an immediate investigation and transparent about a campaign of assassinations against them in various Iraqi provinces. And killed in the past two weeks 13 candidates and in favor of the Iraqi weapons in assassinations with silencers in a number of governorates of the country, especially in western Anbar and northern Nineveh.
For its part, the Interior Ministry said that with the proximity of the provincial elections of local on the twentieth of this month and preceded by a ballot of military and internal security forces, the sick and prisoners and prisoners next Saturday they "confirm that the primary mission is to protect the security of Iraqi voters and provide democratic atmosphere safe allow Iraqis participate actors in the cast their ballots freely and transparency in the selection of the fittest among the candidates and thwart attempts phishers in troubled waters and schemes to the negative impact on this great democratic wedding ".
And at the same level, he stressed the head of the department electoral Mekdad Sharifi the need for effective participation in the special voting process control of the military and members of the security forces, the sick and prisoners and detainees and record any violations in the event takes place. He said that the Commission will open 420 centers includes 1845 polling stations in 14 provinces in the special election day security forces, where these centers will be opened from six o'clock in the morning until five o'clock in the evening.
Noteworthy that the 8138 candidates had applied to compete in the race in the four provinces where elections are to be held to fill the 447 seats, including 117 seats reserved for women and 9 seats are reserved for minorities.
Will conduct elections in four provinces other than 18 provinces parts of the country, where you select the KRG July next date for the elections provinces of the region the three Arbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk while still differences between the components of the province of Kirkuk (225 km north-west of Baghdad) hinder identification a date for elections deactivated.
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