Thread: Article 140

Atrushi: The monitoring of 172 billion dinars dedicated to Article 140 under budget

A member of the Finance Committee in the House Sami Atrushi have been allocated 172 billion dinars dedicated to Article 140 under budget the same amount that has been allocated in previous years.

The Atrushi that there are requests from the institutions like the rest of the customizations and give up additional funds to enable the Commission to perform its functions.

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Barzani warns that the survival of Article 140 of the unresolved problems of Iraq will increase

Warned Iraq's Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani during a meeting with Czech Ambassador to Iraq, Monday, that the non-implementation of Article 140 for addressing the disputed areas, Iraq would make for more problems, with Czech Ambassador revealed that her country would send a number of its citizens to work within the monitoring teams International election period.

Barzani said in a statement issued by the Presidency of the Kurdistan region, that Barzani said that "the implementation of Article 140 of the Constitution, the Constitutional timing at the end of 2007, Iraq would avoid the problems experienced now."

Barzani added that the survival of this article without the implementation of more time, meaning that Iraq "would be subjected to more problems," as he put it, noting that "the people of Kurdistan is committed to the current constitution and is considered a guarantee for the survival of a unified Iraq."

The problem of the disputed areas, most notably the city of Kirkuk, the most divisive issues between the KRG and Iraqi federal government, after postponing the implementation of constitutional article 140, which calls to solve the problem in three phases, beginning to normalize and calm the situation in those areas followed by the process of compensating those affected by the policies of the former Iraqi government, and ending a census and referendum to the views of the inhabitants of those areas to determine its ownership management.

The statement quoted the Czech Ambassador Bronislava Tomashova confirmed "the importance of addressing outstanding problems between the Territory and the Federal Government of Iraq and conduct a new census of the population," the statement said Tomashova pointed out that the "survival of the unresolved problems between the two sides is not good for Iraq, should be the formulation of Article 140 of the Constitutional and the law of oil and gas in place.

It is noteworthy that Iraq will witness in October of this year, a new census of the population is the first of its kind since 1987.

The statement quoted the ambassador as saying that "her country supports the Iraqi elections will provide support via the embassy, and send a team of observers from its citizens to work within the international observation teams during the elections."

The State Cze a trade office in Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq and working on activating commercial cooperation between the Territory and Prague.

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Iraqi MP reveals launching of deeds for those included within Article 140

An Iraqi Member of Parliament from the Kurdistan Alliance bloc said today that the deeds for those who are covered by the compensation of Article 140 of the Federal Constitution have started.

"The deeds for those who are included by Article 140 of the Federal Constitution will start very soon," Mahma Khalil told The Independent National News Agency of Kurdistan (AKnews), adding that" launching the deeds is a legal entitlement for the citizen who passed through injustice and whose rights were raped as result of the policies of the former regime."

He said that "four offices in central and southern of Iraq have began their work to consider the issues of the citizens who are related to Article 140," noting that "this article is not limited to specific regions in Kirkuk and other disputed territories, but include all Iraqi territories."

Khalil added that "some areas in Baghdad, Karbala, Najaf and Diyala provinces are covered by the requirements of Article 140", and continued that "the citizens in these areas will receive financial benefits like others."

He pointed out that: "slowing down the implementation of any constitutional article does not mean cancelling it, adding that: "according to our expectations, Iraq will witness in the current year a general census, and we consider that implementing the statistics is an application for Article 140."

The Iraqi government had agreed to postpone the general census, which was scheduled to take place in 2009, in response to requests of several blocs and political parties in Iraq.

Khalil said that "the census would reveal the components of Iraq in all Iraqi provinces and regions, and will also provide the Federal Planning Ministry with a detailed information about the economic conditions of the Iraqi people, in order to develop the appropriate future strategic plans."

Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution states on solving the problem of disputed areas between Baghdad and Erbil, and it is treated on three stages: normalization, census, and a referendum among the population of areas of disagreement.

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Divergence over Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution

Baghdad, Jan. 23 (AKnews)- A member of the Iraqi Parliament urged on Saturday the Kurdish officials to realize that it is unreasonable that the draft constitution imposes time constraints on a particular Article and wants it at the same time in an absolute way, or to put an intended restriction and then wants to get rid of it, whilst another MP said that demands of some Iraqi MPs and politicians to eliminate Article 140 are unconstitutional and illegal.

"Kurdish officials shall reconsider Article 140, since their demands need a legal proof to justify their position. After the date of 31\12 \2007, article 140 is no longer the same," MP Omar al-Jibouri of Kirkuk Province told the Independent National News Agency of Kurdistan (AKnews) today.

He said that "the article's constitutional period has ended and the least we can say is that it became a controversial article, and thus it lost effect and meaning/"

"Article 140 is not applicable to Kirkuk , due to its negative effects, incompatible with the historical situation of Kirkuk as a microcosm of Iraq, as well as for legal and constitutional reasons."

MP Mohsen al-Sadoun from Kurdistan Alliance said: "Article 140 is a voted constitutional article and is still in effect, and whoever questions its legality now, knows very well that the Kurds were deported instead of many Arab brothers who proposed this Article in Kirkuk "

Sadoun said: "now that the regime has changed, they receive an amount of 20 million Iraqi dinars to return to their homelands". He outlined that this means normalization and the Kurds continue to work according to the mechanism of Article 140, as well as referendum and statistics.

He stressed that those who claim such demands have propaganda purposes, and statements of Kurdish officials are in accordance with the Constitution, as they are demanding the equal legitimate rights of the affected Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen from the people of Kirkuk."

[Article 140 of the Constitution of Iraq states that before the referendum is carried out, measures should be taken to reverse the Arabization policy employed by the Saddam Hussein admnistration during Al-Anfal Campaign. Thousands of Kurds returned to Kirkuk following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The referendum will decide whether enough have returned to the area to be considered Kurdish]

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Barzani refuses to develop alternatives to Article 140 calls for review of development of the Iraqi army

Rejected Iraq's Kurdistan region President Massoud Barzani, the development of any alternatives to Article 140 of the Constitution, and stressed that the dispute with Baghdad over the oil-exporting region is not about the constitution, but the law of imports, and called in another context to reconsider the army to the Iraqi Kurds, because the rate of which does not exceed 8%.

Barzani said in a speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Thursday, said that "the most prominent differences between Kurdistan and Baghdad on the application of Article 140 and the disputed areas in Kirkuk and other", adding that "the development of any alternatives to this article is unacceptable, because they would complicate matters," according to he said.

Barzani explained, "For us in Kurdistan do not see a good alternative to Article 140 constitutional because it provides for a return to the populations in the identification of Kirkuk and other disputed territories," he continued, "For us it is very important to determine the identity of Kirkuk, which they believe Kurdistan in accordance with all the historical facts geographical and demographic, "he says.

The Chairman of the Kurdistan region that "the Kurds have shown great flexibility by accepting a referendum in Kirkuk to decide its fate," he said, "If we make a referendum in Kurdistan are willing to show flexibility for the management of Kirkuk through joint management."

Article 140 of the new Iraqi constitution which was ratified on 22 August 2005 on the normalization of the situation in the province of Kirkuk and disputed areas in other provinces such as Nineveh and Diyala, and fixed period of time ending on the thirty-atheist and December 2007 for the implementation of all the above-mentioned article contained in the action also left for the people of those areas freedom to decide its own destiny with regard to survival and a separate administrative unit or attached to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

He Barzani that "differences in the types section of Iraq on Iraq as a whole and another part of Baghdad's relations Kurdistan region," noting that Iraq's problems stem from things as "adherence to the constitution and governance and participatory form of governance and a culture of domination, oppression and prevent it."

The President of the Kurdistan region that controversial issue between the Kurds and Baghdad are the subject of oil and gas, noting that "the dispute with Baghdad, centered on the Law of imports".

He explained, "We say that 17% of the imports to be allocated to Kurdistan, and there is political agreement on this figure, even being a census to determine the actual percentage of the territory, and demand that Kurdistan's share goes to a special account the Territory", stating that "The purpose of this not be able to government in Baghdad if they wish to use the issue of financial allocations as a pressure."

On another, Barzani invited to reconsider the composition of the Iraqi army, noting "We must re-consider development of the Iraqi army because it was imposed after the overthrow of the regime in 2003, decided to re-establish military bases and in accordance with new concepts, but this did not happen," indicating that " proportion of the population is Kurdish army of 8%, while the proportion of 48% Shiites, Sunnis 44%, and this is very important and serious, "he says.

Barzani was conducted during his visit to the United States, which began last Monday at the invitation of President Bush, Vice President, a series of meetings with President Bush, Vice President and the ministers of defense and trade, as well as a number of MPs and researchers at the Brookings Institution, before ending his visit on Friday and go to Austria.

The visit is the first of Barzani to the United States since the advent of Obama, and he had met former President Bush in the White House on its second session

Observers believe that Barzani's visit to Washington comes to balance in the relations between the White House parties and forces and components of the Iraqi population, as an Obama met with Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi (Shiite) before Barzani's visit shortly, and is preparing the second deputy Tareq al-Hashemi (Sunni) to visit the U.S. capital.

With Kurdish sources confirm that the visit was the effects of the important results on relations aspect of the American province of Kurdistan.

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Article 140 of the Commission denies the allocation of 10 million dinars for victims Turkmen in Kirkuk

Member of the Commission denied the Article 140 on disputed areas, the Commission's intention to allocate $ 10 million dinars for the victims of the regions of ninety-Bashir, which are populated the majority of the Turkmen in Kirkuk, adding that the Article 140 Committee is trying to "close the file on the foreign Arabs of Kirkuk and the Kurds displaced to outside because this file needs to be substantial financial allocations to pay compensation to them."

The Chairman of the Commission on the Truth Commission on Article 140 Khip improve in an interview with "Alsumaria News" The Commission on Article 140, "did not announce the allocation of $ 10 million dinars for the victims of the regions of ninety-Bashir, Turkmen, and Rogge about this is incorrect and is part of the electoral campaign based on promises Incorrect," he said.

The Khip that the Commission on Article 140, "is trying hard to close the file on the foreign Arabs of Kirkuk and the Kurds displaced outside of the fact that this file needs to be substantial financial allocations for the payment of compensation to them."

The official committee that the Iraqi government "made last year's $ 200 million as a counterbalance for the Commission, after completion of the Arabs and Kurds make up the Commission will consider the issue of itinerant home and develop a thorough study," pointing out that this "need to balance and special legislation which can not be implementation, before ending a file compensation for the evacuees and expatriates."

The regions of ninety-Bashir to Kirkuk and that inhabited by the majority of the Turkmen Shiite areas, the Iraqi government before 2003, the expropriation of its citizens and their lands, and provided the population after 2009, claims to the property disputes for compensation, but because of the absence of a judicial body capable of dealing with the number Large claims, which amounted to 42 thousand a case, there is still resolved postponed.

The province of Kirkuk, 250 km north of Baghdad, highlighted the areas of dispute between Kurdistan and the federal government of Iraq, Article 140 of the Constitution to solve the problem of maintaining ownership of the three phases, beginning with the normalization of the situation and the payment of compensation then conduct a census of the population and the end of a referendum for the views of the self-determination, and received phases solution of the three strongly supported by the Kurds against the refusal by the forces of Arabs and Turkmen province.

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Director, Office of Kirkuk to the national reform movement: the 140 call to the implementation of the recommendations of the government to spend a grant to the city ninety Progress

The Director of the Kirkuk office of the National Reform Movement, Al-Ammar Allekeip and his accompanying delegation at the symposium which was held extended by the Advisory Board of the City of ninety ninety under the banner of the city between the past and present, in Hussein, Zahra (AS) and with the participation of the people of the ninety and dignitaries.

In a speech to the Engineer Ammar Allekeip which dealt with the suffering of the people of this devastated city, the end of the sixties and to this day according to the maps and official documents.

The Allekeip: The suffering of the people of this devastated city, not Tktman in the former regime and the Baathists, but they suffer the injustice of the great non-implementation of laws to lift the older grievances and exclusively in Kirkuk, in particular Article 140 of the Paradise which were slow in implementing the recommendations of the right segment of the deportees and directing the governor to implement the recommendations of Prime Minister and removed from one another, and treat the policy of double standards.

He also said: "We sought a lot in the realization of the rights of this city has been completed, many of them by the officials in Baghdad and the national government, but with deep regret that those who call themselves students and employers the right to issue obstructing the implementation of these achievements under false pretenses.

Also touched on Mr. Hidayat Muhammad Ali Khip Chairman of the Advisory Board of the City of ninety Full achievements of the Advisory Board of recommendations for the people of ninety and approved by the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, in turn, thanked the Secretary-General and the Government to support the issue of ninety, as follows:

First - you make the detection of excess sum of the Ministries of Defense and the Interior on the territory of the city of ninety
II - Allocation of residential complex in the Huntress to families of the martyrs and political prisoners and affected by the citizens of the ninety
III - Activating the benefits contained in the legal institutions of the martyrs and political prisoners and ask the representatives of those institutions to provide reports that support for the people of their entitlement
IV - Distribution of housing units or plots of land to eligible
V. - Direct action in the proceedings of the city's residents listed their demands the return of confiscated and expropriated property in violation of law
VI - human rights violations committed against the people of ninety
VII - the inclusion of people displaced ninety grant of 10,000,000 dinars, the city is from the areas destroyed by the former regime and the deportation of her family and consider appointments to the central people of this region, particularly in the ministries of oil and electricity.

In a closing address thanked Mr. Ammar Allekeip present and called on the competent authorities to implement the decisions in the case of failure to implement these resolutions will the people of ninety peaceful demonstrations after obtaining approvals from the competent authorities of fundamentalism, especially given grant the deportees and the distribution of apartments.

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Movement for National Reform
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Forces inter remain in the disputed areas until the implementation of Article 140

Involved 450 fighters from the Peshmerga forces (guards of the region) within the joint forces with the Iraqi army and U.S., which began work in January 31 last, to achieve security in the disputed areas.

Said Jabbar Yawar, spokesman for the Ministry of Peshmerga in Kurdistan Regional Government, said that «the joint forces would not interfere in the electoral campaign and the elections scheduled to take place on the seventh of March next».

Yawar said in a statement to the newspaper (Middle East) of London, that «the ninth paragraph of the Iraqi Constitution emphasizes the non-interference by security forces in the political affairs» throughout Iraq. He stressed that «these forces will be responsible for maintaining security in the disputed areas, and among all the candidates in these areas of freedom in their election campaigns».

The Yawar: «450 is distributed with the Peshmerga fighters from the forces deployed in Kirkuk, Nineveh and Diyala». He pointed out that «There are five checkpoints at the entrances and exits of the disputed areas in Diyala, at each checkpoint, there will be 15 of the Peshmerga forces, 15 Iraqi soldiers and five U.S. troops».

There is also a joint coordination center staffed by three officers of the peshmerga and three of the Iraqi army and the same number of U.S. military.

With regard to the deployment of these forces in the governorate of Kirkuk, "said Yawar:« deployed three companies consisting of 110 Peshmerga fighters and 110 Iraqi army and the same number of U.S. military. There will be the headquarters for these forces in the northern city of Kirkuk, in addition to the joint coordination center in the northern city of Kirkuk».

In the province of Nineveh, Yawar said that «the joint forces will be responsible for a 15-point inspection in the province of Nineveh, at every point of which there are 15 of the Peshmerga and 15 of the Iraqi army and the same number of U.S. military».

Yawar confirmed that these forces will prevent the passage of terrorists to those areas. He stressed that «the joint forces carried out military operations in cooperation with each other, as is the case in the checkpoints».

He added that «according to the agreement, which was before the deployment of forces, these troops will remain until a solution to the problem of disputed areas by the application of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution».

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Kurdistan Alliance: Allocations of Article 140 are few, but currently sufficient

A Deputy of the Kurdistan Alliance has said today that the allocations of Article 140 were few, but sufficient for the current period.

The Iraqi Presidency Council approved on Thursday the 2010 Budget, based on the Parliament's resolution, according to a Presidential statement. The budget amounts to 78,733 trillion (t) Iraqi dinars, distributed between investment expenses (20,862 trillion (t) dinars) and operating expenses (57,871 trillion (t) Iraqi dinars).

Mohsen al-Saadoun told the Independent National News Agency of Kurdistan (AKnews) today that "the allocations provided for in Article 140 of the 2010 budget amount to US$170 million, which is a little amount compared to 2009 allocations of US$ 200 million dollars."

"However, we must take into account that many indemnities were distributed according to this article in Kirkuk, Diyala and Nineveh Provinces, and the amount thus became less compared to last year, and I think that it can fulfill the indemnities of article 140 in this period."

Article 140 of the Constitution of Iraq, which provides solution for the problems of disputed areas beween Baghdad and Erbil, through three phases: first normalization, then demographic census, followed by a referendum among the population about the fate of the disputed areas.

A number of Iraqi MPs and politicians outlined the extinction of Article 140 from the Iraqi Constitution, considering it as "a dead article".

Saadoun revealed that the "normalization may have reached a middle stage or more, and there will be a census in the next year through a general demographic census, and the referendum will be done shortly after".

The Iraqi Parliament had approved the budget bill for 2010 in a session held on January 24.

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Jibouri: Article 140 is over constitutional

A member of the Independent Arab Bloc MP Omar Jubouri The position of the Arabs from Article 140, the position of legal and constitutional, arguing that this article had been completed and this is not construction project, but is based on the text material contained in the Constitution.

The Jubouri told Khabar news that the constitutional text says that this Article shall apply in a maximum period of thirty-atheist and December 2007, stressing that the interest is determined by the application of article prior to that date, rather than after, and therefore that the legislature had intended article if he had wanted to make of the term open to do, even if he wanted to make it for others to make, but the article 140 with the date specified period piece is a constitutional one and not be dismissed, noting that the Kurdish forces or Kurdish parties adhere to this rule when they are expressing a political party slogans, far from the Constitution and the law, as he put.

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