Thread: Article 140

Dabbagh: We believe in 140 Article as part of constitution

In an exclusive statement to PUK media, Iraqi government spokesman Ali Dabbagh reiterated Iraqi Government’s support for the implementation of Article 140 of Iraqi constitution.

In this regard Dabbagh said, “We believe in 140 Article, it is an integral part of Iraqi constitution.”

He confirmed that Kirkuk is an internal issue saying “the solution of Kirkuk's issue is an Iraqi one.”

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New round of Article 140 compensations for Sinjar

The Qaemaqam (Governor) of Sinjar town in Nineveh Profince has said today that the judiciary received a new round of the compensation securities stated in Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution.

According to Dakhil Qassim Hassoun, these instruments were received on Sunday afternoon during the visit of former Minister of Disputed Areas Affairs in the Kurdistan Regional Government, Mohammed Ihasan.

He said that the numbers, the securities amounts and the names of people included in this compensation will be distributed and announced soon, and then will be announced to the media with all necessary details.

Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution provides solution for the problems of disputed areas between 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.

The Kurdistan Alliance MP Mohsen Al-Saadoun had said earlier that the 2010 budget allocations of Article 140 reach US$170 million, which is a little amount compared to last year's allocations of US$ 200 million.

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/119820/

Alwani: Article 140 Article controversial aimed at resellers that remains of Iraq

Criticized the Accordance Front MP Ahmed al-Alwani, officials of the Terms of Kurdistan to be the basis of Article 140 of the alliance with other political forces in the next phase.

He said al-Alwani told Khabar news agency said officials of the Kurdistan Terms strange, and the issue of Kirkuk, Iraqi issue and not part of Kurdistan, speak some Kurdish politicians, noting that Kirkuk is part of Iraq and the Kurdistan part of Iraq.

He stressed that Article 140 is a controversial substance sandwiched a strange strange and intended to split the rest of Iraq, and wants to Kirkuk as part of a deal for the next election or alliances as this matter is unacceptable and totally unacceptable.

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Sary Khip: Article (140) ended a constitutional formulated by those involved in the political kitchen, not the members of the body charged with writing the Constitution

Met Mr. Riad mast Khip Torkmen Party Chairman Eli at the headquarters of the party in the city of Kirkuk, an Italian journalist Roberto Bongorne who works as a reporter for the Agency ( (Ilsole24oreItalian news reporting in Iraq.

The keenness of Italian journalist during the meeting held with Mr. Sary Khip of the IAEA to address a number of important matters relating to the war on Iraq was the most important of the future status of Kirkuk and the Iraqi Turkmen position on this matter is the subject of Article (140) of the Constitution and the circumstances during which the inclusion of this article within the terms of the current Iraqi constitution and legal status of today, particularly that Mr. Sary Khip was a member of the committee drafting Iraq's constitution took during the current membership of the National Assembly earlier.

As usual, Mr. Sary Khip explicit in this meeting and explain all the circumstances that accompanied the drafting of Iraq's constitution were also addressed during the meeting to the issue of the electoral process which took place in the seventh month and the extent of transparency and fairness, especially in the province of Kirkuk

Here is the full text of the meeting: --

Roberto Bongorne: from I would like to identify your party (Party Torkmen Eli) When was the founding and the stages it went through ... I would also like to know the real number of Turkmen in Kirkuk?

Riyad Sari Khip: Established Party (Partido Torkmen Eli) in the city of Erbil in 1994 and has worked since its inception within the United Iraqi opposition to the former regime, which was, operating from the safe haven that existed in northern Iraq at the time .. Party and participated in most conferences of the Iraqi opposition conference in New York and the Salah al-Din, and, after 2003 and the fall of the former regime, we moved to the city of Kirkuk, where is currently the headquarters of our party and the exercise of our political here and we have branches in many provinces, including Baghdad and Nineveh Salahuddin also kept in the city of Irbil Bmqrna even after the transfer of the headquarters of the Party to the city of Kirkuk in 2003, but the stalemate in the party's relations with the Kurdistan Democratic Party over the past years forced us to close the headquarters, though, our party cadres in the city of Erbil are still operating Although there is the political headquarters of us there.

The number of Turkmen are living in the province of Kirkuk Afikarb (350000) Three hundred and fifty thousand people in the city center are currently (250000) Two hundred and fifty thousand Turkmen citizen.

Roberto Bongorne: How would you describe your party's relations with the Ankara government?

Riyad Sari Khip: Halal our work within the ranks of the Iraqi opposition to the former regime used to have relations with regional countries surrounding Iraq, including neighboring Turkey, and, today, we have normal relations with Israel, as is known, the Iraqi Turkmen are descended from the Turkish race, as in other Turkish peoples, but we nevertheless take into consideration the fact that we are Iraqi citizens owe allegiance to our country Iraq first and we are proud to this country.

Roberto Bongorne: Well, and what is your party's position on the issue of a referendum to determine the fate of Kirkuk province and as stipulated in the Iraqi Constitution, specifically Article (140) thereof?

Riyad Sari Khip: from I would like to refer you to that I was a member of the committee drafting the constitution Kkmthel component of the Turkmen in Iraq, to say the date, article (140) of the Constitution have not been drafted by the body charged with writing Iraq's constitution, which was composed of (55) members.

Roberto Bongorne: So, who drafted this article?

Riyad Sari Khip: Kitchen Iraqi politician who was the Iraqi decision-making at the time and was composed of Messrs. Jalal Talabani and Massoud Barzani, and the late Mr. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Nouri al-Maliki, who was representing Mr. Ibrahim al-Jaafari at the time, as well as the U.S. ambassador in Iraq at the period (Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad), and the reason for this is due to the fact that we were not able to reach agreement on this subject in the Constitutional Vtm referred to the kitchen, took the Iraqi politician who is drafted.

Roberto Bongorne: How many members of the body responsible for writing the Iraqi constitution?

Riyad Sari Khip: The total number of members of the body was (55) members, divided as follows: --

(15) five Ashredoa of the Kurdistan Alliance List.
(8) eight members of the Iraqi National List.
(30) Thirty members of the United Iraqi Alliance list.
(1) and one member from the Iraqi Turkmen Front, - (Riyad Sari Khip)
(1) and one member representing the Christian component in Iraq.

And the mechanism that has been followed in the drafting of articles of the Constitution was based on the principle of consensus.

Roberto Bongorne: Is that all members of the writing the constitution voted upon by consensus before being forwarded to a public vote?

Riyad Sari Khip: Some members of the Commission used their right to express reservations on some articles that had been drafted, and we forwarded the draft constitution to the kitchen, took the Iraqi politician who is the inclusion of some materials and other items which, for example, Mai_khas Sunni Arabs in Iraq and the oil and gas law and the issue of Kirkuk.

Roberto Bongorne: So you are in the body you voted on Article (140) of the Constitution in accordance with the principle of consensus?

Riyad Sari Khip: controversial articles in the Constitution (oil and gas law, the issue of Kirkuk, Article 140) were not able to be agreed upon in the body have been included in the text of the Constitution based on the kitchen Iraqi politician in that period.

Roberto Bongorne: Were you the sole representative of the Turkmen in the form of writing the Iraqi constitution?

Riyad Sari Khip: I was not the only one in the Turkmen, but I was a representative of the component of the Turkmen in Iraq in an official capacity As you are a member of the National Assembly from the list of former Iraqi Turkmen Front, at the time, which was composed of three members was chosen for membership of the Constitutional Commission as a representative of the Turkmen in Iraq, , in addition to me were the also included Mr. Abbas al-Bayati, a Turkmen-known political figure and represented the United Iraqi Alliance bloc in the body.

Roberto Bongorne: Is the re-constitution draft to the constitutional body again after the additions that have taken place from the kitchen by the Iraqi political .. And how they were voting on it, knowing that I could have one member from within the (55) member of the Commission to prevent the approval he had expressed objection to it, Can you please explain me this.

Riyad Sari Khip: I will speak to you only about myself, I used my right to express a reservation on the text of Article (140) during the signatures on the draft constitution .. This was the article of the draft constitution bearing the number (136) and not (140) during the return to constitutional body by the Iraqi political kitchen, and then place the process of migrating to the figures of articles by the body became this article bearing the number (140) in the constitution.

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Roberto Bongorne: Can you explain to me why you against this article and the referendum in Kirkuk?

Riyad Sari Khip: ground in the province of Kirkuk is not ready for a referendum to determine the fate and ownership and the reason is demographic change processes experienced by the city, whether in the era of the former regime have been applying the policy of Arabization or after the fall of this regime in 2003, when exercised and Kurdish political parties since the date of demographic change its identity by bringing hundreds of thousands of Kurds from other areas of northern Iraq and put them in Kirkuk.

Roberto Bongorne: What are the reasons Takovkm party and as a society Turkmen of Kirkuk province to the Kurdistan region?

Riyad Sari Khip: First we consider the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Turkmen privacy.

Roberto Bongorne: Sorry for the province, but what the words correctly to the privacy of Turkmen?

Riyad Sari Khip: Maoqsdh is that this city is characterized by its culture and character of the Turkmen, who earned a distinct specificity, and Kirkuk, known to everyone as a city with a majority of Turkmen in Iraq. We prefer the Iraqi Turkmen to be part of Iraq, but our brothers in the Kurdish movement with separatist intentions.

Roberto Bongorne: But you did not tell me what are the most prominent concerns Traodkm from Kirkuk to join Kurdistan?

Riyad Sari Khip: We are defending justice, not justice that is annexing Kirkuk to Kurdistan because it is a Turkmen city par excellence. During my practice of political activity opposed to the former regime in Iraq's Kurdistan I got the impression that those in the Kurdish movement they are motivated to melting and dissolving the other nationalities living there and they follow an expansionist policy.

Roberto Bongorne: Do you expect that the Kurds in the event of success in annexing Kirkuk to Kurdistan, announce their independent state?

Riyad Sari Khip: development of the Kurdistan region is more like the current state.

Roberto Bongorne: Why?

Riyad Sari Khip: anything symbolizes Iraq as a non-grata in their own region, the Arabic language for example, "almost banned ... and spare significance placed in their home cities is proof of that ... and they have excessive sensitivity to national symbols.

Mr. Massoud Barzani in the majority of comments have a right to declare independence from Iraq any more correct in the sense of separation. The Kurdish administration in northern Iraq, a failed administration, a department of upholding human rights standards and do not have a democratic culture in addition to the rampant administrative corruption, and follow the method (State Party) in the administration of the province.

Roberto Bongorne: Is the Turkmen in Kirkuk today are not being marginalized and their rights?

Riyad Sari Khip: Of course. Let me Oord you an example .. The city of Arbil was a Turkmen city free and sixty years ago but today it has become a Kurdish city, and by 90% so that the Kurdish parties took control of Kirkuk, after years it will be unchanged if the Kurdish city of Erbil because of mental control of the Kurdish parties are monopolistic mentality to Atvsh room for others .

Roberto Bongorne: How many Turkmen, who held administrative positions in the prestigious government departments in the city of Kirkuk today?

Riyad Sari Khip: Among the (13) Director-General in departments and state institutions in the province of Kirkuk, Turkomans, and there is only one and another of Arab nationalism and those appointed to these positions by the central government in Baghdad.

Roberto Bongorne: How was the form of your participation Kturkmen in the last general election in the country?

Riyad Sari Khip: All Turkmen parties participated in the last general election within the coalition and the Iraqi national party, we participated in the Iraqi National Coalition, which included representatives from various spectrums of the Iraqi people and our brothers in the Iraqi Turkmen Front participated in the Iraqi List, which also involved representatives from all spectrums of the Iraqi people Similarly, the Turkmen parties other. The two seats in the Turkmen Gnapean through the Iraqi List so far.

Roberto Bongorne: How many lists that took part in the elections of Kirkuk?

Riyad Sari Khip: The number of lists that took part in the general election for the province of Kirkuk was (29) list won so far are two lists of the Kurdistan Coalition and Iraqi forces and the reason is how the gigantic fraud experienced by the general elections in Kirkuk, especially in the mainly Kurdish and Arabic.

I would like to draw your attention to the participation in the electoral process at the center of the city of Kirkuk was increased by 40%, while on the outskirts of Kirkuk, turnout 80 to 90% in these regions occurred fraud and participation rate in the province of Kirkuk, and reached more than 70%, according to results announced by the by the Electoral Commission for elections.

Roberto Bongorne: How do you evaluate the U.S. presence in the province of Kirkuk? Do you you support the presence of joint forces in Kirkuk?

Riyad Sari Khip: was necessary to keep U.S. troops in Kirkuk province for a certain period and while being able to reach a just political solution to guarantee the rights of all parties in Kirkuk and it will not be to reach across the political project that includes a just solution to the Kirkuk issue and we as a party we put our own political cause Kirkuk, which calls for the establishment of Kirkuk province, which was based on the principle of joint administration in the maintenance of all components and 32% for the three main ethnic groups (Arabs, Turkmen and Kurds) and 4% for the Christian component.

Roberto Bongorne: Do you demand for international guarantees in the event that this project has been applied?

Riyad Sari Khip: You must be international and regional guarantees.
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Osama Nujaifi stresses the "rejection of the application of Article 140, which he described Mounthip constitutionally"

Announced candidate list of "Iraqi" Osama Nujaifi that "win list in the province of Kirkuk, according to preliminary partial results that have emerged will help develop realistic solutions to this province," as he put it.

Nujaifi denied the rumors of news about the possible fragmentation of the list of "Iraq," referring to an "understanding on the political agenda, and future action in parliament and in government, and in relations with other blocs."

He stressed Nujaifi to "reject the application of Article 140, which he described Mounthip constitutionally," stressing the need to "postpone these issues until the stability of the situation in Iraq."

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President of the Presidium of the Territory confirms adherence to the articles of the Constitution, including Article 140

Prime Office of the Presidency Kurdistan Fouad Hussein, said "negotiations on forming a government begins in earnest after the announcement of final results of the elections."

Hussein added in a press statement that the talks in this regard "need to be specialized teams, and the program of work, and insights on the program of the next government, and the future of the political process."

Stressing adherence to the application of all the "articles of the Constitution, including Article 140, which he described as a constitutional rule is still alive."

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Opening of an office of the Commission on Article 140 in Basra

Announced in the province of Basra, on Monday, has opened an office for the implementation of Article 140 of the Constitution and for the areas in dispute, it is hoped that the Office functions will soon receive requests from parents compensated by the displacement of their areas of the province by the Iraqi government before 2003.

The official information office in Basra, Article 140, Farhan Ahmad Alkanaan in an interview with "Alsumaria News," "The Office will after receiving instructions from the chairmanship of the Committee of Article 140 during the next few days to form a fact-finding committee to define the affected groups that deserve the award."

Alkanaan He added that "the office will receive the next stage applications of those wishing to obtain financial compensation, and after completion of the verification will be sent to the Office of the Finance Committee in Erbil in order to instruct, regardless of compensation."

He drew an official information office in Basra, Article 140 that "the fundamental mission of the Office will make a section of the groups affected by internal displacement amounts of money and re-Totunain another section had already been displaced from their places of origin."

Alkanaan expected to assume his office, "many requests from people affected lived in the marsh areas in the districts of FAO and the Shatt al-Arab Abu al-Khasib, where he was the displacement of many families who lived in those regions, especially during the Iran-Iraq war."

The official Bureau of the Commission of Article 140 in Basra to "Opening an office in Basra coincided with the opening of other offices of the Commission in the provinces of Babil, Wasit, Maysan," noting that "The Office will also be responsible for applying the same constitutional article in Dhi Qar", about 380 km south of Baghdad.

The Commission on the implementation of Article 140 of the Constitution was formed in 2006 by the Council of Prime Minister and chaired by the Minister of Science and Technology Raid Fahmi, has developed this constitutional article in order to "lift the injustice done to the Iraqis by the policies and practices of the former regime and of the mass deportation and exile people from their places of residence , and the confiscation of property and land or to prevent owners from acting out, as well as projects to address demographic change, particularly in the province of Kirkuk. "

The work of the Committee to investigate violations that occurred for the period from July 17, 1968 until April 9, 2003.

Different procedures to be applied in different regions of the country in accordance with Article 140, while the actions will be limited to grant financial compensation and resettlement of the displaced in the southern regions, there is a national conflict on the ownership of some areas in the north such as Kirkuk.

Include legal proceedings under Article 140 compensation for the victims and a referendum to determine the populations Aidip management for their areas, and whether to go part of the Federal Department of the Kurdistan region or remain within the direct authority of the federal government in Baghdad.

A dispute Arabs and Kurds and Turkmens over the issue of ownership of Kirkuk has led to the postponement of the plebiscite, which was due the end of 2007.

The Iraqi government had prior to 2003 to changes in demographics in many parts of the country, and made a change in the map of some provinces for political reasons, where the carved areas and districts of Kirkuk and Salahuddin inflicted and Sulaymaniyah, and Karbala and Anbar province, and caused Erbil and caused Bninoy and so on.

http://www.alsumarianews.com/ar/1/45...5;ة.html

Hussein: Our alliances tied to implementation of Article 140

In a statement to Asharq Al- Aswat newspaper, the Head of Kurdistan Region Presidency Divan Dr. Fuad Husain described the discussions between Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani and the Head of the Iraqi List Iyad Allawi as positive and friendly. He emphasized that Alawi’s second visit in one week to Kurdistan Region does not mean entering negotiation stage about the upcoming alliances.

Husain said that the implementation of Article 140 is the priority of the Kurdish Leadership in the next stage.

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Leadership in the Iraqi List: Allawi's visit to Iraqi Kurdistan to resolve contentious issues such as Article (140)

Said the candidate for the Iraqi List Haider Mulla said, "Ayad Allawi's recent visit to the Kurdistan region of Iraq and his meeting with President Masoud Barzani, the region came to discuss and consult with Kurdish politicians."

Al Mulla said in a statement singled out by the reporter That "the Iraqi List, believes that there are political participants with the Kurdistan Alliance bloc in particular stray Alliance with Islamic parties and the use of secular parties He pointed out that everyone start sensing the gravity of the religious parties on the political scene in Iraq."

He explained that "this visit comes To put those participants according to the vision of the future to resolve contentious issues such as Article (140) and other outstanding issues for the clarity of vision and political future and create a good atmosphere for the next phase."

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