Thread: Article 140

PUK and KDP Politburos Hold Meeting In Baghdad

The politburos of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) held a joint meeting today in Baghdad.

In a press statement following the meeting, President Jalal Talabani said “we discussed several issues today, especially the U.N.’s suggestion concerning Kirkuk Province.”

President Talabani added “we were convinced that we must insist on working with the Article 140 of the constitution. We also have to protect Kirkuk Province’s rights so it can make its decisions and carry out its legal authorities.”

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Talabani Speaks to Reporters about Kirkuk

Secretary General of PUK, Jalal Talabani, today spoke to the reporters after a joint meeting of PUK and KDP politburos in Baghdad. The following is the full text of his speech:

“Today we discussed several key issues particularly UN’s suggestion about Kirkuk.

We agreed that we should insist on protecting article 140 of the Iraqi constitution as well as protecting the rights of Kirkuk province to make its decision and to practice its legal and constitutional rights.

He also discussed reinforcing our alliance with our friends. We convened a meeting yesterday with the sides of the quadruple alliance and today we hold another meeting. We expect to make a new formula for the topics which is acceptable for protecting the democratic Iraq and the national unity government led by Mr. al- Maliki.”

The quadruple alliance includes Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP),Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP).

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Al-Dabbagh: Iraqi Government Urges All Parties in Kirkuk to Stick to Peace

The Spokesperson of the Iraqi Government said in a statement, which our website received a copy from: “The Iraqi government urges all parties and components in Kirkuk to stick to peace and resort to wisdom, law and constitution in order to deprive Iraq’s enemies from any chance to harm the National Unity and Fraternity Coexistence between the people of Kirkuk.”

“The Iraqi government refuses any individual step to change the situation in Kirkuk and considers it as illegal and unconstitutional. The final state of Kirkuk is ruled by the constitutional mechanisms and political accordance. The government started these measures through the Committee of Article 140 of the Iraqi Permanent Constitution which paved the way for Kirkuk future according to the agreed-on basis that guarantee the peaceful coexistence and respect the variety of the people of Kirkuk”, al-Dabbagh added.

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President Barzani Appreciates the Kurdish People for their Patriotic Stance

In a statement issued yesterday, Massud Barzani, the President of Kurdistan region appreciated the patriotic stance of the Kurdish people in all its components to achieve its rights and demands in the New Iraq and rejecting the Iraqi Parliament resolution in passing the Provincial Elections Law and insisting on the implementation of Article 140.

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Commission on Article 140 in Kirkuk Emphasizes the continuing work in the disbursement of compensation

The head of the Truth Commission in Article 140 in Kirkuk on Wednesday, the Committee continues to compensate the Arabs arrived and deported instruments awards, and its scrutiny of transactions made by the entrants and deportees continue.

The Chairman of the Committee, a frail improvement in an interview with "Uzmatik", the "Committee for Article 140 in Kirkuk, continuing to compensate arrivals, and the deportees in order to complete the transactions provided by the Commission, filed to the capital to complete the exchange instruments."

The flimsy, that "the number of transactions carried out by the Commission, amounted to some 22 thousand special treatment phase, and 11954, especially arrivals," asserting that "in case the arrival of such instruments from the Baghdad office announced by the Committee immediately."

Chairman of the Truth Commission in Article 140 in Kirkuk, he pointed out that "The Committee continues to work regardless instruments Arab arrivals returning to their home areas, and evacuees from the city of Kirkuk."

The Office of Kirkuk to the implementation of Article 140, had been achieved since the beginning of his more than 36600, for the treatment of deportees, 35000 were sent, the treatment of the Finance Committee before the fact-finding committee to exchange instruments compensating them, and that the number of instruments that have arrived in Kirkuk to the Office for the deportees reached so far , 14821, an instrument, either for the incoming Arab transactions have been completed, 13200, treatment, and had to send a fact-finding committee, 12700, treated to the Finance Committee, and the total transactions that were cashed compensatory instruments, and that arrived at the office hit, 9267, an instrument, The total remaining instruments to the Finance Committee, for the newcomers is, 2011, an amount either deported, 5936.

It is noteworthy that the issue of Kirkuk, one of hot issues raised in the Iraqi parliament, which did not vote on the law of provincial council elections on Wednesday because, with the House to adjourn the Iraqi chapter to the next legislative day ninth of September.

The article aroused considerable controversy of Kirkuk between blocs around him to reach agreement on the fate of the local elections, to see Arabs and Turkmens that the best solutions, the division of power at 32% of the nationalities of Arab, Kurdish, Turkmen, and the rate of 4% for Caldoachorien, but the Kurdistan Alliance bloc Iraqi Parliament, and a list of Kirkuk Sisterhood, does not agree to this demand, which seeks to hold elections on schedule, because of Merit will resolve all the problems, election.

Translated version of http://iraqalaan.com/bm/Politics/-140--13.shtml

Committee Charged with Implementing Article 140 Run out of Money, Iraqi Govt Closed its Eyes

The committee tasked with implementing article 140 has run out of money while the Iraqi government closed its eyes to provide financial support for that committee.

“The committee has run out of the budget previously allocated to implement article 140. We called on the Iraqi government to provide additional budget for compensating the displaced people and Arab settlers while the Iraqi council of ministers has not yet responded to our request,” head of the committee, Narmin Othman said.

As she said, $ 200 million was allocated for the committee while it requested $ 700 million. After the adoption of the supplementary budget, the committee requested $ 400 million more, but the Iraqi finance ministery is unwilling and keeping salient to the request.

“We will wait untill late next week. If we do not receive a response from the government since then, we will take other measures,” Narmin Othman said.

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Barzani discuss with the American delegation Article 140 and a crisis of Khanaqin

Met with President Massoud Barzani's Kurdistan province with the delegation of the American Embassy in Iraq, headed by Ambassador Thomas Krecziski official file of article 140 of the U.S. embassy in Iraq. The two sides discussed at the meeting held in the resort Salahuddin article 140 of Iraqi constitution and the role of the United Nations in its implementation, has also been highlighted extensively on the recent events that have occurred in the town of Khanaqin, and causes a problem at this time and enter the Iraqi army to the town of Khanaqin. Barzani has noted in this connection that the area of Khanaqin safe area in general, it is surprising that the Iraqi army came to the region on the pretext of eliminating terrorism, and lack of coordination with the Kurdistan Regional Government. The president of the Territory to tackle the problem and hoped the non-recurrence of similar problems in future, he added, saying that we are not troublemakers will not create problems, but we will not accept any infringement on the Constitution and law.

The ambassador said Krecziski We support the implementation of article 140 of Iraqi constitution, and we believe that the presence of a strong Kurdistan in Iraq under Iraqi forces will not weaken, and underlined that the implementation of any military operations in the disputed areas in coordination between the central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government. In the same context search Massoud Barzani, during a telephone call he had with Iraqi Vice President Tariq Hashimi, the current events in Diyala province, and the question of the existence of Iraqi forces in the district of Khanaqin, Hashemi heard in this regard to the viewpoint of the President of the Region. The President Hashemi Territory resolutions emergency meeting of the E.x.e.cutive Board Tuesday and urged him to cooperate and support the political efforts aimed at defusing the dangerous crisis looming on the horizon and advocates to join an emergency meeting with political leaders. It is scheduled to head the Territory during the next few days and a high-level delegation to Baghdad for this purpose.

Translated version of http://almalafpress.net/index.php?m=39

Forum for activating Article 140 held in Erbil

Kurdistan center for strategic studies in cooperation with Article 140 magazine held a forum for activating and finding new constitutional mechanisms for Article 140 in participation of many lawmakers in the Kurdistan region parliament, lawmen, university lecturers and politicians today in Erbil.

The forum started under the motto “Article 140 is the catalyst of integrity and political stability in the new federal Iraq”.

Hassib Rojbayani, editor in chief of Article 140 magazine, first talked about those conspiracies against article 58 of the Iraqi Transitional Administrative Law (TAL), Article 140 of the Iraqi Permanent Constitution, and finally Article 24 of the Provincial Elections Law made by Kurds opponents for not implementation of these laws.

The forum then started its agenda which included finding new constitutional mechanisms in the Kurdistan region, Kirkuk, the disintegrated areas and the Iraqi federal government for implementing article 140, discussing the UN’s proposals regarding resolving the issue of the disintegrated areas and identifying its weak and powerful points.

The forum ended by taking opinions and views of the attendees into consideration.

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Academics and politicians Kurds are debating a new mechanism for the application of Article 140

Academics and politicians discussed the Kurds have gathered in Arbil, Saturday, a new mechanism to article 140 of the Constitution which provides for the application of the situation in Kirkuk and the disputed areas, in order to expedite their application and to prevent "procrastination" by, according to a source in the assembly. He said Haseeb Rospiani former assistant governor of Kirkuk, chief editor of 140 Magazine, said "the information center and strategic research systems in cooperation with Kurdish magazine 140 issued in Kirkuk today, Saturday, in Arbil, a gathering of politicians and academics to discuss new mechanisms regarding the application of Article 140 which stipulates the constitutional conditions in the application Kirkuk and the disputed areas. " He explained that "the aim of establishing this grouping to study and discuss a range of questions on constitutional Article 140, since there are programmes deliberate, programmed and unintended by the central government for the postponement and procrastination and a steeplechase before the application of Article 140." And added "we got to the conviction that it is necessary to help Kurdish leadership set of recommendations and proposals and develop a new mechanism to counter such attacks by those parties in Baghdad.

"Rospiani did not disclose on this new mechanism, but stressed that" the new draft will be submitted to the Kurdish leadership to discuss it. "The" give a new mechanism for political action to accelerate And ensure the application of Article 140 and to discuss a new project to restore areas withheld from the Kurdistan region and to embrace the recommendations and will submit new proposals to the Kurdish leadership. "

The gathering was held under the slogan (Article 140 constitutional basis of European and stability in the new federal Iraq) and lasted one day, with the participation of many politicians, academicians, jurists and members of the Iraqi parliament. The issue of Kirkuk, one of the outstanding issues in the election law approved by the boards of provincial parliament in the twenty-second July July of this was vetoed by the Council presidency after days of approval in Parliament. Rejected the PKK Kurdish Alliance (53 seats), demanding the annexation of the city of Kirkuk to the Kurdistan region, the law, particularly with regard to article 24 of the situation in Kirkuk.

Translated version of http://almalafpress.net/index.php?m=39