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KA agrees to give Kirkuk special status – MP

November 3, 2009 - 02:01:56

Lawmaker from the Iraqi Accord Front, Rashied Azzawi, said on Tuesday that the Kurdistan Alliance (KA) agreed to give Kirkuk a special status within the election law.

“I expect to reach an agreement on Kirkuk within the coming hours, noting that Arabs, Turkmen and Kurds agreed to give Kirkuk a special status,” the lawmaker told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The disagreement still exists on the additional seats,” he explained.

“The quota system will be a problem for Arabs and Turkmen, and this is the reason some of them do not want it,” he added.

Throughout the past week, the Iraqi Parliament has failed to pass the elections bill due to differences over the status of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk in the law on parliamentary elections, scheduled to be held on January 16, 2010.

The Kurds, who form the majority of the population in Kirkuk, have long demanded that the province be incorporated in their autonomous region in the north despite the opposition of its Arab and Turkmen communities.

The political deadlock threatens the poll as the electoral law is supposed to be in place 90 days before voting takes place. Constitutionally, the election must be held by January 31.

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Originally Posted by Seaview

KA agrees to give Kirkuk special status – MP

November 3, 2009 - 02:01:56

Lawmaker from the Iraqi Accord Front, Rashied Azzawi, said on Tuesday that the Kurdistan Alliance (KA) agreed to give Kirkuk a special status within the election law.

“I expect to reach an agreement on Kirkuk within the coming hours, noting that Arabs, Turkmen and Kurds agreed to give Kirkuk a special status,” the lawmaker told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Nice Job Seaview!
To me this is huge! If they get this election bill passed this week, my opinion is the Iraqi's will be granted the RV this month as well. Things really are looking better and better for the dinar- (those rumor posts of yours Seaview, not-withstanding!)
Ehhh, we are allowed to reply and comment in this thread, right?
Blessings On YOU! AL

Originally Posted by orrkallen

.........Ehhh, we are allowed to reply and comment in this thread, right?

Yes, of course...

. According to the latest information that frequent the recent United Nations
proposal is acceptable in principle by the various parties, promising imminent
breakthrough situation. . Positive atmosphere transfer of the Higher Islamic
Council, which proclaimed that the election law arrived at the final stages
where the majority of the political parties seemed to agree on proposals for
political solutions to resolve the issue of Kirkuk.
. The MP Hamid Saadi told Al Hayat newspaper that what is looming on the horizon
now is to accept the proposal of the majority of the Parties of the United
Nations representative in Iraq, which is to give compensatory seats to the Arabs
and Turkmen of Kirkuk in the new parliament. Saadi said the dispute over Kirkuk
is a political rather than technical, and if they resolved their political
differences around without the intransigence of the various parties could be
avoided in technical matters with Hhaltha smoothly away from the bickering and
political maneuvers

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House of Representatives witness intensive meetings to resolve the Kirkuk Crisis

See the corridors of the House of Representatives will hold intensive meetings and continuous between the political parties to reach a solution to the Kirkuk Crisis, the main obstacle to the adoption of the electoral law.

A source in contact with the agency and the independent press (Iba) on Wednesday that "the meetings of heads of political blocs and the Legal Committee in the House of Representatives with the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations."

The many proposals put forward by various political blocs and the United Nations to find a solution to this crisis, to no avail so far, because of the different parties positions.

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MP Mohammed Tamim: Can not holding the elections according to the 2005 law because it conflicted with the Constitution

A member of the Iraqi Parliament MP Mohammad Tamim on the mass of the national dialogue House of Representatives does not have sufficient time and, if not consensus on the opinion of one for all parties as it was not before the Council not to be bound by Article (120) or article (121) of the rules of procedure for itself.

Tamim said in a press statement transferred reporter that "the 2005 law can not make the election to which it is inconsistent with the Constitution in the first two major issues are The number of seats and the second is for the mechanism of calculating the seats they need to adjust the minimum right of them, pointing out that the 2005 law is incompatible with article (49) of the Constitution, under which elections can be held because he will charge of the Federal Court. "

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Tariq Harb: may not be constitutional to postpone the elections

Said chairman of the legal culture Tareq war is nothing new about the endorsement of the election law and many people relying on the law No. (16) for the year 2005, which includes postponement of the elections and this may not be constitutional

The war in a statement singled out by the reporter that "should not also extend the work of the House of Representatives after the expiration date of 15/3/2010 the current electoral cycle."

He noted that the extension of the work of the House of Representatives For after this date needs to be revised The impact of constitutional law or decision issued by the House of Representatives for the purpose of the extension. "

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04/11/09

Commission threatens to delay Iraq's elections in the absence of its approval tomorrow


Threatened the electoral commission, it will postpone the parliamentary elections in January next Two dealt if parliament failed to pass the election law no later than tomorrow (Thursday).

Faraj al-Haidari, the head of UNHCR, "The Electoral Commission agreed with the representative of the United Nations to give an ultimatum to the House until Thursday to approve the elections law," stressing that if parliament fails in that it would be impossible to hold elections on the scheduled date will be postponed ".

The problem lies in the difficulty of implementing the technical aspects, and stressed that the next two days will be crucial in determining the fate of the election by approving a new election law or make amendments to the previous law, "warning that it is impossible to hold elections in the sixteenth of January next in the event not the Parliament approves the law on Thursday.

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Al-Zubaidi: British companies to enter Iraq would encourage major international

Finance Minister Baqir al-Zubaidi, "that the entry of British company specializing in Iraq in the fields of energy, electricity and construction of hospitals and residential units would help to encourage major international companies to enter the arena of Iraq."

"Now during a meeting," Christopher Prentice "Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Baghdad in a statement received by the independent press (Iba) on Wednesday a copy of" The excellent relations with Britain in the fields of economy has contributed significantly to embrace Britain's recent investment conference, which was the economic event in support of Iraq and open new horizons to invest in it. "

"We call on British companies to work in Iraq because of its special expertise in the fields of energy, oil and construction of hospitals and water plants and construction of housing units and the establishment of the international road network that will bring Iraq to a quantum leap in ages."

Zubaidi, and commended the "recent amendments to the investment law, a number (13) for the year 2006 on the right of ownership of foreign investors to the land they live their enterprises to create residential, commercial and sold to the citizens., Explaining that he would help address the housing crisis in Iraq and bring new jobs to eliminate unemployment.

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Shahristani: Iraq was able to attract the largest global companies to invest in oil exploration and development

Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said: "Iraq was able to attract the largest global companies to invest in oil exploration and development to be able to increase production in order to raise the economic situation."

He said in a joint news conference with representatives of the British and Chinese companies: "The value of the contract which was signed on 50 billion dollars."

He said al-Shahristani said: "It developed Rumaila in southern Iraq, which was signed today with the contract with the company (BP) and British (CNBC) Chinese production will field within the next six years, one million to two million barrels and 850 thousand barrels."

He said: "The investment of these fields to Ayad sale of the oil fields, but will service and will take to companies riding on the production costs per barrel, the extra meaning that they will not become a partner in the Iraqi oil."

He said: "Iraq is through investment in its oil fields in the first round of licenses will be able to produce 7 million barrels, a large production rates will be accessed."

Shahristani said: "The two companies agreed to Iraq's request that the share of the additional product from the barrel of the field two and it will pay 35 percent tax to the Ministry of Finance and 25 percent quota for Iraqi partner with the contractor, so will have up to 67 cents per barrel on product Manatkdh is appropriate."

And al-Shahristani said: "The investment of the oil fields by foreign companies in the second round of licenses by companies in the world will become Iraq's first exporters in the region and will reach 12 million barrels of production."

For his part, the representative of the Chinese company, said his company will provide a chance for the Iraqis in Rumaila and it will train staff of the Iraqi oil to work in this area and will contribute to the reconstruction of Iraqi infrastructure and services development to achieve prosperity for the Iraqi people.

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