Talabani's project will take 140 to its final stages 2011-11-16
Shia Alliance in the iraqi parliament confirm their support for the project as their lands were also taken by force and its time they are returned to the administrative boundaries in 1968.
Ala Talabai an MP from KB told (Kurdistan nwe): according to the constitution , the Iraqi Pres. has the power to revert the administrative boundaries back to their origin status in 1968 which were done during the Ba'ath ruling, specilly Chamchamal , Kalar , Kifri and Khurmatoo, at the moment the project has been submitted to the parliament to be voted on, but as the KB we have formed groups to discuss the project with the other parties and this is important, because in the past few times the Pres. submitted the project but his 2 former deputies kept rejecting it by using the power of veto .
Regarding which parties will vote to pass the project Ala said "majority of Iraqiya list oppose the project specially Saleh Mutlaq , and this required political discussions , but the SLC , National Alliance and the Sadrists dont oppose to vote on the project", she said once the project is passed thus (70%) of article 140 have been implemented , and the kurdish population will rise again in Kirkuk , as the sliced off area's administrative boundaries will return onto Kirkuk.
Hassan Jihad on the Kurdistan Bloc (KB) told Knwe "the project submitted by the pres. is his duty and has to be passed , the project will include the disputed areas because back in the day their administrative boundaries where changed , and there was political hands behind these changes , and its unlikely the entire parties in the parliament vote on its passing , therefore presenting in parliament needs a lot of beforehand discussions and agreements and as KB we have our own project , and our problem is the Iraqiya list , but the list have asked us to give them support for their autonomy in Salahadin and we have done so and now we are asking for the favor back , because iraq is now based on agreements and its ok to have different opinions , but we insist on having the project passed and the SLC have reinstated their support for the project as its a constitutional project .
Burhan Muahamad Faraj an MP in the Iraqi parliament on KB said "The project could have been submitted a long time ago , but back the his Pres. 2 deputies had the power of veto so he couldn't submit it to parliament but the project is constitutional and we confirm our full support for it and no 3rd parties has the right to oppose it and if they do then they are violating the constitution .
he then said kurds have to alliance with the Shia block and the PM , because the Iraqiya list is against the project , but there is problem between Salahadin province and Baghdad , and after the project is passed we will reach the final stages of article 140 , we will no longer wait for this because our land has been occupied from us .
Translated from Sorani by me
http://www.pukmedia.com/kurdish/index.p ... &Itemid=53 
Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:25 pm
