The Secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party, Raed Fahmi, that the best solutions for the current stage is the application of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution, in order to address the status of Kirkuk and disputed areas.
"There is no doubt that Article 140 has laid a foundation for reducing the suffering inflicted on the Kurdish people for decades by the oppressive policies of central governments that are hostile to national rights," Raed Fahmi told the Rwandan media network.
"Article 140 has been put in place and we have been mandated to implement it in its three phases in 2006, but we started in 2007, and unfortunately for four years we have been able to implement only part of the first phase, normalization."
"If the other stages were completed, we might not have reached what we are today, but it is important for everyone to know what obstacles have been impeding the implementation of the article. To implement them, the first phase, normalization, Demographic change policies ".
He pointed out that "the government legally binding on the application of the Constitution, including this article, but there were reservations on the article by many forces within the parliament, but as long as the article exists, the government is obliged to implement."
The Secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party, that "under the current circumstances there is no better than Article 140 as constitutional material agreed in the Constitution, in order to address the status of Kirkuk and disputed areas, and whoever has an objection to it, it must come better."
"The official position of the government and of Mr. Abbadi is to abide by what is stated in the Constitution in terms of constitutional provisions and to share powers between the federal government and the territorial government, and therefore they do not mean that this article is not implemented or not."
Noting that "budget allocations are not available from the outset, because in order to complete the first phase of the budget we need from 3 to 4 billion dollars, while the allocations since 2007 to 2011 up to 150 million dollars annually, and I believe that the provision of these funds in these circumstances It is possible, but there are ways to deal with this financial aspect, such as bonds and others, especially as the financial needs have increased after the inclusion of Article 140 of the displaced from different regions and not only the disputed areas.
The Iraqi politician added that "there are immediate urgent problems, whether in Tuzkhurmato, Sinjar or Kirkuk. These are humanitarian issues that must be resolved. Article 140, even if there is a strong political will to implement this article, we have not reached what we are now, Which the federal government bears first and foremost with the other parties. "
Fahmy concluded by stressing that "the main task now is to create the appropriate political atmosphere, and initiate a dialogue between the federal government and the region to discuss all these issues, and must make efforts to start this dialogue."
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"There is no doubt that Article 140 has laid a foundation for reducing the suffering inflicted on the Kurdish people for decades by the oppressive policies of central governments that are hostile to national rights," Raed Fahmi told the Rwandan media network.
"Article 140 has been put in place and we have been mandated to implement it in its three phases in 2006, but we started in 2007, and unfortunately for four years we have been able to implement only part of the first phase, normalization."
"If the other stages were completed, we might not have reached what we are today, but it is important for everyone to know what obstacles have been impeding the implementation of the article. To implement them, the first phase, normalization, Demographic change policies ".
He pointed out that "the government legally binding on the application of the Constitution, including this article, but there were reservations on the article by many forces within the parliament, but as long as the article exists, the government is obliged to implement."
The Secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party, that "under the current circumstances there is no better than Article 140 as constitutional material agreed in the Constitution, in order to address the status of Kirkuk and disputed areas, and whoever has an objection to it, it must come better."
"The official position of the government and of Mr. Abbadi is to abide by what is stated in the Constitution in terms of constitutional provisions and to share powers between the federal government and the territorial government, and therefore they do not mean that this article is not implemented or not."
Noting that "budget allocations are not available from the outset, because in order to complete the first phase of the budget we need from 3 to 4 billion dollars, while the allocations since 2007 to 2011 up to 150 million dollars annually, and I believe that the provision of these funds in these circumstances It is possible, but there are ways to deal with this financial aspect, such as bonds and others, especially as the financial needs have increased after the inclusion of Article 140 of the displaced from different regions and not only the disputed areas.
The Iraqi politician added that "there are immediate urgent problems, whether in Tuzkhurmato, Sinjar or Kirkuk. These are humanitarian issues that must be resolved. Article 140, even if there is a strong political will to implement this article, we have not reached what we are now, Which the federal government bears first and foremost with the other parties. "
Fahmy concluded by stressing that "the main task now is to create the appropriate political atmosphere, and initiate a dialogue between the federal government and the region to discuss all these issues, and must make efforts to start this dialogue."
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