The Kirkuk Provincial Council voted in its Tuesday session on the request of Kirkuk Governor Najmuddin Karim to raise the awareness of the Kurdistan region to the government departments in the province along with the Iraqi federal flag.
The members of the provincial council boycotted the Arabs and the Turkmen bloc, repeating the request "contrary to the constitution and the law."
The governor of Kirkuk, Necmettin Karim, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, led the circles of the province to raise the flag of the Kurdistan region beside the Iraqi flag, the federal, which sparked political controversy and people inside and outside the province.
A legal expert, the decision is contrary to the Constitution and the Iraqi flag law and the governor is held accountable by law.
"Kirkuk is not part of the Kurdistan region to raise its flag because the province is still within the constitutional provisions of the disputed areas and the province is still federal and irregular in the province and raise any flag other than the Iraqi flag violates the Constitution and the law."
The United Nations Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) expressed its concern about the resolution and indicated in a statement that "the Government of Iraq has made it clear that according to the Constitution, Kirkuk is within the powers of the central government and should not raise any science in the province is not aware of Iraq."
The United Nations mission warned against any unilateral steps that could jeopardize the state of harmony and peaceful coexistence between many ethnic and religious groups and consider Kirkuk as its homeland and would like to live and work together in a post-urgent phase and build on the spirit of unity and cooperation of all components in the fight against the " .
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The members of the provincial council boycotted the Arabs and the Turkmen bloc, repeating the request "contrary to the constitution and the law."
The governor of Kirkuk, Necmettin Karim, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, led the circles of the province to raise the flag of the Kurdistan region beside the Iraqi flag, the federal, which sparked political controversy and people inside and outside the province.
A legal expert, the decision is contrary to the Constitution and the Iraqi flag law and the governor is held accountable by law.
"Kirkuk is not part of the Kurdistan region to raise its flag because the province is still within the constitutional provisions of the disputed areas and the province is still federal and irregular in the province and raise any flag other than the Iraqi flag violates the Constitution and the law."
The United Nations Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) expressed its concern about the resolution and indicated in a statement that "the Government of Iraq has made it clear that according to the Constitution, Kirkuk is within the powers of the central government and should not raise any science in the province is not aware of Iraq."
The United Nations mission warned against any unilateral steps that could jeopardize the state of harmony and peaceful coexistence between many ethnic and religious groups and consider Kirkuk as its homeland and would like to live and work together in a post-urgent phase and build on the spirit of unity and cooperation of all components in the fight against the " .
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