Thread: Article 140

President Barzani: Any hostility to Article 140 is hostility to New Iraq

At the end of his visit to Bahdenan area, Kurdistan Region President Massud Barzani on Sunday visited Akri district and met with its government and organizational officials along with the prominent figures there.

President Barzani reiterated the necessity of the implementation of Article 140 in the constitution. He said that any Hostility to Article 140 is considered hostility to the New Iraq.

He also talked about the situations in Iraq and Kurdistan region. He referred to the province council elections and called on the citizens to participate in the elections emphasizing at the same time of the freedom of expressing and voting.

President Barzani stressed the need to enhance the relations between the PUK and the KDP and the necessity to keep the unity between both parties.

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Nermeen Othman: "The government has not acted so far the budget of the Higher Committee for the implementation of Article 140

Deputy head of the Supreme Committee for the implementation of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution, Ms. Nermin Othman that the budget allocated by the Council of Ministers of the Committee has not acted yet.

The Iraqi cabinet has allocated an amount of 200 million dollars for the Higher Committee for the implementation of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution of 2009, and was walking to the functions of the Commission and the disbursement of compensation to evacuees and streaming into the disputed areas administratively.

Othman said in an exclusive statement to Al PUKmedia on Tuesday said that "the reason for the failure to pay the budget of the Commission is to delay the ratification of the general budget for the year 2009."

And on the latest developments and the work of the Committee said the deputy head of the Supreme Committee for the implementation of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution "has been dealing with instruments that did not happen, and carried out a period of exchange, where there was a 4 instrument not spend thousands of evacuees streaming into and distributed by the sub-committees of the Commission".

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Raed Fahmi: We need 500 million US$ to meet our commitments

Head of the Committee for the implementation of Article 140 of the Constitution Raed Fahmi Jihad said “The amounts allocated to the Commission are not sufficient, indicating that he called during the meeting of the Finance Committee, on Saturday, Feb.28, with members of the Iraqi Parliament committees to increase the budget allocated to the Commission to 500 million US$ at least.”

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Ethyl Najifi: Nineveh province would be an area of conflict on Article 140

The coordinator of the list of humpback Ethel Najifi that the alliance with the existing mandate depends on the accepted list of the political program, indicating at the same time that the province of Nineveh, which has its list of more than half their seats in recent elections, there would be "an arena of conflict on article 140."

Najifi said during a press conference held on Thursday, the Nineveh provincial council, and was attended by a correspondent agency (Voices of Iraq) said that the elections were "not of the parties and persons, but for the political wishes of the community, which has won our program we put forward, the coalition or cooperation with the listing will depend on the extent of the loss-making accepted for our political program, "he said," We can not ally ourselves and we agree, or give power to any point in their opposition is the work of our political or otherwise. "

He won Najifi list (humpback) with 19 seats, 37 of the Nineveh province, "We believe that the fundamentals of democracy, a point of winning and a losing hand, it is natural to become the winner of the governing authority and the losers to the point of the opposition," stating that the program presented by the list of humpback alliance with other lists is "the extent to accept the other lists, to work as part of our political program is not reasonable to give up on the winner of the loser, its because this would be a major setback for the elections."

With regard to the survival of Kurdish security forces in Mosul, especially after he demanded that Sheikh Abdullah al-Yawar one of the founders of the list of humpback out these forces from Nineveh province, said Najifi "as our belief in the list of the humpback of the main causes of insecurity in the province of Nineveh, is the multiplicity of power centers, where there are four centers of power in public in addition to the presence of hidden centers of power, because of multiple centers of power produced is struggling between the centers of these forces and also result in spaces between them and a lot of bands live either under the conditions of these centers or spaces between the centers. "

He said he could not settle the Nineveh province, but if the "united by the power in one direction and the center of the province of Nineveh, and the Council of the province, with the exception that there will be an ongoing loss of security for the province and identified the subject of law and the Constitution as well," he said, "There is no authority for any other right, or that are interfering, and to establish a presence or an administrative security, but through the institutions of the province of Nineveh, or the central government in Baghdad "

And on the disputed areas within the administrative borders of Nineveh Najifi said "the Iraqi Constitution has identified those areas, as is formal, as the administrative borders of the province of Nineveh before the start of military operations in 2003," What is there now and talk about article 140 of this issue, we and strive to achieve our vision through the Iraqi parliament and the government. "

He added that the province of Nineveh, Najifi "There will be an area of conflict on article 140, the fields, but the Iraqi constitution and the parliament, and as long as the administrative borders of the province of Nineveh, installed, we must adhere to formal and non-existence of any forces other than the province of Nineveh, or the central government, when there is a change in the future certainly We are with the Iraqi government, both reduced the territory of Kurdistan, or capacity. "

And calls upon the Government of the Kurdistan region in several regions in the province of Nineveh, to bring them into the region, as areas of conflict and the claim by the application of Article 140.

As for the agreement with the list of Nineveh, which has sister came in second and received one third of the seats in the Nineveh province, said Najifi "The agreement with the list of Nineveh sister, within which to consider the conditions (sister) to the poor performance during the previous period, and not remain a hostage to ill-local leaders of the Kurds more abuse to the Arabs, the Kurdish leaders to understand that local leaders in Nineveh province, to the Kurdish people ill. "

"But who wants to jump on the hopes of our people and their feelings and say that we have succeeded in the election of each Alzb talked by mistake and come back and remain engaged in the site negatively affects the returns from new, This is totally unacceptable if it does not change the faces and start a new page there can be no agreement" .

And obtained a list of humpback in recent elections to maintain the 19 seats in the elections that took place during the month of December to discourage last January, P Imahsalt sister list of Nineveh, which represents the Kurdish parties 12 seats, the Iraqi Islamic Party, 3 seats, 3 seats for Christians and Kotp Shabaks and Alaesidein out 37 seats is the total seats in the Nineveh province.

The city of Mosul in Nineveh province, about 410 kilometers north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

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Prime Minister: the question of Kirkuk be resolved only by the terms of Article 140

14/03/09

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his entourage, consisting of the following Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and Yarrub and Trade Minister, Fawzi Hariri, Minister of Industry and Iraq's ambassador to Australia Ghanim Shibli, at the seventh time on Saturday evening, Australia, at 12 o'clock, Iraq time, in the Hall Chenkrilla Australian city of Sydney with members of the Iraqi community and from all nationalities.

The Prime Minister during the meeting which was attended by a number of Iraqi Kurds, Arabs and all the representatives of the Kurdish parties and organizations in Australia and a representative of the Government in the Kurdistan region of Sydney and a number of representatives of the Iraqi media, was pleased at the meeting.

Thus, he highlighted the Prime Minister on the latest developments on the Iraqi arena and the security situation and the difficult circumstances experienced by Iraq, and progress and to restore security and stability, valuing Australia's role in supporting Iraq in the problems experienced by the.

The prime minister noted the weakness of the terrorists and al-Qaeda, and said: These terrorists have been strong and in control of a number of provinces such as Anbar and Diyala and some other areas, and today thanks to the efforts of the security services had not left them one iota in this country, but the terrorist operations carried out on some times here and there, such as thieves and bandits of the implementation of their goals Almgazzzp.

The prime minister said: I always emphasize that the security of the foundation pillar of the country and without, we can not provide protection for Iraq's sovereignty and reconstruction, and the companies that come to our country for reconstruction and investment and the need to protect the security and if it does not provide the security will decline and delayed the reconstruction process.

In response to a question about the status of Kirkuk and Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution, the prime minister said: "The question of Kirkuk be resolved only by the terms of Article 140.

On the issue of arming the Iraqi army and the fear of the use of weapons against the Kurds again, the prime minister said: "Iraq will not be used in weapons against the Iraqi people again, but will be used to defend the people of Iraq.

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The Supreme Committee for the implementation of Article 140 of the Constitution need to be 700 million dollars to complete the tasks

The Vice-President of the Supreme Committee for the implementation of Article 140 of Constitution, Nermin Othman that its need to 700 million U.S. dollars to be able to cover the remaining stages of its work.

The press in a statement published Tuesday that the committee might need to be $ 700 million to complete the tasks, and begin implementation of its work if the arrival of its budget for 2009 of the Council of Ministers of Iraq.

The Kurds in Kirkuk, stresses the need for the application of Article 140 of the Constitution, is to the Arabs and Turkmen, it crashed because of exceeding the legal time limit to implement more than a year ago, and call for the division of administrative authorities in the city under which the components of population, or 32 percent of each of the Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen , and four percent for the Christians.

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Iraqi Minister of Environment: Iraqi state lacks the will to implement article 140

The Iraqi state does not have the intention to implement article 140, which deals with normalizing conditions in the disputed areas between Baghdad and Erbil, the Iraqi Minister for Environment Narmin Othman and Deputy Charwoman of Supreme Committee for Implementation of Article 140, during an interview told Sulaimani-based Kurdistani Nwe Kurdish daily on March the 18th.

She also said that the Dr. Mohammad Ihsan KRG Minister for Extra-Regional Affairs officially is the Kurdistan region representative in Baghdad.

She also indicated that the main problem in the relations between the Iraqi federal government and the KRG is the lack of a common language , and understanding points, saying both sides should identify experienced people for negotiations.

“The Iraqi state lacks the will to implement article 140. There are many reasons and political hindrances. Currently all sides are waiting for the coming report, which would not be binding, of the special envoy to Iraq, Staffan de Mistura .The budget which has been allocated for implementation of article 140 will not be sufficient for carrying out only third of this year’s works.” She said.

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President Barzani emphasizes the need for the implementation of Article 140 and to improve the living conditions of the components of Kirkuk

Met with Mr. Massoud Barzani, President of Kurdistan region on Monday with the governor and the head of the provincial council of Kirkuk, officials of the Office of regulations and the branch of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Democratic Party in Kirkuk.

Talks during the meeting which was attended by Messrs. Kosirt Messenger Vice President of Kurdistan Region and Kamal Karagoki Vice President of the Parliament of Kurdistan, the situation in Kirkuk and the implementation of Article 140 and ways to improve the living conditions of all components of the city, was also at the meeting emphasized the need to implement Article 140 of the Constitution.

On a related level, he met with Mr. Massoud Barzani, Kurdistan's president on Monday in the resort of Salah al-Din in the new Russian ambassador to Iraq Hovaiev Valerian and his accompanying delegation.

They also discussed the current political situation in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, said the President of Kurdistan Region to the region's commitment to the Iraqi constitution.

For his part, the Russian Ambassador was pleased to visit the Kurdistan Region, praised the development and security in the Territory.

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Atrushi of the rainbow: a solution to the issue of Article 140 Ataatalq functions of the Commission on the Truth

MP for the Kurdistan Islamic Union Sami Atrushi response to Osama's deputy Najifi on the issue of the disputed areas, noting that the meaning of Article 140 that the outstanding problems in the disputed areas, including Kirkuk, an administrative movement to that area of the administrative authority in those areas.

The Attorney Sami Atrushi the task of the Commission on the Truth, only to some of the normalization of the situation in Kirkuk, such as the distribution of power and the resolution of some outstanding problems in the province and not to resolve the issue of Article 140 because it is the Committee's functions Ataatalq

Atrushi Sami also said that the fact-finding committee had not resolved all the outstanding problems in Kirkuk, but some of those problems because they delayed the date of commencement of business in the province for two months

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Adnan Mufti: we would have our stance on any report that to oppose article 140

"We cannot make any indication until the UN analytical reports on all areas regarded as disputed between Baghdad and Erbil to be published," speaker of the Kurdistan region parliament Adnan Mufti said in an inclusive statement to PUKmedia on Tuesday about the UN analytical report, which is expected to be released within this month.

“But after the publication of the report, if it was at harmony with article 140 of the Iraqi constitution we will agree with it,” Mufti added.

“Otherwise, if that report or any other report that to oppose article 140, we as the Kurdistan region parliament would have our stance due to two factors: first article 140 is a constitutional article and the Iraqis have voted to it. Secondly article 140 identifies destinies of many Iraqi displaced people who their rights are related to the implementation of article 140.” He clarified.

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