Thread: Article 140

Committee of the Regions: We will work to end the file of article (140) solve the problem of deportees

Said a member of the Committee of the Regions and Governorates MP for the Iraqi List and Wissal Salim Ali said the committee will work to end the file of article 140 of the disputed areas, especially between Mosul and the Kurdistan region.

Ali said in a statement to the reporter (Agency news) said on Tuesday: that the committee has a lot of topics and the most important of the disputed areas and the sustainability and validity of Article 140 of the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq as unconstitutional.

The MP for the province of Mosul, said the committee will work during the coming period to overcome all the difficulties occurring in the subject of the disputed territories, especially between the province of Nineveh and the Kurdistan region on the grounds that the people of the two provinces are the sons of one homeland, regardless of national differences between them.

She said the commission would also solve the problem of the evacuees from these areas as a result of the circumstances in which they lived during the former regime and bring them back to their original places, which deported them.

Under the first paragraph of Article 140 of the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq that the executive authority shall take the necessary steps to complete implementation of the requirements of Article 58 of the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period of all subparagraphs, in Paragraph II that the responsibility entrusted to the executive authority of the transitional government provided for in Article 58 of the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period, extend and continue to the executive authority elected in accordance with the Constitution, that it accomplishes completely (normalization and census and concludes with a referendum in Kirkuk and other disputed, to determine the will of its citizens).

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Tayfour warns of “Arabization” policy in disputed areas

Second Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Arif Tayfour on Saturday warned against continued policy of “Arabization” in Kirkuk and other areas subject to dispute between Baghdad government and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.

“There are still some lackeys of the former regime that try to create problems, shake stability and security in disputed areas and scupper article 140 of the Constitution, voted over by most Iraqis,” Tayfour said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution mandates a process of normalization and referendum for disputed territories, although it continues to be a vexing issue which needs to be addressed.

The most significant of these disputed territories is the governorate and city of Kirkuk, which suffered ethnic cleansing and expulsion by the Baathist regime of Saddam Hussein.

Makhmur, Sinjar, Khanaqeen and other areas of rural Kurdistan also fall under the jurisdiction of Article 140.

The future of Iraq depends on Article 140 and its aim of using a democratic and constitutional framework to address problems that are long overdue for resolution.

The Iraqi government failed to meet the 2007 deadline for Kirkuk specified by Article 140, which includes full normalization and a referendum on unifying with the Kurdistan Regional Government.

A six-month extension was granted to fulfill this constitutional obligation

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Kurdish lawmaker: Talabani's position requires him to take into account the interests of Iraq, the upper and the rights of all Iraqi components

Deputy coalition Kurdish blocs that remarks by President Jalal Talabani, the last on Kirkuk came believing in the application of the constitution and maintenance.

The MP Hamid Adel Buffy told the future (and) today that "Talabani's post requires him to take into account the interests of Iraq, the upper and the rights of all Iraqi components, which Iraqi political veteran and has strong links and strong links with all the ingredients, the parties and blocs in Iraq."

"And it is here I believe that Talabani is committed to the Constitution and the Secretary of the conservation and maintenance, and when advertising and siding with the constitutional article is parking and a national and constitutional, so everyone must comply to the implementation of article / 140 / constitutional, has made the statement Talabani, in this context."

He continued, "The Street of Kurdistan is not satisfied with the lag made in the application of article / 140 /, which is demanding and urgently too all the authorities to expedite the implementation of this article, as many of the problems in Iraq now occur because of the implementation of this article, and the suffering of the residents of the territories disputed because of all the non-application of this article.

And: "So, the political forces that believe in the rights of nationalities and components of Iraq to stand by the Constitution and the political process also calls for the application of the Constitution and article / 140 / and thus solve the problem of Kirkuk and other disputed territories."

He was President Jalal Talabani had said earlier that "Kirkuk is the Jerusalem of Kurdistan", calling for the Turkmen and Kurds for the Liberation of Kirkuk, whom he called occupiers.

Authorities have demanded that the federal "plays its role in standing against any threat of prejudice to the unity and security of the country," a preacher in the same time, U.S. forces "to abide by the terms of the security agreement, which obliges it to maintain Iraq."

The authorities of the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces had been published in the province of Kirkuk, such as the demonstrations that took place on 25 February in the province, which irritated the rest of the parties and components in the province.

The city of Kirkuk (255) kilometers northeast of the capital Baghdad, from the disputed areas between the Federal Government and the Government of Iraqi Kurdistan / m over 100.

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Article 140 of the Commission in Dhi Qar begin next Sunday, the distribution of compensation affected families

Committee announced that Article 140 in Dhi Qar, they will start Sunday from next week to distribute the amounts of compensation covered by the law on compensation for affected people in accordance with Article 140.

The accountant of the Commission, "Ali Aboud Kryosh" the newspaper Nasiriyah electronic (NEN) that Article 140 has completed its preparations for the distribution of amounts of compensation for the families covered by Article 140 and the promoters of their transactions and the nearly 8000 families, and will pay 10 million dinars for each family in the form of meals, respectively.

He said he will address the Commission on Graduate provinces abandoned by their owners for the allocation of residential plots to them and return to areas that left them.

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Chairman of the Commission on Article 140: How to organize the referendum and Statistics in the absence of clear limits to Kirkuk?

Head of the Supreme Committee for the implementation of Article 140, Raed Fahmi, on Monday, that the Committee is still trying to apply the first phase, a phase of normalization, and can not move to the other stages, because there is a whole set of resolutions and laws said it was not the prerogative of the Commission and must be enacted by the House of Representatives The ministers in addition to allocating sufficient funds for compensation.

Fahmi said, former Minister of Science and Technology «Some wonder why did not the Commission will complete more than accomplished and what still works at the stage of normalization, the first phase of constitutional article 140, which consists of three stages, because we can not move on to the other, unless accomplished some things These things are not the prerogative of the Committee«.

He added: «For example, there are a set of resolutions of the Revolutionary Command Council, which must be removed, but has not been abolished yet This is one of the powers of parliament and there are a number of resolutions of the Commission on the north, which was headed by Ali Hassan al-Majid was supposed to be canceled and the powers of the presidency of the Council of Ministers did not also abolished».

He said «to complete the second and third phases, census, and referendum, we must identify and address the problems of the administrative borders of provinces, as is well known that Saddam Hussein's manipulation of administrative boundaries, especially the city of Kirkuk, and this matter is vested in the Council Presidency, as stipulated in Article 58 of the Code of the State Administration for the transitional period, which guaranteed to article 140 of the permanent constitution, and the validity of this presidency is difficult to move to the second phase if it does not complete these stages.»

Fahmi said «If we want to work to count, and we must work to count, but how? We do not know the limits of the province of Kirkuk today, and even if we have to work a referendum in certain areas of Kirkuk, this, too, is not the prerogative of the Committee, but must be taken to take the decision of the Chair and approved by Parliament by a machine installed by the Constitution».

He said that «these constraints if there is no concerted effort by all state agencies are difficult to resolve».

The Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution states: «First: The executive authority shall take the necessary steps to complete implementation of the requirements of Article (58) of the Iraqi State Administration Law for the transitional period, with all its clauses.
Second: The responsibility placed upon the executive authority of the Transitional Government, as set out in Article (58) of the Code of the State Administration of Iraq for the Transitional Period, extend and continue to the executive authority elected in accordance with this Constitution, provided that it accomplishes completely (normalization and census and concludes with a referendum in Kirkuk and other disputed areas to determine the will of the people) in a maximum period of thirty-atheist of December two thousand and seven years old».

Fahmi said that «there are some constraints on the amounts allocated to the Committee's work is much less than is required and there is an administrative delay to answer questions or to inquire about a specific paragraph and this issue needs to speed up the administrative«.

Fahmi said that the parliament «did not make the effort at all towards this subject«, adding that «there are very few MPs are newcomers did not inquire about how to help this subject and there was no serious effort», adding that «for the government, also was largely regular in the allocation of certain amounts In securing the cooperation with some of the ministries where there was good cooperation with the Ministries of Commerce, Interior, but there are things that remained outstanding did not take the decision and this is linked to the political situation and this situation should not lead to paralysis, should be to reach a collective solution to persistent problems, at least means that dismantle these problems and there are workshops can be solved and this is the proposal and the scenario that we gave to the Deputy Prime Minister Nuri Shaways Rose».

Fahmi pointed out that «speed up the completion of Article 140 will be reflected positively on the political process is a reciprocal relationship», but added: «At this rate, which is where the current allocations, we need to address years of compensation because a fraction of the needs».

He also pointed out that the solution of other obstacles «need to be addressed seriously and quickly because the problems are subject to the seriousness and the desire of political parties to work jointly to address them, we can work on some things, such as agricultural contracts and compensation is no more».

The head of the Supreme Committee for the Implementation of Article 140 of the Audit Committee that the complaints of the peasants in the agricultural canceled their contracts under this article of the Constitution began its work in Kirkuk, indicating that «the Commission would examine the legal ownership of the land».

The owners of the land from Arab peasants had indicated that these lands were distributed among them under the laws of land reclamation and thus not covered by article 140, while contrary to the Kurdish authorities, saying it confiscated from the peasants in response.

Fahmi said that «the Commission's work in checking the legality of Aidip will continue for a month», pointing out that «Article 140 will apply to central and southern regions, which were exposed to displacement», noting that «the Commission could consider requests displaced from these areas over the five offices of the condition they return to their areas».

And the Commission on the implementation of Article (140) of the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq, a constitutional commission executive and ministerial legal, set up under it Diwani No. (46) on 08/09/2006 from the article (58) of the Code of the State Administration for the Transitional Period, Article (140) of the Constitution Republic of Iraq. And shall preside over the Supreme Committee and Minister of Science and Technology Raid Fahmi in the previous resolution adopted by the Council of Ministers on 31.7.2007 after the resignation of former Chairman of the Committee Mr. Hashim al-Shibli, Minister of Justice in the ministry of 04/04/2007.

The disputed areas in the province of Kirkuk is Kirkuk and its environs all Aqditha including the elimination of Daquq, Tuz Khurmatu, the ridge, Kalar, Kifri. Include the Sinjar district in Nineveh, and the sheikhs, and Hamdania and Kayf and hand Ba'shiqah Qahtaniya of Baaj to spend, and spend a drunken hand and Piper. The disputed areas in Diyala province is Khanaqin, Jalula, Saadia, Muqdadiya, Balad Ruz and Mandali and Badrah and Jassan hand, and on the field, on the one hand and De Tu.

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The Committee invites the 140 arrivals in the province of Kirkuk to receive their instruments

Invited the Commission on the implementation of Article (140) of the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq all incoming covered by the decisions of the Committee in the governorate of Kirkuk in diets 12 and 13 Review Committee Office (140) in the province of Kirkuk to the receipt of their instruments.

An official source in the Committee on Thursday that the committee called for all expatriates covered by the decisions of the Committee in the governorate of Kirkuk in diets 12 and 13 audit, the Office of the Committee (140) in the province of Kirkuk to the receipt of their instruments within ten days, noting that otherwise will be re-instruments to the accounts of the Commission.

The secretary-general of the Commission that the Commission has extended the distribution of questionnaires to families covered by the provisions of this Article in central and southern Iraq to the thirtieth of April.


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Obeidi criticized a conference in Italy on Article 140 calls for politicians to not be allowed to interfere in Iraqi affairs

called Deputy National Alliance for the various parties on Article 140 of the Constitution and for the disputed areas not to allow foreign interference in Iraqi affairs, criticizing at the same time hold a conference in Italy about the article.


Cmae al-Obeidi said in a statement to news agency public opinion (and babysit) announced today that Article 140, especially the issue of Iraq and should be resolved through dialogue between the political blocs, confirming the need to hold conferences abroad.

Obeidi and noted that the conference was held outside the terms of Article 140 of Iraq opens the door wide to foreign intervention, saying that this conference Iraq cost huge amounts of money by the Iraqi people first.

Obeidi and stressed that Iraq was unable to resolve its internal problems by himself and no need to hold conferences in countries as far away as Italy.

Obeidi called on all political parties not to rely on external parties to resolve the difficult things about Iraq, but a national solution to be an Iraqi solution ..

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Activists calling themselves the "Krupp Hamrin," calling for the application of Article 140 of the center support of a Kurdish

Group called "independent" new civic activists, calling themselves the name "Krupp Hamrin," Monday, to restore areas withheld from the territory of Iraqi Kurdistan, and the application of Article 140 of the Constitution, threatened to organize peaceful demonstrations in the areas of the Nineveh Plain, and with crossed a list of "Nineveh sister "support for the demands of the group, received the province of Nineveh that the decision is up to the demands of the Federal Government and the Iraqi Council of Representatives.

The official said the group, Khairi Ismail, during the first founding conference of the group, in terms of Bashiqa (18 km north east of Mosul), and attended "Alsumaria News", "the most important objectives of the" Krupp Hamrin "independent and non-politicized, calling for the return of areas withheld from the territory of Iraqi Kurdistan, in the plain of Nineveh, to the region, "noting that it" includes the districts of Tall Afar and Qaraqosh and my part and Bashiqa Bartella and its administrative areas. "

Asked Ismail, the need to "install the Kurdish identity for the people of those areas, through pressure on local governments in Nineveh, and federal in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government, to accelerate the application of Article 140 of the Constitution, to ensure the spirit of tolerance and peaceful coexistence among the regions withheld," according to he said.

He added that "the application of Article 140 is the only way to lift the injustice done to the children of these areas because of previous policies that tried to change the character of these areas and their demographic composition," pointing out that "this is what is called a" Krupp Hamrin, "which includes under its banner personalities and elite public spectra of components and all. "

He continued that "there is reluctance deliberate and foreign intervention to abort the application of Article 140 of the service agendas stand against Iraq's stability and experience the new democratic", according to his opinion.

Download Ismail, "local governments in Nineveh, and federal in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government responsible for not applying Article 140 of the Constitution, and the area be restored withheld to the region," calling to "organize protests and popular demonstrations peaceful and collect signatures of the elite and public figures, dignitaries, clergy, and the organization of activities and events different as a prelude to creating public awareness of compressor for the application of this article. "

He predicted that "the failure to take urgent action in this regard, to the dumping areas of the Nineveh Plain in the spiral of violence and conflict and the establishment of sectarianism and racism," as he put it.

For her part, member of the Nineveh province, the list of Nineveh, Leila Rakane, in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "form" Krupp Hamrin, "is a step towards progress and democracy that we seek is always," indicating that "the right of the people of the areas withheld from the territory of Iraqi Kurdistan demand to return to him. "

She explained that "members of the Provincial Council of Nineveh Nineveh list, will support this group," expressing the belief that it "would be echoed widely in Nineveh, especially that there is a similar experience in the province of Kirkuk."

In turn, notable in terms of Bashiqa, Khalil Nader, "Alsumaria News", "withheld the return of areas to the Kurdistan region will contribute to establishing security and providing services in areas that suffer from lack withheld in this area."

On the other hand said the official spokesman for Nineveh province, Qahtan Sami, "Alsumaria News", "This is a group with political goals, not only civilian," pointing out that "the demand to return the land withheld from the territory of Kurdistan and the application of constitutional article 140 under the jurisdiction of the federal government The Iraqi Council of Representatives. "

"The province of Nineveh is still sticking to the limits of the county administrative absence of any legal decision or legislation related to the topic," stressing that "everyone shall be subject to the will of political legitimacy in making any decision," as he put it.

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Representative of the Kurdish constitutional Article 140: the three presidencies of Iraq are responsible for the implementation of Article

The representative of the Kurdistan region in the Supreme Committee for the implementation of Article 140 of the permanent Iraqi constitution, the President of the General Authority for the disputed areas between Baghdad and Erbil, the presidencies of three Iraqi deficient and indifferent to the implementation of the constitutional article did not make a serious effort so far to implement them.

He said Mohammed Ihsan, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) announced today that "we raised Mqtrahatna and demands three times for the three presidencies of the Republic, ministers, and the Council of repentance, to render a decision on the issues that are addressed within the powers of those leaders, but we have not received any response about it."

He Ihsan that "the province and district withheld from the provinces, by the former regime to conduct demographic changes it for political purposes, and inflicted the provinces of the other, can the President under the powers granted to him to issue a decree to bring it back to the provinces of origin, has raised the demand in this regard, three times, without that let's any response."

He added by saying that "there are other decisions had been issued by the Revolutionary Command Council dissolved, should be canceled by a decision of the House of Representatives, was asked this thing three times, but the Presidency of the Council of Representatives adopted by the silence on the subject."

Under Article 140 of the constitution to resolve the issue of disputed areas between Baghdad and Erbil, which was to demographic change by the former Iraqi regime and highlighted areas of the provinces of Nineveh and Salahuddin in addition to the province of Kirkuk, and be in three stages: normalization, and then conduct a census, followed by referendum among the population on the fate of those areas. and was scheduled to be completed by the application of the three phases of the material end of the year 2007, but what has been implemented so far is part of the first phase of the material.

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Article 140 of the Commission announces the end of this month deadline for delivery of forms for Palmhmolin

Announced to the Article 140 Committee on Thursday as a deadline to deliver the forms for the decision Palmhmolin financial compensation.

The Commission invited all covered by Resolution No. (7) issued by the Committee in the central and southern governorates to review their offices, saying not to extend the deadline in June, the thirtieth.

The source said an official at the Commission, told the future, the owners of the transaction is completed they can be completed during the next six months, stressing that the committee will continue to receive transactions, starting from next Sunday 3/7/2011 corresponding to the end of the current year in order to complete their transactions and delivered to the offices .

The Commission had extended the deadline delivery forms for compensation and promotion of transactions to be stopped last February, but the period has been extended several times due to high turnout included on the Commission's offices in many provinces

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