Maliki: can not apply Article 140 before drawing the borders of Iraq’s provinces
Maliki: can not apply Article 140 before drawing the borders of Iraq’s provinces
12/05/2012 10:40
Erbil, May 12 / May (Rn) – Iraqi Prime Minister, on Saturday, it can not be the application of Article 140 of the constitution relating to the disputed areas between Arbil and Baghdad, before drawing the borders of the provinces in the country, noting that the Constitution stipulates that guards the region especially Kurdistan Therefore, the expense is located within the region’s share of the general budget of the country. and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in an interview with Al (NRT) satellite-speaking Kurdish, which broadcasts from the Kurdistan region, “it is possible to apply Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution (relating to areas disputed between Arbil and Baghdad) before drawing the borders of the provinces in the country, because of differences of political parties in the country on that article. ” Maliki said that “For his part, carried out all about the premiership of Article 140 of the Constitution, and the rest of that article, its implementation depends on under my leadership of the Republic and House of Representatives. ” He added by saying that “the Iraqi constitution states that the Regional Guard forces (Peshmerga) is the special forces of Kurdistan so the expense is located within the region’s share amounting to 17% of the budget of the Federal Assembly of Iraq.” The Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani said in a television interview earlier this month that “the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has become a unique power,” stressing that “the Kurds will not be satisfied to live under the rule of dictatorship once again.” has escalated the dispute again between Arbil and Baghdad against the background of the issue of Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi and required to spend on charges of involvement in “terrorism” in addition to the issue of export of oil and the mechanism of management of oil wealth, which says the federal government that the province is practiced acts in violation of the Constitution of the Federal country’s permanent in Taakedath oil, rather than differences on the expense of the Peshmerga forces of the budget of the Federal Assembly. seen : Aso Haji
