Al-Hadithi confirms that Baghdad will not abide by the results of the referendum in the region
Al-Hadithi confirms that Baghdad will not abide by the results of the referendum in the region
9-8-2017
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Friday that the federal government will not abide by the results of the referendum on the independence of the Kurdistan region to be held on the twenty-fifth of this September, noting that Baghdad does not want to enter into an “internal conflict,” while stressing the lack of any desire to accept The idea of independence in the country.
“The independence that the Kurdistan region wants is an illegal and unconstitutional step, and this is in line with the vision of the Iraqi government in the desire to find a way to preserve the unity of the country,” spokesman Saad al-Hadithi said in an interview with Russian radio station Sputnik.
He added that “there is no desire to accept the idea of independence in the country,” explaining at the same time that “the region has the powers of federal, according to the Constitution, and that no party has the right to change the reality of Iraq with a unilateral desire, without the consent of the other party.”
In response to a question about what Baghdad has to prevent the referendum from being passed, Al-Hadithi said: “We do not want to enter into an internal conflict, but the results that will result from this referendum will not be committed by the state.”
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