KDP: We have been told that we will not cancel the results of the referendum until after taking guarantees from Baghdad
KDP: We have been told that we will not cancel the results of the referendum until after taking guarantees from Baghdad
Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:23:04
An official in the Kurdistan Democratic Party, on Monday, that “the crisis with Baghdad in place, and the lack of confidence in Baghdad is the reason for disabling,” explaining that “the Kurdish leaders did not object to the decision of the Federal Court, which canceled the referendum and the result, but can not Publicly declare, and open their hand to Baghdad before obtaining guarantees that Baghdad is working to settle outstanding issues with Erbil in full. ”
He added that “the leaders of the Kurds informed the infallible, and they are unanimous on this opinion, and asked for a guarantor to resolve the crises, but Baghdad has not made any commitment yet,” stressing that “the ball is now in Baghdad Stadium, a procrastination and seeking to delay.
He pointed out that “if it wanted a solution, it would have provided guarantees to us, but it is working to gain time and delay, for the purposes and agendas of private, at a time when it propagates in the media that the Kurds are disrupting dialogue, and they object to the conditions made by Baghdad.”
For its part, revealed the parliamentary committee for follow-up decisions to reject the referendum on “a new agreement to hold the Kurdish deputies participating in the referendum.”
The committee member, MP Alia Nassif, said in a press statement that “the committee prevented the entry of Kurdish deputies participating in the referendum to the Parliament, despite their pledge not to attend,” asserting that “their return is rejected only on condition of appearing before the judiciary.”
On Monday (November 20, 2017), the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) called on the international community to intervene to urge the federal government in Baghdad to end its “collective punishment against the people and the territorial government” without any conditions, Iraq and its responsibilities under international law.
On Monday (November 20, 2017), the Federal Supreme Court announced that it had ruled unconstitutionally the referendum on the secession of the Kurdistan region, which took place on the 25th of last September, and the cancellation of all results and the consequences thereof. On 16 October, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi directed the security forces to extend security in the disputed areas between Arbil and Baghdad in a process he called “law enforcement” that ended with the return of the Kurds to the pre-2003 borders.
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