Kurdish Agreement on the Right of Self-Determination, and a Disagreement Over Details

In a surprise move rose from inside the house of the Kurdish voice of anti-appeal Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani of the Parliament of the region to work to take legislative steps to conduct a referendum on self-determination for the region, following the control of armed groups over large parts of the country, and because of the impossibility of resolving differences between the province and the center in Baghdad on the main issues is vital.

This voice against the forces inside the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), led by President of the Republic of the outgoing Jalal Talabani, a strategic partner of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by Barzani, and the most prominent anti is the leader of the Patriotic Union of Adel Murad, who says that no disagreement on principle, but the details and circumstances.

But political analyst Jottiar fair to say that there is a problem with respect to the existence of the referendum is to negotiate with the government, ie, that the relationship did not go so Kurds resort to this measure.

As the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Ali Awni that the disagreement personal, and not with the principles of the National Union.

Did not hide the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Adel Murad said there are reasons organizational behind this dispute, is in what he described as a monopoly of the Kurdistan Democratic Party positions in local governments, and the unfairness National Union, but Awni denies any exclusion of any category, and that the positions were distributed according to the elections.

In the same vein, any conflict between the National Union and the Democratic Kurdistan for the post of governor in Erbil, the conflict erupted between the PUK and the MDC, “Curran” in Sulaimaniyah, also insists the Patriotic Union of retaining the post of governor, which is demanded by the change according to the elections, says candidate for the position in question, Haval Abu Bakr.

And confirms the leadership of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Ali Awni that the referendum will take place, and any point does not accept it will be damaged, referring to the National Union.

Said political analyst Jottiar just that there are indicators and not evidence of an Iranian role in this position of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) of the referendum on self-determination.

With just says Murad, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan said the launch of the call for a referendum in this circumstance is adequate cause to launch a media campaign described Balzalma against the Kurds.

Contributed in preparing the dossier Abdul Hamid Zebari Erbil

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