(Not sure .. but looks like Parliament returns June 14th .. hopefully, they will convene an emergency meeting to pass the "package of laws" that are ready and waiting ..oil and gas law, article 140, iraq and kuwait borders, ... etc.. link .. House of Representatives begins the official holiday on Monday, May 14th and returns June 14th ... .... and todays article .. Here ...Kel)
May 29, 2012Message from Phoenix...Erbil Crisis Resolved!
Looks as if the Erbil Crisis is resolved! The apparent sticking point all the while appears to be the lack of defined borders for the division of Kirkuk according to Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution.
The reason Maliki had refused to implement the Erbil agreement was because of the lack of defined borders for Kirkuk.
Now that Talibani and Barzini have signed off in agreement on the exact defined borders the Erbil agreement can now be implemented.
It is now becoming evident exactly what has been going on behind the closed doors of the meetings.
Maliki refused to implement the agreement due to the lack of defined borders for Kirkuk and because of Maliki's refusal to blindly sign the document they were going to try to remove him from office.
We now see that Maliki would only sign and implement the Erbil agreement with defined borders on Kirkuk.
In my opinion Maliki's strength and resolve in this situation was a fantastic example of strong and sound leadership.
The issue of Kirkuk is nothing less that a permanent division of real estate and not just real estate but a very oil rich area.
Only a fool would sign a real estate deal without knowing where the property lines are and that is what they were asking Maliki to do and had refused to do so (as he should of).
Maliki's refusal to blindly sign a document without defined borders prompted the opposition to attempt to remove him from office which failed.
Maliki stood his ground as he should have in this situation. Anyone who would sign a binding agreement to divide a nation by permanent boundaries to a region that plans to succeed from the Union to form a separate nation (Kurdistan) WITHOUT knowing the exact border locations would be not only a bad leader but a fool.
So all this time it was not Maliki that was the hold up...but Barzini and Talibani.
Now that the leaders have signed on the dotted line...Erbil can move forward. the HCL can be passed and Iraq can move forward.
Phoenix
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Shammari: Maliki has documents signed by Barzani and Talabani determine the administrative borders of Kurdistan .. Will be implemented and the demands of the Iraqi
29.05.2012
Baghdad (news) MP for the Iraqi bloc white Kazem al-Shammari, the possession of the prime minister and a document signed by the President of Kurdistan region Masoud Barzani and President Jalal Talabani, determine the administrative borders of the region, noting that al-Maliki will carry out the demands of the Iraqi List, and that the next crisis will be among the Kurds and the Arabs of the difficulty of the implementation of Article (140).
Al-Shammari said in a statement (of the Agency news) on Tuesday: The political process will see a breakthrough to the crisis with the end of the holiday legislature because of the flexibility shown by the National Alliance, and in particular Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki with its partners and awareness of all parties to the seriousness of the current crisis.
He added that al-Maliki will seek to satisfy the partners of the house (Shiite and Sunni) and will transform political conflict into a conflict Arab - Kurd in terms of highlighting the fact that the region is working powers beyond the powers of any territory in the world because it does not work according to the powers of the province in a federal State, but the powers of a federal state is which was rejected by al-Maliki.
said MP for the Iraqi bloc white to: The next crisis will be between Arabs and Kurds Maliki is difficult to implement Article (140) and the Kurds do not have waived it, especially that of the National Alliance and exclusively the Prime Minister has a document signed by the leaders Alkordian (Region President Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani and President Jalal Talabani) in a statement March 1973 that the administrative borders of the Kurdistan Region only (Erbil, Dohuk, and Sulaymaniyah) and will present al-Maliki on the political blocs to be the implementation of Article (140) according to this document. There is a claim sustained by the forces of Kurdish application of Article (140) of the Constitution, left political implications on the political and security situation.
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