18/04/2015 11:38
BAGHDAD / Source News / political editor .
. all eyes in the Kurdistan region towards
the Special Committee, which Parliament approved the formation in order to amend the draft constitution of the region within ninety days, especially in regard to the regime, and that near the end of the mandate of the regional president Massoud Barzani.
For his part, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, said his party Awni concern of the positions of the two parties of the Patriotic Union and the MDC on the placement of amending the Constitution and the renewal of the mandate of the president of the region
He Awni that what is happening is an attempt to bring out the party and the Kurdish regional president Massoud Barzani of the political currency than it is to find a new system for the Kurdistan region
He added that his party sees the subject of Barzani stay in his position as head of the province is an urgent need at the present time
He noted that the reaction of the Democratic Party this comes after news of the secret talks between the National Union and the MDC to stand front and one with respect to the subject of amending the constitution and the state of the region's president.
MP for the MDC in the Kurdistan Joan Ismail Parliament and declared that "the goal of their adherence to amend the constitution of the region is that the parliamentary system is applied to determine the presidency of the Kurdistan region and not rely on the issue of the election because the current situation is not always allowed."
The MP said the Kurdistan Democratic Party "bloc led by Barzani," Anas Mohammed Sharif for his part, they do not oppose the parliamentary system adoption, pointing out that there is a disparity in views on the election of President mechanism,
stressing that the mass of taking into account the specificity of the region and to keep the direct election of the president for by the people, as he put it.
It is worth mentioning that the Kurdistan Democratic Party, aims behind amending the Constitution, to hold on to the presidency of the province under the authority of Massoud Barzani, while this meet my move, opposition party Union of Kurdistan party and change.
For his part, the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament endorsed the draft constitution to prepare the Kurdistan region Act, which will pave the political parties to make another Mnaqashat on the draft constitution, which was ratified by Parliament in more than six years and has remained without being put to a referendum because of disagreements about its terms.
The move came after discussions and meetings took place last week and early this week between Parliament Speaker Mohammad Yusuf and Kurdish parties and commissioned by the region's president, Massoud Barzani, to reach a national consensus on the draft constitution of the region and prepared to put to a referendum Aam.
The head of the Kurdistan parliament this task step in the way of access to the national intercourse to be the region of Kurdistan own Constitution to the federal government by the Constitution in Baghdad.
He said Mohammed "the ratification of this bill, the first step toward reaching a national consensus a draft constitution of the Kurdistan region and write a constitution in line with the current and future need of the situation to a strong will by the political parties and parliamentary blocs to hold discussions on the draft constitution."
According to this law, it is incumbent on the parliament to form a committee to prepare a draft constitution to be discussed in Parliament and then ratified and put it to a referendum.
In this regard, says a member of the Kurdistan First Sophie Parliament specialist in constitutional law: "The formation of a constitutional committee made up of 21 members from all Kurdish parties, taking into account the ingredients and the share of women in and through one month before the committee 90 days to complete their tasks and then parliament's approval of two thirds of parliament,
a majority of the the draft constitution of the region and then determine the day of the referendum by both the presidency and parliament in the region for a maximum of one month. "
Sophie and indicates that most of the articles of the Constitution is one of the agreed items among all blocs and political parties in the province, with the exception of some Alassayash points related to a system of government and the powers of the region's president, and he adds:
"There are a range of points of contention constitute about 10% of the articles of the Constitution relating to how the election president of the region and determine the political system of the region and define the powers and there are different views on other issues such as the role of religion and some of the authorities. "
The parliament completed the preparation of the draft constitution and put it to a referendum next month of August before the expiry date of the mandate of the President of the Region II, which was extended for two years only, to bring out the territory of any legal vacuum may have exposed him,
and believed the Kurdistan First Parliament Member Sophie that there is the difficulty of the completion of each of these tasks until August explains by saying: "I believe that the agreement on the constitution need more time and that there is no option Constitution to resolve the crisis, the presidency of the Kurdistan region,
and I think you must look for other solutions, such as the holding of elections before the end the mandate of the current president or modify the presidency of the Law of the region or issue a decision New by the Parliament of Kurdistan. "
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