Date: Mon 01/27/2012 7:42
With repeated health crises that surprise the Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) by virtue of advanced age, coming in the press reports about the fate of his party, who is suffering from conflict wings and polarizing leadership, which is already party Jbhoa was founded at the beginning of a coalition of a number of revolutionary forces, which announced the revolution New Iraqi Kurdistan in 1975, following the collapse of September Revolution led by the late leader Mustafa Barzani, before signing the treaty that ended the Algeria mountains of Kurdistan, the Kurdish revolution.
According to statements of leadership in the party's «Middle East», there is concern within the party organizations on the fate of the National Union in light of the intensification of conflict and polarization current by its leaders, especially with the progress of the Secretary-General in age, and subjected to malaises, continuous, and not being able to bear the burdens of management affairs of the party because of his preoccupation to work at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad, and other tasks that burden current, which occupies about to leave for the management of the party, and this is what gave the area some leaders to take charge of things within the party, the leaders of rival will be the conflicts significant impacts on the future of the National Union
. Therefore, the leader says there are moves underway at the level of leadership in order to approach the Secretary-General to appoint a successor, or at least search for the succession of his nomination to be the National Union is fully prepared to face the future prospects ».
While emphasizing the leader (who requested anonymity) that «the health of President Talabani's very good, thank God, and that there is no fear on them, but advanced age engaged and outside the administration party, calls for research in this subject now, and therefore the this issue are currently on the scope of the search from a number of leadership ».
The newspaper «Hawlati» independent Kurdish published in Sulaymaniyah has indicated in its report that «President Talabani to leave before his departure to Germany trip therapeutic Last two weeks ago, will» to lead his party to invite them to the appointment of Dr. Barham Saleh, his successor in the event of exposure to anything able to . But the source leadership categorically affirms that «the health status of the head is not that bad even calls his will, the news is not baseless at all, but the issue of the fate of the party Matrouh already on the scope of party organizations, and there are already fears of a collapse of the party in the event for surprises, God forbid, ».
For his part, stressed the spokesman of the political bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Azad Jindiyani in response to a reported newspaper «Hawlati» Kurdish that «News published the newspaper are completely untrue, not baseless at all, because Talabani Ashraf fully effective to manage the meetings of the Political Bureau While in Sulaymaniyah, and set up a dinner banquet in honor of officers and discuss them in detail about the situation in Iraq and the region and the region, and recommended that directives on how to deal with the political situation, which turned into a platform for the party leadership, and elegance, and maintained contact forces and Iraqi leaders in order to ensure preparation for contract the upcoming National Conference in Baghdad under the supervision of, a return to Iraq the day after the end of the treatment in Germany, so it is not there any fear on the health of President Talabani of the press so as to put such questions to promote rumors spreading false news ». The spokesman noted that: «There is no commandment concerning the appointment of Dr. Barham Salih, a successor of the Secretary-General and through the formulation of the news we can deduce that there is a purpose certain officials at the newspaper from publishing such news, especially as they talked about the will left by Talabani and this is not true absolutely ».
Going back to the source of the «Middle East» has confirmed that the issue of succession Talabani is not very complex, there are two deputies to him in the party, two Kosrat Rasul Ali, First Deputy who ran recently served as Vice President of the Region, Dr. Barham Saleh, who is preparing to leave his chairmanship of the Government of the Territory and a full-time to manage the affairs of the party, according to the rules of procedure and the constitution of the party it is supposed to occupy one site of the Secretary-General in the case of vacant position for any reason, including the desire of the Secretary-General to retire or break. There is no big problem in this regard, and the caucus is to decide on such matters, but the review of the current leaders within the National Union shows that Barham Saleh is the most likely to fill the post after Talabani, especially as it is currently enjoying good relations and balanced with many leaders and cadres of the Union and has the competencies High in the management of party affairs and government.
He hinted the leadership of the Patriotic Union that «even in the event of a vacancy in the presidency by the end of President Talabani, Barham Saleh is the most likely candidate for his job, because there is an agreement in effect between the two Kurdish parties (PUK and KDP, led by regional president Massoud Barzani) to allocate the position of President of the Republic of Iraq as a share of the National Union against the post of President of the Region which is the share of Barzani's party, this agreement is based on the principle of political consensus at the level of Iraq also provides for the allocation of the presidency of the Republic of the Kurds as second in the nation of Iraq ».
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