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Western study likely to raise the proposed law change to Talabani about the provinces, political differences
Posted 01/03/2012 03:15 PM
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for some time, discussed the Iraqi politicians a draft law proposed by President Jalal Talabani, the subject of administrative changes to provincial boundaries that have been modified by the former Baathist regime, but the draft law from the point of principal researcher Uribe specialist on Iraq is only a copy other than Article 140 of the constitution.
President Talabani: cancel all changes "unfair" on the borders of the provinces by the former regime
The author said a specialist in the affairs of Iraq, and a researcher at the "Norwegian Institute of International Affairs," Reader Visser in a commentary published on the Iraq and Gulf Analysis, recently: "In principle, has been this discussion separate from the larger question on Article 140 of the constitution relating to areas disputed. and considered by some politicians, the bill preliminary step towards the implementation of Article 140. Others spoke, including Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for a bill Talabani as an order calls for postponement of the establishment of federal regions in parts of Iraq to which the draft law. "
for a long time, the project Law Talabani is known mainly through some clarifications side, as seen by the bridge the "however it is now clear, that the proposed law is so brief, and involves mainly just cancel all the changes" unfair "on the borders of the provinces by the former regime to implement the" objectives of the political. "
According to Visser that "if implemented, the proposal literally, this means changing the administrative border of Iraq to the situation that existed before 1968, almost as was the case in the map of the year 1966: where join Salah al-Din of Baghdad, is a deal on Kirkuk , and will disappear Najaf and Muthanna from the map. "
More importantly, for the researcher that "If there is a consistent implementation of the proposal on the map according to the Dohuk governorate, the former predominantly Kurdish also brings to the Mosul / Nineveh! But it is assumed that this is not what he wants Talabani (as the Kurds want to essentially expand the boundaries of Kirkuk), and presumably he uses the words "administrative changes unfair" and in favor of "political goals" in order to create a justification to go back to 1968 in general - but not when it comes to land granted to the Kurds by the Ba'ath regime. "
In a review of the history of the near says Visser, "The former Baathist regime gave Dohuk-Kurdish implementation" of the objectives of "political", concerning the establishment of the first autonomous management of the Kurdish minority in a modern state in the Middle East. have found many Arabs in the north of Mosul themselves suddenly in the province with a Kurdish majority, and that they may see this decision as "the decision unfair" first and foremost. "
He concludes by commenting conclusion says, "For this reason, the new draft law proposed by the Taliban is just a camouflage to Article 140" explaining that "the project is trying to start a dye objective but it has really only disadvantages of self to Article 140. areas are disputed, and exist only in the eyes of viewers to it. Therefore, it is likely that the bill Talabani new will ignite other differences in the Iraqi political process stalled, It will not be a means to facilitate further convergence. "
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