04/04/2012 21:48
Sulaimaniya, April 4 (Rn) - The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government of the outgoing Barham Ahmed Saleh on Wednesday in a televised statement the end of his duties as head of the Kurdistan Regional Government officially, adding that his government has achieved many of its promises, despite the difficulties suffered.
Saleh began his speech by saying "Today ends my responsibilities as head of the Kurdistan Regional Government within the framework of exchange of power according to the agreement between the PUK and the Kurdistan Democratic Party and will leave this responsibility to Barzani and I wish him every success in accomplishing its tasks."
He added: "I had the honor in the 28 of October of 2009 to take over my responsibilities to the presidency of the provincial government, and along with my colleagues in the Council of Ministers we have committed ourselves responsible for implementing the program of the Kurdish list, and during the past two years and in the atmosphere of a difficult political and difficult in the circumstances was marred by a number of problems accumulated experience of governance in the region, and the formation of strong opposition in the political arena in the region for the first time, the head the coalition government, and the focus of attention of people that take it upon themselves to reform, service delivery and the adoption of social justice, hard work, but we are in such a short time we were able to accomplish an important part of the program government. "
With regard to the tasks carried out by the government of the outgoing Saleh said that "a number of promises we made to you was transformed from slogans to reality on the ground, despite what we faced difficulties, as we were able to reduce the illegal interference in the affairs of government in many areas, and put foundations of the Government of citizenship. "
He said, "Over the past two years, completed the government of many important works and was able, to some extent, from the face of corruption and interests illegal, but we say frankly, we fail of success in some areas as required, since we can not separate the party and the government in full, and we could not restore all public property, and we could not unite the government to the full, but we started the beginning of the task and I hope the comrades after us to provide better and work on the installation of those foundations. "
Regarding the situation in Kurdistan and the region confirmed the benefit by saying "We are now in the midst of rapid changes at the internal and external, and requires the status quo review the situation seriously, and the formulation of our political discourse and our responsibility in accordance with democratic standards away from the hatred and partisan interests and narrow monopoly of power and waste of public wealth."
He added, "we have no political problem is serious to be resolved to ensure the start together in the new phase a manner that serves the interest of our larger," However, saying "This situation requires us to organize our attitudes of the Interior, and conduct a national dialogue quiet and to build a healthy relationship between the political forces and the government and the opposition in order to Reform and Renewal. "
And "During the past two years I got the events of undesirable, especially the events of February 17 that claimed the lives of many martyrs and wounded of the citizens and police forces, along with the attack on the headquarters of some political parties and media outlets, and for violations of journalists and Nashtae civil society, where the horrific events and undesirable where, and at that time were focused all our efforts to clamp down on violence and bloodshed of citizens as possible and not to repeat such acts. "
In economic affairs Saleh said, "The statistics suggest that economic growth in Kurdistan reached a good level, and private investment has reached $ 18 billion, and to strengthen the economic position of the province, we have sought and efforts made to develop the oil sector and the development of political oil."
Regarding future work concluded his speech by saying favor "I am not a student and exalted positions I care about is to serve the citizen and the future of my nation"
Is due to vote in the parliament of the Kurdistan region on its regular Thursday on the cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister-designate Barzani.
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