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Planning: census faces a political problem, not a technical
08/25/2012 | (Voice of Iraq)
Union declares its readiness to implement Spokesman of the Ministry of Planning Abdul Zahra al-Hindawi, Saturday, said that his ministry is ready to implement the census in the event got consensus on the vote, adding that the census process is no longer a technical problem but is a political problem. explained Hindawi (Voices of Iraq) "The Ministry of Planning ready to carry out the census whether to reach a political consensus on the issue, because the problem that prevent facilitate the census is no longer a technical problem but is a political problem." "There are various areas in the province of Nineveh, and the Kurdistan region, there Kirkuk and Article 140 and related national and field shenanigans on it, and all these clashes and political reality of the situation." He noted "that once was consensus between the political blocs on a joint solution that satisfies everyone, the Ministry of Planning and technically administrative ready and we have no any problems." He "was there Settings technical and administrative since 2010 and we are ready to facilitate the process of the census, but the political problem is that prevented it," noting that "In the event of a consensus, we need a period of time to arrange and equip some things for the implementation of the census at any time to be determined by the political blocs. " The Kurdistan Alliance called on Thursday to conduct a census in the country in order to determine the ratio of population to the Kurdistan region and the rest of the provinces. The coalition spokesman MP supporter Ok in a statement that "talk Deputy Prime Minister Hussain al-Shahristani on the percentage of the population of the region of 13% stems from the decision of the United Nations during the former regime to allocate 13% share of the provinces of the region of the oil-for-food, which could order Previous to bribe one UN officials then select this percentage after it was scheduled to be between 13 - 15%. " Taib pointed out that "the Kurdistan Alliance calls to conduct a census in the country in order to determine the ratio of population to the Kurdistan region and the rest of the provinces." And good to "Shahristani invitation to reduce the proportion of the region's share of the federal budget resulting from the hostility of the province, and this is evident through his objection to oil contracts and balancing the region," and urged "Shahristani accounting".
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