Maliki marks census as implementation of article 140
Iraqi PM insists that census is a basic principle of political dialogues to implement article 140 and normalize disputed areas’ situation.
Nuri al-Maliki, Iraqi PM, insisted that his government is working on Kirkuk census, “To form a real state on the basis of scientific principles, we need a census.” He also marked census as the base of political dialogues regarding article 140 of Iraqi constitution which is about normalizing the situation of Kirkuk and disputed areas between KRG and Iraqi central government.
Maliki said, “To success in our political dialogues, we should first consider Iraqi interest not political factions and sects, and I urge factions to compromise of their high demands.”
Maliki’s speech came on the Population Day in the world on July 11, “Government is trying to find a way to make a consensus about a census in disputed areas based on scientific methods, since without census, we can’t form a real state.”
Iraqi census has been postponed many times because of political issues between political factions of Kurds, Arabs and Turkmons. They were disagree on how to manage a census in disputed areas.
The first census was to be held in 2007, as it was written in article 140, as to decide the fate of Kirkuk at the end of the same year.
Source: al-Hayat
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Iraqi PM insists that census is a basic principle of political dialogues to implement article 140 and normalize disputed areas’ situation.
Nuri al-Maliki, Iraqi PM, insisted that his government is working on Kirkuk census, “To form a real state on the basis of scientific principles, we need a census.” He also marked census as the base of political dialogues regarding article 140 of Iraqi constitution which is about normalizing the situation of Kirkuk and disputed areas between KRG and Iraqi central government.
Maliki said, “To success in our political dialogues, we should first consider Iraqi interest not political factions and sects, and I urge factions to compromise of their high demands.”
Maliki’s speech came on the Population Day in the world on July 11, “Government is trying to find a way to make a consensus about a census in disputed areas based on scientific methods, since without census, we can’t form a real state.”
Iraqi census has been postponed many times because of political issues between political factions of Kurds, Arabs and Turkmons. They were disagree on how to manage a census in disputed areas.
The first census was to be held in 2007, as it was written in article 140, as to decide the fate of Kirkuk at the end of the same year.
Source: al-Hayat
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