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Moves to the census this year
25/07/2011
Despite the difference in the views of MPs on Kirkuk and Mosul implemented because of lack of resolution of outstanding issues
Baghdad, Omar Abdul-Latif
The Ministry of Planning to conduct the census this year, although approval not to resolve the outstanding issues that stand in front of its implementation.
This comes at a time still views of the deputies of the northern provinces intersect on the date and manner of implementation.
The head of the Chamber of the General Census of Population and Housing, Dr. Mahdi Keywords chairman of the Central Bureau of Statistics and Information Technology Ministry of Planning: "The ministry has repeatedly announced its readiness to carry out the census in terms of technical and administrative and logistics. "
He added: Keywords in a statement the "morning", that "there are problems raised by the implementation of the census and because of it postponed the National Merit, and resolve the issue of disputed territories, in particular between the Kurdistan region and the province of Nineveh and the subject of the question of nationalism and the situation in the province of Kirkuk," He pointed out that these problems are not resolved until this moment.
He declared that "the Planning Minister Ali Al-Shukri, as the head of the Supreme Commission for the Census is keen now to follow up on serious attempts to resume the process of counting the population and the resolution of disputes, the list," noting that "the Commission can conduct the census during this the year. "
However, he said: "The body needs to three months before its implementation, because there are things that have occurred over the past year because of the postponement of the census, as the body needs to update inventories and numbering and operations of the rehabilitation staffs and so on, so if the decision was made to the implementation of the census during this month, we can say that will be implemented during the month of October next. "
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki confirmed government's commitment to continuing efforts to find a consensus necessary for the implementation of the general census of the population, he said in his speech yesterday at the national celebration of World Population Day: "Although we convinced that the census data are a valid basis for the development and planning, and does not constitute a basis for policy dialogues, we have sought to find a consensus policy on the census as a tool of development and we sponsored dialogues around for complete separation between the census as a process of development and the requirements of the political dialogues of the information. "
In the meantime, polled by the "morning" views of a number of deputies in this matter, the MP said the province of Nineveh, Zuhair Araji: The problems that were impeding the implementation of the National Order of Merit is the involvement of many staff in the census of the city of Mosul, and prevent them from roaming in the vicinity of the Kurdistan region. . and there was a divergence of views in this matter. "
He Araji to "that, after lengthy meetings and the postponement of the census we have to form joint committees and to allow staff to maintain roam all over the province," adding that this is pushed "major problem" were hindering the implementation of the census.
saw that "we have nothing left but to go to the census, because it is very important, especially in this condition for the allocation of budgets and the referendum and elections, among other things, as well as it is a phenomenon of civilization in place in all countries of the world," returned the problems "finished" after the formation of these committees, According to his opinion.
He also Araji that "the sons of the people of all denominations and nationalities are the Iraqi spectrum, and can not differentiate between the national and the other, or the doctrine and another," explaining that he initially there was disagreement as to the stated national, sect, and religion, but now we say: "We want Statistics from which to provide service. If the intentions are sincere to perform this service, it must not pay attention to such things, "expected to be a census this year to a near-consensus on this matter.
The last census took place in Iraq in 1997, showed that the population of Iraq is about 19 million people in all provinces, except the provinces of Kurdistan, whose officials estimated at the time that there are three million people living in the region.
As an MP for the Kurdistan Alliance bloc in Kirkuk province, Layla Hassan has said: "The reality of the situation at this time needs to be consensus between the political blocs and between many of the provinces disputed in general and shades of Kirkuk, in particular, "and expressed the hope that is the implementation of the general population as quickly as possible, because it is a matter of scientific and purely technical concern of Iraqi society, ministries and state institutions.
She said Hassan said that " is not reasonable yet not being able to assess their need of any province to school buildings or health institutions or numbers of unemployed in the country, "saying that it was a shame after the change, which happened in 2003 and the two formations and Zareeten and so far the State to give approximate figures without accurate in the calculations.
and called good not to "politicize" the matter, hoping to bypass the problems despite the presence of access to safety in the implementation of the general census of the population.
The operations room in the general population have estimated the financial losses for this benefit in the event of failure to perform up to 244 billion dinars, distributed by 45 billion were disbursed during the year 2009 has been postponed to the year 2010, while the value of disbursements from the first of January until the atheist and the thirtieth of August of last year 31 billion dinars, while there is still a 168 billion dinars is required disbursement of the atheist and the thirtieth of December the first last, in addition to depriving Iraq of the opportunity to provide a detailed information for development of development and the loss of effort and technical training, which lasted more than two years.
in turn, approved by the existing Iraqi province of Kirkuk Deputy Yasin al-Obeidi there was a "major obstacle" facing the census is the case in areas disputed, noting that there is a tremendous amount of problems that hinder the census and to allocate it to another issue we do not need.
Obeidi said: that "there are doubts hovering on the records of voters, and there are administrative units are not subject to the provinces but also for the Kurdistan region," explaining that "the province of Kirkuk linked to special laws, in addition to not finish checking voter registration and counting, and the ration card, immigrants and all of these topics are closely linked to statistics of population. "
He asserted that "wisdom does not lie in a general census of the population, but it lies in the conviction of the parties and the components in Kirkuk or other other regions, "he said, adding that all the Iraqi people with the census if it is based on the principles of transparency, integrity and the foundations of logical and scientific because the country needed such a thing because the interests of the country's economic, political and strategy are directly linked to the census."
also said al-Obeidi said: "We We are not against the census in terms of substance, but we say when given adequate conditions, we are with the census. "
But the MP Yezidis from Kurdistan Alliance List Vian intruder confirmed the absence of any objection to the census of population at any time to be determined by the authorities concerned.
and said an intruder that the census is "deserving a national good," to create a greater opportunity to benefit the citizen and the knowledge of wealth, the population in each province, to take its share in the future without any disadvantage for other provinces because it suffered these provinces there is a shortage in services and customizations to the lack of Statistics and clear on the number of inhabitants and projects.
It continued: "We are with the statistics, emphasizing the absence of anything that disrupts this matter during this time."
As an MP for the province of Kirkuk Zala Alinvtja has confirmed the rejection of the Turkmen population census, noting, "They however did not allow to conduct the census as long as there is a change demographically in this the province, "she says.
showed Alinvtja that "Once this normalization and re-conservative, and the reality of population original Vhanmak will speak louder than words," as she put it, pointing out that whenever the delay of the census period of time you get excesses in the province.
representative of the component networking in the parliament, deputy Mohammad Jamshid website confirmed by saying: "We as a component with the implementation of the general population."
and added the web that "this benefit is one of our national," and expressed his hope to implement it as soon as possible, calling at the same time to speed up the elections boards districts, counties based on this census.
The census of the population of Iraq due in 2007 was postponed due to poor security conditions to October of 2009 to be postponed again, then because of fears of politicization, as opposed to several groups scheduled, in the disputed areas such as the city of Kirkuk inhabited by Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen, has major oil fields, as well as areas disputed between Arabs and Kurds in the city of Mosul, with populations of diverse religions and sects like Muslims, Yazidis, Shabak, Christians.
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