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Maliki: Dispute with Kurdistan Has Been ‘Exaggerated’
By RUDAW
In the midst of this crisis between Baghdad and Erbil are the country’s Sunnis, who have their own suspicions of the federal government.
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in a television interview that a budget and oil dispute with the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in the north has been “exaggerated,” and that the central government felt a sense of responsibility toward the Kurds.
“I don’t know why the problems have been so exaggerated,” Maliki said in an interview with the semi-official Al-Iraqiya TV. “We feel responsible for Kurdistan and its people, even if the Kurdish government doesn’t feel that way,” he added.
Iraq’s Shiite-led government is locked in a serious quarrel with the Kurdistan Region. Baghdad insists that oil revenues from oil exports that Erbil wants to begin to Turkey through a new pipeline should be handled by its State Oil Marketing Organization; the Kurds want to handle export and revenues, with SOMO as an observer.
In order to put pressure on the Kurds, Maliki and his close advisors have cut the KRG from the national budget. Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani has called that tantamount to “a declaration of war.”
Maliki said that budget payments had simply been delayed, explaining that one of the reasons was over the amount of oil -- 400,000 barrels – that Kurdistan was supposed to export daily.
Meanwhile, independent Iraqi MP Hussein Assadi said that Iraq’s main three leaders are responsible for the impasse, arguing that Maliki, Barzani and parliamentary speaker Osama Nujaifi should meet to resolve the issues.
Assadi, who was once in Maliki’s own State of Law coalition, said that the premier was responsible for the delay in passing the budgetlaw and that the Kurds were to partly blame for their disagreements with Iraqi parliamentary blocs.
According to Assadi, al-Mutahidun, Nujaifi’s Sunni-majority bloc which often boycotts parliamentary sessions, is not helping to resolve the current crisis.
The Iraqi MP believes that only a face-to-face meeting with Maliki, Nujaifi and Barzani can resolve the quarrels. He said the leaders need to tell their MPs to reach an agreement, particularly on the budget.
In the midst of this crisis between Baghdad and Erbil are the country’s Sunnis, who have their own suspicions of the federal government.
They have come out in support of the Kurdish region, blaming Iraq’s Shiite government for much of the escalation of security and economic crises.
“The Kurds are the closest to us geographically, religiously and in terms of ideas and civilization,” said Athil Nujaifi, head of the Sunni government of Nineveh province. “We both have a mutual interest in opening up to the outside world,” he said in a public statement.
The Nineveh governor called for further cooperation between the Kurds and Sunnis, by lending his full support to a meeting between President Barzani and the parliamentary speaker.
The Iraqi constitution grants the Kurds 17 percent of the federal budget, to be paid in installments throughout the year. But the budget has often been used a trump card by Baghdad to draw the Kurds to the negotiating table.
In response to Baghdad’s freezing of the budget, the Kurdish government is contemplating counter measures, such as blocking two major rivers that water vast agricultural lands in the center and south of Iraq.
Some Kurdish officials in Kirkuk have also called for stopping exports of Kirkuk oil, which is sold by the Iraqi government.
Kurdistan Alliance denies cutting water region from the rest of Iraq
Sun Mar 02 2014 17:54 | (Voice of Iraq)
Denied, spokesman for the Kurdistan Alliance bloc supporter of good to be authorities of the Kurdistan Region has cut water dams from central and southern Iraq, pointing out that the region did not think even for such a procedure, and that the promotion of such common intended to cover up the wage unjust to cut the salaries of employees and retirees in the region .
He added in a press statement released by his office this afternoon, "that the intent of such common is an attempt to tarnish the image of the region in the eyes of the rest of the Iraqi people, and to promote the spirit of hatred among the Iraqi citizens, and stressed that" the authorities of the territory has strongly denied that they have proceeded to such a procedure, and they Faculty excellence between the Iraqi people and the actions of the authorities, which cut the salaries of federal employees and retirees and the rest of the slides beneficiary. "
He stressed that good, "the region will continue to be careful to take into account the interests of all Iraqi citizens, including the interests of the people of Kurdistan, and strive to find solutions to outstanding problems of Iraq by reference to the Constitution and brotherhood among Iraqis."
Anbar Council underlines the impossibility of holding the elections in most areas of the province
Sun Mar 02 2014 15:00 | (Voice of Iraq)
Alsumaria News / Anbar
Council confirmed Anbar province on Sunday, the impossibility of holding the next parliamentary elections in most areas of the province, adding that the areas west of Anbar, which can hold elections but they represent only 35% of the population of the province.
The deputy chairman of the Council Faleh al-Issawi said in an interview for "Alsumaria News", that "it is impossible to hold the next parliamentary elections in the cities of Fallujah and the vine and other cities in the light of the security situation is tense," adding that "those who say the opposite is most important."
Issawi said that "the areas west of Anbar can hold elections in which the shadow of the current circumstances," adding that "these areas represent only 35% of the population of the province."
The MP for the mass united Talal Zobaie announced (March 1, current), that with the postponement of the parliamentary elections, while the he can not take place in "a country where 500 thousand displaced people", expressed surprise at the announcement of the possibility of conducting the election commission in Anbar.
The witness Anbar province, and its gray, (110 km west of Baghdad), since (21 December 2013) to hunt down the organization known as the State of Iraq and the Levant Islamic "Daash", following the death of the commander of the seventh division in the Army, Maj. Gen. Mohammed spherical and his assistant, and the spread of militants regulation terrorist in large parts of the province, and with the Iraqi armed forces were able to make some progress in driving insurgents from Ramadi, Chen did after an attack on Fallujah, adjacent to Baghdad, they are still under the influence of "Daash."
The ferocity of the fighting has forced more than fifty thousand families have been driven from Anbar towards Kurdistan, Kirkuk, Salah al-Din, while fighting continues in many parts of the province, despite the government announced the extension of its control over the gray and the survival of some pockets of terrorism.
Barzani discuss with Mustafa Nushirwan forming a new government
MONDAY, 03 MARCH / MARCH 2014 08:55
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Twilight News / A source in the Kurdistan Democratic Party, on Monday, all that a delegation of the party headed by Vice President Naچervan Sazoraleom Barzani, leader of the MDC Nushirwan Mustafa to discuss the latest developments on the formation of the new government in the province of Kurdistan.
Said The source, who asked not to be identified in an interview with "Twilight News", that the delegation Kurdistan Democratic Party includes in addition to Barzani, all of the leading Azad Barwari and Fadhil Mirani to discuss the formula for the formation of the new government, stressing that the agenda of the visit does not include any other programs.
It is said that the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Naچervan Barzani Zarasulaimanah on Sunday for the opening of the tourism project Chari Joan.
Barzani had held in the previous period of two rounds of negotiations with the blocks and the winning parties in the parliamentary elections that took place in the month of September of last year to form a new government in the province as a candidate for the presidency after his party won the first prize, scoring 38 seats out of 111 seats make up the Kurdistan Parliament in Secondly, the MDC resolved by obtaining 24 seats, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan came in third with 18 seats.
Government of Kurdistan: Unfortunately we did not expect from al-Maliki, who has studied in Arbil that surrounds us economically
SUNDAY, 02 MARCH / MARCH 2014 22:22
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Twilight News / Fry crossed the government of Iraqi Kurdistan Sunday displeasure of the Iraqi government to cut the salaries of the staff of the Government of the region, stressing that such a step are irrelevant to the current talks to end the outstanding differences between Arbil and Baghdad.
The Kurdistan Region is suffering from the lack of liquidity in the financial result for the exchange of Baghdad stopped its share of the financial budget of the country; what caused the delayed payment of salaries for the second month in a row.
He said government spokesman Sven Dzia in a statement reported for "Twilight News" that "" Unfortunately, we did not expect that Mr. Nuri al-Maliki, Prime Minister of the Iraqi government, federal, who lived for a while in Kurdistan, and completed his studies in which to take this step and mixes the political files with the salaries of the staff of the region Almiaichh life for the people of the region. "
He continued, "This came at a time when the talks are continuing to address the outstanding issues between the parties and we expect the Iraqi government interest in addressing these issues through dialogue, not deepen them and cut the salaries of employees."
He Dzia that "the Government of the Territory followed by all methods and constitutional basis for the development of the outstanding problems with Baghdad in the framework of dialogue and discussion."
"In recent relations have witnessed a convergence well to address the issues but resorted to the federal government, this time to cut the salaries of employees, and this step are irrelevant to the process, because the share of the region within the Iraqi budget general constitutional right and can not be used as a political card to resolve the differences."
He stressed that al-Maliki Dzia impose "economic blockade" on the region this step and said "we see clearly that the Iraqi Prime Minister has regardless salary of government employees' salaries and stopped the Iraqi territory and to impose a blockade on the people of Kurdistan financially."
He Dzia also "We in the government of the region curse that Iraqi officials must support the process of reconstruction and development in the Kurdistan region, because the region is currently safe areas and stable in Iraq and should be cherished, and became a safe haven for all deportees and fugitives from instability."
He pointed out that "the Kurdistan Region of harboring citizens of all religions and sects of Christians and Shiites, Sunnis and other sects."
He said, also "should not be linked to the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan Region, in any political issue, and that the non-ratification of the budget in the House of Representatives nothing to do with the budget of the provinces and the employees' salaries, and that we reject this law and carry cut the budget rests with the budget of the Iraqi public."
Finally, the provincial government spokesman concluded: "We Ntmon that we will secure the salaries of the staff of the region with all the possibilities We will use every effort to address this problem is related to the daily lives of citizens and will not accept that mixes their political game."
The Kurds say that Baghdad is applied right economic policy of blockade and obscure their money to pressure them to abandon plans to export oil from fields in the region.
A statement from the prime minister's office said on Friday that al-Maliki agreed upon receipt of the salaries of the staff of the Kurdistan Region for the month of February, blaming the Kurds and the Presidency of the Council of Representatives responsible for the delay in adoption of the federal budget for the country for the current year and thus delayed the arrival of the employees' salaries to the region.
Nineveh Governor calls for united not to vote on the budget until after the Anbar discuss crisis
03-03-2014 10:36 AM
Baghdad (news) .. called the governor of Nineveh Ethel Nujaifi, a coalition of 'Uniting for Reform' not to vote on approving the budget crisis, public discussion of the outermost Anbar and included investment allocations to the provinces and disclosure of Iranian arms deal.
Nujaifi said in a statement received by the Agency (news) copy of it: that the MPs are united only pay attention to the information campaign directed to put pressure on them with a view to their recognition of the budget sent today to the House of Representatives, which does not include the conversion of investment allocations to the provinces and distributed according to population ratios as well as the disclosure of the arms deal Iran that do not learn by the ministries of defense and interior.
He stressed: the need to discuss the crisis in the presence of Anbar security officials who refuse to come to the House of Representatives before the budget debate. / End / B. / PVC
Moussawi likely approving the budget in the coming days
03-03-2014 10:11 AM
Baghdad (news) .. most likely MP for the coalition of state law, Salman al-Moussawi, approving the budget of the Federal Assembly in the coming days.
Moussawi said in a statement received Agency (news) copy of it: that the current year budget 2014 represents the work plan of the Iraqi state this year regardless of the outcome of the upcoming elections, stressing that the National Alliance will press strongly for the adoption of the budget in the coming days.
He added that any delay in approving the budget bill for the current year would harm the citizen directly because of its implications for the payment of salaries, project financing and so on.
He continued: 'claims that raising the ceiling for some of the political blocs and forgotten the interests of the Iraqi people-driven national character aborted all attempts to approving the budget and make it varied in place and thus disrupted the work of the Iraqi state as a whole'. / End / h. / P
Maliki: Dispute with Kurdistan Has Been ‘Exaggerated’
1. Baghdad insists that oil revenues from oil exports that Erbil wants to begin to Turkey through a new pipeline should be handled by its State Oil Marketing Organization; the Kurds want to handle export and revenues, with SOMO as an observer.
2. Maliki and his close advisors have cut the KRG from the national budget.
3. Barzani has called that tantamount to “a declaration of war.”
4. independent Iraqi MP Hussein Assadi --- Assadi, who was once in Maliki’s own State of Law coalition, said that the premier was responsible for the delay in passing the budget
^ SO WE SEE HERE THAT ONE OF MALIKI'S EX PARTY MEMBERS PRETTY MUCH SAYING MALIKI IS TO BLAME FOR THE BUDGET DELAY. I BET MALIKI IS NOT HAPPY WITH THIS GUY ~ RL ~
5. REMEMBER THIS. HERE IT IS IN BLACK AND WHITE: The Iraqi constitution grants the Kurds 17 percent of the federal budget, to be paid in installments throughout the year. But the budget has often been used a trump card by Baghdad to draw the Kurds to the negotiating table.
THE IRAQI CONSTITUTION GRANTS "17 PERCENT" OF THE BUDGET TO THE KURDS TO BE PAID IN INSTALLMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR! THEY HAVE RECENTLY PUT A HALT TO THESE PAYMENTS TO THE KRG IN ORDER TO TRY TO STRONG ARM THEM INTO AGREEING ON 2014 BUDGET. THIS, IMO, IS NOT RIGHT AND IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF HOW MALIKI OPERATES IN ALL AREAS OF LEADERSHIP. NOT GOOD. ~ RL ~
Barzani discuss with Mustafa Nushirwan forming a new government
1. source in the Kurdistan Democratic Party -- who asked not to be identified in an interview with "Twilight News", that the delegation Kurdistan Democratic Party includes in addition to Barzani, all of the leading Azad Barwari and Fadhil Mirani to discuss the formula for the formation of the new government,
^^ ONE HAS TO WONDER WHEN SOMEONE ASKS NOT TO BE IDENTIFIED IF THEY ARE SCARED FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY OR JUST OUTRIGHT LYING ~ RL ~
Government of Kurdistan: Unfortunately we did not expect from al-Maliki, who has studied in Arbil that surrounds us economically
1. delayed payment of salaries for the second month in a row.
2. government spokesman Sven Dzia -- This came at a time when the talks are continuing to address the outstanding issues between the parties
^^ DELAYING PAYMENT TO KRG DUE TO THE CONTINUING DIALOGUE TAKING PLACE BETWEEN CENTRAL AND KRG ON THE BUDGET DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER STRONG ARM TACTIC TO TRY TO ACHIEVE RESULTS. ~ RL ~
3. share of the region within the Iraqi budget general constitutional right and can not be used as a political card to resolve the differences."
4. non-ratification of the budget in the House of Representatives nothing to do with the budget of the provinces and the employees' salaries, and that we reject this law and carry cut the budget rests with the budget of the Iraqi public."
5. Maliki agreed upon receipt of the salaries of the staff of the Kurdistan Region for the month of February,
^^ MALIKI AGREES TO PAY THE SALARIES OF STAFF IN THE KURDISTAN REGION PER THIS ARTICLE SO THIS SHOULD NO LONGER BE AN ISSUE ~ RL ~
Nineveh Governor calls for united not to vote on the budget until after the Anbar discuss crisis
1. governor of Nineveh Ethel Nujaifi, a coalition of 'Uniting for Reform' not to vote on approving the budget crisis, public discussion of the outermost Anbar and included investment allocations to the provinces and disclosure of Iranian arms deal.
^^. FROM WHAT I CAN COMPREHEND, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH NINEVEH WILL NOT VOTE ON THE BUDGET UNTIL THEY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED AS WELL. THEY WANT TO "FULL DISCLOSURE OF THE IRANIAN ARMS DEAL" AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEIR PIECE OF THE PIE IS GOING TO BE. WE KNOW KURDISTAN'S IS 17% AND NINEVEH WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THEIR PERCENTAGE WILL BE PRIOR TO VOTING. ~ RL ~
03-03-2014 11:48 AM
Baghdad (news) .. Presidency of the Council of Representatives decided to postpone a parliament session the usual half-hour, for lack of a quorum for the session.
^^ WHAT? DO THEY NOT HAVE ALARM CLOCKS? ARE THEY ALL OVERSLEEPING? ~ RL ~
A parliamentary source said (of the Agency news): The chairman of the parliament decided to postpone the regular session of the 11th legislative term of the second legislative year, the fourth of which was scheduled for this morning, half an hour because of a lack of quorum for the session. / End / b. PVC /
Kurds are leaving the parliament session after the addition of the budget at the request of the state of law
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March 3, 2014 12:26
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A parliamentary source said a little while ago that members of the Kurdistan Alliance withdrew from the parliament session after the addition of the budget bill at the request of the state of law.
The Iraqi Council of Representatives, has held its regular 11 on Monday, headed by Speaker Osama Najafi, and the presence of 163 deputies, with parliamentary source said that the Council will vote on three bills, notably the granting of an advance to the Electoral Commission and read the seven other laws, while not did not include the General Budget Law on the agenda
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