Nujaifi: Kurdish parties challenge the authority of the Iraqi judiciary to involve Kirkuk in the referendum

The Secretary-General of the Party of Iraq united, Osama Nujaifi, on Wednesday, that the decision to include the province of Kirkuk referendum Kurdistan, a challenge from the Kurdish parties to the authority of the Iraqi judiciary.

Al-Nujaifi said in a statement, "Al-Ghad Press", a copy of it, that "Although the decision to participate Kirkuk referendum Kurdistan has no legal or legal value for not relying on a constitutional reference, the seriousness lies in the challenge of members of the Council of the Kurdish parties to the Iraqi judiciary, Where not more than two weeks on the decision to eliminate the invalidity of the decision of the Council of Kirkuk to raise the flag of Kurdistan in the province.

The statement added that "the Kirkuk Council to vote on this decision in the absence of its members of the Arab and Turkmen components, the decision loses any legitimacy in addition to violating the Constitution and the laws in force," stressing that "the vote on the decision to include the province by voting on the referendum does not fall within the competence of the Council in any form" .

Al-Nujaifi expressed his "rejection of the decision of the Council of Kirkuk," pointing out that "he is surprised by the insistence of some to impose their agendas at the time that 45% of the territory of the province under the control of the organization calling the terrorist, and the Kirkuk Governorate Council is not covered by the amended provincial law No. 21, Exercise powers he does not have. "

He called on the Iraqi parliament to take legal measures to prevent the acquisition of the will of the people of Kirkuk and the assault on the rights of its components. He called on the House of Representatives and the United Nations to pressure the Council to cancel the unjust decision in order to preserve the national unity and the rights of the components of Kirkuk Arabs and Turkmen, "He said.

The Kirkuk provincial council voted on Tuesday on the decision to participate in the province's referendum in Kurdistan.

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