Legislators for the morning: military and economic sanctions awaiting the advocates of separation

Awaiting any subsequent step to be offered by the advocates of secession, the atmosphere prevails in the state of anticipation that accompanied the referendum, which was strongly rejected by the federal government in Baghdad and provoked the anger of neighboring countries looming in the face of military responses and severe economic sanctions. The executive authority, backed by the legislative and judicial authorities, has not budged from its position of rejecting any dialogue with Erbil except by canceling the referendum and preparing for any "escalatory" steps offered by the advocates of secession through implementing a series of sanctions and more stringent deterrent measures for Iraq's unity and security of its citizens.

There is no legitimacy to the referendum
This comes at a time awaiting parliament's decision of the Federal Court on the Kurdish deputies participating in the referendum.
"The referendum is constitutionally illegitimate and the government has refused to recognize it and its results,
"If the leadership of the region insisted on its position on the referendum and took steps to escalate the future through the so-called (political council) and strengthened the presence of Peshmerga forces in disputed areas or other, they fall within the penalty of punishment on the grounds that what they are committing crimes."

Authorization of the Prime Minister
Shawki pointed out that "the parliament began practical steps by authorizing the commander-in-chief of the armed forces to take all necessary measures for the unity of the country is not sanctions, but the activation of the powers of the federal government to extend the authority of the state on all Iraqi territory and face any threat to the unity of the country," noting that " Bound to this government and the next government in case the current session ended as it is binding for the region as well. "

Cancel referendum results
In turn, member of the committee, Ibtisam al-Hilali explained that the violation of the referendum of the Constitution and the law is inevitable and no discussion, adding that it is not possible to start a dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil unless the referendum is canceled. Al-Hilali said: "The" morning ":" The President of the region Massoud Barzani challenged the federal government and took decisions contrary to the Constitution and insists on separation, so the government to take all measures to maintain the unity of the country, "noting that" the military solution is put in the case Barzani's insistence on his position As well as cutting off economic relations and preventing it from exporting oil. "

Constitutional perjury
While the member of the House of Representatives, Amer Fayez, the need to take a series of measures towards the region in the event that insisted on his position and took other steps of escalation, noting that the Parliament has taken important decisions and the government took another section as well as neighboring countries, which also had procedures, We wait to see if there is anything practical on the ground in order to implement all the procedures.
Al-Fayez said in an interview with Al-Sabah that among the measures that implemented the ban on flying at airports that are not under the authority of the federal government and the restoration of the territory that the region annexed without right, he pointed out that "the government today is busy liberating the land from the desecration, On the status of the Kurdish deputies, Fayez said that "the parliament awaits the decision of the Federal Court because they violated the constitutional right, which obliged them to preserve the unity of Iraq."

Internal and external sanctions
For his part, said a member of the House of Representatives, Farid Brahimi, that the legislators waiting for the results of the referendum, whether there will be no or not ?, explaining that if the region insisted on his position will remain his imam but sanctions.
"In addition to the package of internal sanctions, there are sanctions by neighboring countries such as closing the borders and preventing the export of oil to the region, in addition to international sanctions," Brahimi said.
Brahimi said that "everyone with the unity of Iraq, which is contrary to the Kurds through the referendum of secession is a violation of the Constitution," noting that "if the region succeeded in establishing a state, this country will be fragile and very weak."

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