Washington considers Barzani president

[Anthea]

RUDAW

Washington considers Barzani president as talks continue on his post

The United States considers Masoud Barzani the legitimate President of the Kurdistan Region while discussions continue among Kurdish parties to resolve the issue of the region’s presidency, State Department said Tuesday, answering Rudaw's Namo Abdulla.

“While these discussions are ongoing, he [Barzani] is still fulfilling that role and so we – he is considered to be the president while this is ongoing,” said State Department Spokesperson John Kirby in a daily briefing. “But ultimately, these are decisions that Kurdish politicians have to work through,” he added.

Kurdish parties have been in talks since August when Barzani’s term ended as president.

A number of parties advocate for a parliamentary system whereby MPs would choose the president while Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and its allies favor the election of the president through the ballot box.

Kirby said that US officials were invited to the early rounds of negotiations among the Kurdish parties, adding that it is an internal issue to be decided domestically.

“These are internal political decisions that need to be worked out,” he said. “We were certainly invited to some of the early discussions. But ultimately, these are decisions that local politicians have to make, and we respect that.”

http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/21102015

[Anthea]

NOW is not the time for Kurds to argue

NOW is the time for Kurds to come together as ONE

ONE PEOPLE

ONE NATION

ONE KURDISTAN

[Londoner]

Legally he is still a president because no election has been held.

[Londoner]

NOW is not the time for Kurds to argue

NOW is the time for Kurds to come together as ONE

ONE PEOPLE

ONE NATION

ONE KURDISTAN

True. It is unbelievable what is happening at this critical times.

[Anthea]

I know that President Barzani wants to declare an Independent Kurdistan

Barzan is well aware that certain of his advisers and others in the political area, are receiving payments from other countries and outside agencies to try and dissuade him from that cause of action

Everyone knows that during a referendum which took place some years ago, 98% of the Kurdish population wanted Kurdistan to become independent

There are only a small number of trouble makers who are trying their hardest to cause problems in Kurdistan. We must ask ourselves who would benefit the most from a weakened Kurdistan.

There is only one obvious answer TURKEY