Iraqi Kurdistan president Barzani's 'unexpected decision' revealed
KDP spokesman revels the intention of Massoud Barzani: If the problems continue with Baghdad, it is up to the Kurdish people to chose their destiny
Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani’s recent threatening remark against Baghdad was revealed with Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Spokesman saying that Barzani’s threat was a return to Iraq’s constitution that says the people of the region have remained a part of the country and they can decide their fate whenever they will.
Speaking to Kurdish Hawlati independent daily Jaffar Emniki said Massoud Barzani’s ‘unexpected decision’ refers to the introduction of the Iraqi constitution that says it is on the people of the region to decide to be a part of Iraq or leave the country.
“If the problems continue with Baghdad, it is up to the Kurdish people to chose their destiny and whether to remain part of Iraq or not,” Emniki told Hawlati newspaper.
Barzani is willing to see the region as a part of Iraq but if the laws are breached then what the Kurds would achieve.
Barzani warned Baghdad two days ago to make “unexpected decisions” if the central government continues making tensions with the self-ruling enclave.
Barzani said that the Kurdish people will not alter anything for their freedom, stressing that if the Iraqi government continues in its approach against Kurdistan region then it will havewww.Ekurd.net "unexpected position". He added "The current crisis is so severe and the issue is not the budget or oil, but bigger than this. It is to break the prestige of the Kurds and Kurdistan as they want us to be marginalized, but we are the owners of our decision”
Barzani 's statements came during his speech at the burial of 93 Barzani tribe Anfal victims.
Kurdistan is suffering from financial scarcity that causes stop in paying salaries to employees, while officials in Kurdistan regional government accused Baghdad of being deliberate in not paying the region 's financial allocations to pressure it in order to achieve political and economic gains.
Kurdistan region has all the trappings of an independent state -- its own constitution, its own parliament, its own flag, its own army, its own border patrol, its own national anthem, its own education system, its own International airports, even its own stamp inked into the passports of visitors, a large number of foreign consulates and embassies are located in Kurdistan's capital, Erbil. So far 24 countries have opened consulates in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. Kurdistan has heavily guarded southern border with Arab-majority provinces of Iraq.
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