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Steps to abolish Article 140 of the Constitution .. War between the province and the center on the doorstep
02.19.2012 0:00
The future of Iraq / special
might return differences themselves between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil on Article 140 of the Code of the Iraqi Constitution, which established a mechanism to settle the problems of the disputed areas, and the problem lies mainly in the district of Khanaqin and authority as to whether the Diyala province or territory Kurdistan and the issue of Kirkuk as well. uncovered a political source said there is a tendency of the blocks Arabic to drop Article 140, law of the Iraqi Constitution. The source pointed out that there is an effort to count the article null and void and subject to a referendum in order to Tsagatha and cancellation altogether. The source said that in the case of this is the Kurdish groups may resort to unilateral action and implementation as stated in the article by them, which will not be silenced by the central government according to the source. The source added that there is a near agreement between the major political blocs except for the Kurdistan Alliance to go about activating the abolition of Article 140 in accordance with a plan to form a steering committee action the establishment all that would pave the way for repeal of article and the disabled. The source pointed out that this will trigger new conflicts, especially if demographic disputed areas have been changed by the Kurdish political in those areas. The source said that the Iraqi List, has not made up its mind to move in this scheme, despite refusing to go inside the existing contents of that article, particularly with regard province of Kirkuk and Khanaqin.
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