Maliki signed to implement article 140 in two years

[JWing]

Tuesday, December 21st 2010 5:18 PM

Erbil, Dec. 21 (AKnews) - Kurdistan Block Coalition (KBC) and National coalition agreement says Iraq's PM Nuri Maliki will implement article 140 in a two-year time period.

http://www.aknews.com/images/cms-image-000070700.jpgMaliki has signed on the agreement which details implementation of all the details of the Article, said KBC member, Fatih Daraghayee.

Maliki did not talk about te Article in detail in his statement in Parliament but that will not affect the agreement, he noted.

"The agreement is a written one and if Maliki would not implement it, then the federal court would interfere and solve it."

Article 140 sets a roadmap to resolve territorial disputes between Kurds and other ethnic groups in the country.

The first stage of the implementation of the article is the demographic restoration of the areas under dispute which were altered demographically by the ‘Arabization’ policies of the former regime.

Part of the agreement, which was signed on Monday, is the implementation of the agenda of the KBC's 19 point initiative, another KCL member Shwan M. Taha said.

Kurds agreed to participate in the Iraqi new cabinet basing on the implementation of the initiative, he noted.

Iraqi parliament entrusted Maliki news cabinet in Tuesday's session.

Reported by Saman Ali

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/204359/

[RoyalBeluga]

Is this the HCL?

[WhiteFeather]

Article 140: Iraq’s Constitution, Kirkuk and the Disputed Territories

Under Iraq’s constitution of 2005 the political status of the “governorate” (province) of Kirkuk, and other disputed territories, was scheduled to be formally resolved by the end of December 2007. The prospective referendum affecting the status of Kirkuk governorate was, by agreement, postponed for six months, until the summer of 2008. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and all Kurds within it ardently want to unify with the relevant disputed territories, either by referendum or agreement.i The constitutional obligation to fulfill Article 140 remains a constitutional imperative, and the KRG and the people of the Kurdistan Region are able to block any proposed amendment to Iraq’s constitution, which would modify Article 140

http://www.kncna.org/docs/pdf_files/OLeary_Paper.pdf

Short version, Article 140 sets a roadmap to resolve territorial disputes between Kurds and other ethnic groups in the country.

[WhiteFeather]

The relevant article is as follows:
Article 140:
First: The executive authority shall undertake the necessary steps to complete the implementation of the requirements of all subparagraphs of Article 58 of the Transitional Administrative Law.
Second: The responsibility placed upon the executive branch of the Iraqi Transitional Government stipulated in Article 58 of the Transitional Administrative Law shall extend and continue to the executive authority elected in accordance with this
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Constitution, provided that it accomplishes completely (normalization and census and concludes with a referendum in Kirkuk and other disputed territories to determine the will of their citizens), by a date not to exceed the 31st of December 2007.ii
The executive authority here is presumed to be the federal executive of Iraq, comprised of the Presidency Council, the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers. The provision authorizes the executive to fulfill its obligations without requiring federal or regional legislation. I shall raise the question later of what happens if the federal executive fails to fulfill its time-tabled and substantive obligations. Article 58 of the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) reads as follows:


Article 58:
(A) The Iraqi Transitional Government, and especially the Iraqi Property Claims Commission and other relevant bodies, shall act expeditiously to take measures to remedy the injustices caused by the previous regime’s practices in altering the demographic character of certain regions, including Kirkuk, by deporting and expelling individuals from their places of residence, forcing migration in and out of the region, settling individuals alien to the region, depriving the inhabitants of work, and correcting nationalityiii. To remedy this injustice, the Iraqi Transitional Government shall take the following steps:
(1) With regard to residents who were deported, expelled, or who emigrated; it shall, in accordance with the statute of the Iraqi Property Claims Commission and other measures within the law, within a reasonable period of time, restore the residents to their homes and property, or, where this is unfeasible, shall provide just compensation.
(2) With regard to the individuals newly introduced to specific regions and territories, it shall act in accordance with Article 10 of the Iraqi Property Claims Commission statute to ensure that such individuals may be resettled, may receive compensation from the state, may receive new land from the state near their residence in the governorate from which they came, or may receive compensation for the cost of moving to such areas.
(3) With regard to persons deprived of employment or other means of support in order to force migration out of their regions and territories, it shall promote new employment opportunities in the regions and territories.
(4) With regard to nationality correction, it shall repeal all relevant decrees and shall permit affected persons the right to determine their own national identity and ethnic affiliation free from coercion and duress.

[English Bob]

Is that an Iraq 2 years or weastern 2 years Lol.

EB

[EBJNYC]

Is that an Iraq 2 years or weastern 2 years Lol.

EB

When you visit NYC -- hopefully the "Freedom" Tower(s) will have been built -- see me -- I have a DEFECTIVE parachute -- with your name on it -- so you can jump off !!!!

[English Bob]

When you visit NYC -- hopefully the "Freedom" Tower(s) will have been built -- see me -- I have a DEFECTIVE parachute -- with your name on it -- so you can jump off !!!!

Save it for yourself when they bring out the bigger notes or when they lop!

EB