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11-28-2010, 11:47 PM
KBC decided on forming three committees for cabinet negotiation
Sunday, November 28th 2010 7:39 AM
Erbil, Nov. 28 (AKnews)- In the meeting between the Kurdistan Region's President Massoud Barzani's and the negotiating team of the Kurdistan Blocs Coalition (KBC) Saturday the parries agreed on froming three committees.
The KBC was formed after March elections as an umbrella for all the Kurdish parties which ran for the elections independently and won together 57 seats. However, with the withdrawal of the Gorran (Change) Movement, late October its seats dropped to 49.
Saturday's meeting was to deliberate on the Kurdish participation and its share in the new Iraqi cabinet.
Najib Abdullah Balatayi, a participant in the meeting, told AKnews they decided to form a committee from the representatives of all the allies in the KBC to prioritize the blocs demands of ministries. The committee will also discuss on behalf of the KBC for the points system which is essential in allocating the ministries.
The point system as well as the number of the ministries in the new cabinet is vague. According to statements of lawmakers to AKnews, one point equals 2.24 or 2 seats and the number of the ministries, which currently amounts to 38, fluctuates between 25 and 40 ministries, according to their speculations.
The second committee will supervise and coordinate the conduct of the bloc inside parliament and its dealing with the other blocs, Balatayi added.
The KBC introduced a 19-points demands paper to the Iraqi sides as its terms for alliance. None of the parties has so far officially endorsed the paper. However, the Kurdish side was verbally assured their demands will be met.
The third committee, according to Balatayi, will follow up the commitment to such demands. He reiterated should the blocs disavow their word; the KBC will withdraw from the government.
Resolving disagreements with Baghdad over disputed areas and issues such the legality of Kurdistan's oil and gas, Kurdistan budget, and the status of its Peshmarga (armed) forces are among the Kurdish demands. Kurds further demand the allocation of senior posts in the next government to Kurds.
Mahmoud Othman, another KBC deputy also told AKnews Sunday onward the bloc will negotiate over the cabinet formation and its share.
Though Gorran was invited to attend Saturday's meeting, it declined the call, Othman said.
In allotting the ministries not only the points which is the "main criterion" but also the "ethnic balance, political accord and the number of the deputies to the parliament" are considered, Othman noted.
Oil, foreign and finance ministries are among the key ministries demanded by more than one bloc. According to the media reports the defense and interior ministries are preferred to be run by neutral figures.
Reported by Hevidar Ahmed
Lh/AKnews
http://aknews.com/en/aknews/4/198200/
Sunday, November 28th 2010 7:39 AM
Erbil, Nov. 28 (AKnews)- In the meeting between the Kurdistan Region's President Massoud Barzani's and the negotiating team of the Kurdistan Blocs Coalition (KBC) Saturday the parries agreed on froming three committees.
The KBC was formed after March elections as an umbrella for all the Kurdish parties which ran for the elections independently and won together 57 seats. However, with the withdrawal of the Gorran (Change) Movement, late October its seats dropped to 49.
Saturday's meeting was to deliberate on the Kurdish participation and its share in the new Iraqi cabinet.
Najib Abdullah Balatayi, a participant in the meeting, told AKnews they decided to form a committee from the representatives of all the allies in the KBC to prioritize the blocs demands of ministries. The committee will also discuss on behalf of the KBC for the points system which is essential in allocating the ministries.
The point system as well as the number of the ministries in the new cabinet is vague. According to statements of lawmakers to AKnews, one point equals 2.24 or 2 seats and the number of the ministries, which currently amounts to 38, fluctuates between 25 and 40 ministries, according to their speculations.
The second committee will supervise and coordinate the conduct of the bloc inside parliament and its dealing with the other blocs, Balatayi added.
The KBC introduced a 19-points demands paper to the Iraqi sides as its terms for alliance. None of the parties has so far officially endorsed the paper. However, the Kurdish side was verbally assured their demands will be met.
The third committee, according to Balatayi, will follow up the commitment to such demands. He reiterated should the blocs disavow their word; the KBC will withdraw from the government.
Resolving disagreements with Baghdad over disputed areas and issues such the legality of Kurdistan's oil and gas, Kurdistan budget, and the status of its Peshmarga (armed) forces are among the Kurdish demands. Kurds further demand the allocation of senior posts in the next government to Kurds.
Mahmoud Othman, another KBC deputy also told AKnews Sunday onward the bloc will negotiate over the cabinet formation and its share.
Though Gorran was invited to attend Saturday's meeting, it declined the call, Othman said.
In allotting the ministries not only the points which is the "main criterion" but also the "ethnic balance, political accord and the number of the deputies to the parliament" are considered, Othman noted.
Oil, foreign and finance ministries are among the key ministries demanded by more than one bloc. According to the media reports the defense and interior ministries are preferred to be run by neutral figures.
Reported by Hevidar Ahmed
Lh/AKnews
http://aknews.com/en/aknews/4/198200/