Kurd MP: Kurds' MPs will not attend the Parliament's sessions.

24/03/2013 12:46:00

BAGHDAD / NINA / MP, of the Kurdistan Alliance Mehdi Haji declared that "The Kurdish lawmakers will not attend the next session of the House of Representatives until the end of the consultation in Kurdistan and take a crucial decision by the provincial government in this regard."

Haji said in a statement to the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA /: "The consultations and meetings are still ongoing between the provincial government and members of the Kurdistan Alliance," adding: "The ministers of the Kurds are consulting also."

He added: "There is not any positive development, so far, on the differences between the province and Baghdad, and regional countries have entered to resolve the crisis, in addition to the United States, which is trying to mediate between the two sides."

The Kurdish lawmakers did not attend the voting session on the budget in the seventh of this month, and the Ministers of Kurds did not attend the Cabinet's sessions. The Kurdish MPs and ministers are currently in the Kurdistan region to consult, as stated by a number of them. / End



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Othman assures: Kurds' Ministers will not attend Cabinet's session this week.
24/03/2013 12:59:00

Arbil / NINA / The independent MP, of the Kurdistan Alliance, Mahmoud Othman said that the Kurdish Ministers will not attend the meeting of the Council of Ministers this week.

He told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / today 24, March that "The ministers and Kurdish lawmakers are still in the Kurdistan region for the purpose of consultation with the Kurdish leadership to get out with a unified position on the latest crisis with Baghdad."

He continued, "The past few days were a holiday in the Kurdistan region on the occasion of Newroz, so the meetings and consultations between the Kurdish parties will resume after the end of the holiday and will then come to a decision about returning to Baghdad or not."


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