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Kurdistan judicial system in turmoil
Nechirvan Barzani opens Judicial Council HQ in 2009; pic KRG
The Kurdistan Judicial council members’ term passed more than a year ago, but the council members have stayed in office without any legal basis. According to the judicial law, the president and the deputy of the council needed to retire after the end of their terms due to their age because they reached the maximum age requirement last year. Ahmad Abdulqadir, member of BAR association, said that the lawyers will make them accountable to justice, if they don’t resign within next two weeks.
Only two days after arresting the mayor of the district of Choman, North East Erbil, the attorney general has been transferred to a different city. The attorney general of the District of Choman had issued an arrest warrant for Abdulwahhid Gwani, the mayor, over a scandal that was revealed few weeks ago. In revenge, the attorney general, Karzan Muhammed, has been transferred to another city without prior notice.
On the other hand, at Garmyan’s primary court, 30 million IQD has got missing and no initial investigation has been conducted by the court. The source from the court said that the judges are aware of the issue, but they have started any follow-up. (KNN)
PUK-KDP relations tense
While the KDP’s president, Masoud Barzani, sent a harsh message to Nouri Al Malki, the Iraqi premier, and mentioned “unexpected” decision by Kurds if Baghdad’s pressure continues on them, the PUK leader Adel Murat has met with Maliki about deescalating the tensions. PUK media outlets announced that PM Maliki has promised Adel Murat to send the KRG’s share from the national budget who has been suspended for two months, though KDP officials denied that this is happening. The PUK and KDP media have started campaigning against each other over the Baghdad-Erbil Crisis. On the other hand, Kosrat Rasul, th PUK’s first Deputy Secretary General, has said that the future of Kurdistan can’t be decided by one or two political parties, but it requires a general consensus in reference to Barzani’s attempt to use the separation card against Iraq. Rasul has also urged political parties to step up their efforts toward forming the KRG’s new cabinet. In a response to Rasul’s warning, the KDP has announced that the KRG’s new cabinet formation will be announced “soon” and that the KDP will provide the final version of the cabinet structure to the political parties within two days. (KT)
