Kerkuk Belongs to Turkmen, and Will Never Become "Kurdish"

In a series of articles I expanded on the Turkmen of Iraq and their strife against both, ‘Kurdish’ terrorism and evil colonial plans for the Mesopotamian north that promote the rise of a false ‘Kurdish’ state – curse for all the indigenous populations.

I published a key document "Kerkuk Problem and Article 140: Defining Alternatives - The Views of Kerkuk´s Turkmen and Arabs", which is a Conference Report submitted last June to the European Parliament by the Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Research Foundation (SOITM) and he Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO). For reference, I mention here the last of the series: ‘Kerkuk – Homeland for Mesopotamia´s Turkmen’ (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/79010).

I then published the entire text of the speeches given by Muzaffer Arslan, Advisor on Turkmen Affairs to the President of Iraq, in the aforementioned Conference (‘Iraqi Turkmen Appeal to the European Union’ -
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/79535) and Tahsin Kahya, Member of Kerkuk City Council ('Kerkuk Turkmen Took to the Streets Against Article 140 of the Permanent ´Constitution´ of Iraq' - http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/79710).

In this article, I publish the speech given by Rakan Saeed, Member of Kerkuk City Council. In forthcoming articles, I will further publish speeches given in the aforementioned Conference as they illuminate diverse viewpoints and underscore different approaches to this critical issue for the colonial fabrication ‘Iraq’ that cannot stand together.

Kirkuk……...The Alternative Solution
By Rakan Saeed, Member of Kerkuk City Council

http://www.turkmen.nl/1A_soitm/kc-saeede.htm

The main alternative solution to KIRKUK’S special status is to be under joint administration.

The KIRKUK governorate has multi ethnics and religions therefore; any attempt to annex KIRKUK to other region (e.g. Kurdistan) would be rejected by all other ethnics not belonging to a Kurd ethnic.

As the Kurdish planning to overtake KIRKUK, the laws of Kurdistan region of nationalist nature which would be enforced on KIRKUK, Such as the administrative policies and governing mature would be legislated by Kurdistan parliament which favors the interests of the Kurdish ethnic in the first place and violate the interest of others as happening now as the Kurdish are controlling all the administrative , security, political and economical affairs..

Therefore, the must satisfactory and workable solution is a joint administration and Kirkuk to an independent region with in the republic of Iraq supervision by the Iraqi central government.

Achieving this would bring to an end to the nationalist dispute, As a result of attempts to change the demographical status by the Kurdish authority which now effectively controlling Kirkuk.

The solution would enhance the social harmony amongst all ethnics and would secure the Iraqi unity.

What the Solution Will Be?

1. To issue a special legislation within the concept of the Iraqi constitution aiming at ending Kirkuk disputed status by adopting a joint administration policy.

2. The joint administration to be on equal ration i.e. 32% of each main ethnic. (Arab, Turkmen, Kurd) and the remaining 4% to be for the minor ethnics.

3. To apply article 122 of the Iraqi constitution.

4. To control the registration of the original inhabits, and not to accept any registration carried after the year 2003 except by the endorsement of the committee for the original inhabitants which are proposing this committee to include a representative of each ethnic.

5. Kirkuk all laws and legislations to be passed by Iraqi parliament and all procedural rules and regulations to be issued by the Iraqi central government.

6. The administrant departs securities & local government to be supervised and linked directly to the Iraqi central government.

7. We propose that the Kirkuk local government structure to be as followings:

a) Kirkuk governor term to be in the rotation i.e.( Arab, Turkmen, governor term of office to be one year.

b) The Kirkuk governorate council to be (a legislated and supervision body) and to be elected by the local inhabitants of Kirkuk and the member ration as (in paragraph 2, in page 2). Kirkuk to be excluded off the Iraqi governorates laws and we suggest that the above mentioned council member to be 41 (forty one) members and the ration be 13 (thirteen) members for each ethnic (Arab, Turkmen, Kurd) and 2 (two) members from could Assyrian and the council session to be 4 years (four).

c) The Kirkuk local government role to be an executive apparatus (body) and it is structure to be as that of the Iraqi central government such as directorate of education, directorate of finance etc. These directorates must have high level of professionalism, this local job to be of the same ratio as (in paragraph 2, in page 2), unfortunately Kirkuk is now fully controlled by the Kurds allowing no jobs for the other ethnics.

8. The administrative borders to remain as in article 53 (fifty three) of the Iraqi state management law.

9. The jurisdiction in Kirkuk linked to the high jurisdiction council in Baghdad.

10. Kirkuk education system to be linked to the education system in Baghdad, education all curriculum and programs to be as the education system approval by the central government.

The language used in the education system to be as in the Iraqi constitution and ethnics languages but not to interfere with the official education system.

11. Exploitation Kirkuk natural resources as stipulated in the constitution provide a percentage of the natural resources precede for the development of Kirkuk infrastructure.

12. To adopt the administrations and finance regime in Kirkuk.

13. The security issue is a very vital one.

a) The police forces to be commended directly by the central government.

b) Number of members of the police forces to be of the same ration as in (in paragraph 2, in page 2).

c) A military unit to be formed in Kirkuk and to be deployed within it is administrative borders as in the file submitted to the Iraqi ministry of defense.

14. Real state and lands disputes must settle by law as following:

a) The real state and lands seized (confiscate) during former regime has made by court orders and now must be overturned by new court orders and end this serious disputes.

b) Since the year 2003 and until now some misuse of power of sizing real states and lands by the Kurds to force a de-facto, the purpose of these illegal actions are to change the demographical map.

c) We propose the following:

i. To deny the right of real state and lands ownership to those who are not original inhabitancy in Kirkuk.

ii. This denial to be effective for 10 (ten) years from now.

iii. The original inhabitancy of Kirkuk will have right to own real state and land as in the Iraqi constitution.

15. We suggest in order realizing stability and development for Kirkuk governorate that Kirkuk to be declared as free zone area and a base offshore companies and tax hen oven such as Dubai city.

16. In order and for the sake of argument and to prove the baseless Kurds claim of their right in Kirkuk is to have the census carried before 2003 as reference.

17. The UN, EU, IN & AU are invited to monitor all issues regarding Kirkuk.


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Picture: Kerkuk will never become "Kurdish"!