ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Iraqi prime minister has acted “irresponsibly” in equating taking over the disputed areas from the Peshmerga with defeating ISIS, the Kurdistan Region parliament stated, joining the Peshmerga ministry in condemning a recent statement from Haider al-Abadi.
“We as the Kurdistan parliament consider the statement made by his Excellency Haider al-Abadi irresponsible and a flagrant mistake,” read a statement issued by the parliament’s presidential body on Friday.
During a meeting of his Dawa Party on Wednesday, Abadi referred to Kurdistan’s independence vote and Baghdad’s subsequent assertion of control over the disputed areas, saying “Uniting Iraq and preventing it from partition was another victory, which was no less than the triumph achieved over the ISIS terrorist gangs.”
That statement is far from “the values and principles of citizenship and contrary to Article 9 of Iraq’s permanent constitution, which in no way allows or gives legitimacy to mount these military actions against Iraqi citizens. This is another blatant violation of the constitution,” the parliament stated.
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