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Kurdistan Has the Right to Hold Independence Referendum: Iraqi Communist Party

Diyar Aziz – 14/06/2017 –  ERBIL — The secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party stated his support for the Kurdistan Region independence referendum, reiterating the party’s commitment to the principle of rights of the nations to self-determination. Secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party Raid Fahmi said that the issue of Kurdistan Region’s independence referendum was raised amidst a delicate situation which the country is undergoing especially the war against the Islamic State (IS) and the economic crisis.

He stressed that it is a fundamental right of the Kurdistan Region to hold a plebiscite on independence, but the implications of the referendum and its results will depend on the position and the reaction of the federal government.

He hoped that Kurdistan’s decision to organize the referendum will be endorsed by the Iraqi parties without negative reactions, especially as the leadership of the region has announced that the referendum would not mean immediate declaration of independence. Therefore, it is important for all the parties to use rational discourse while dealing with the divergence of views in this regard, he said. In all cases, the constitution remains the reference for the regulation of the relations between the federal government and the Kurdistan Region, and for the solutions to the outstanding issues, he concluded.