MESOP : OBAMA’S CANDIDATE ABADI – HE was the man behind Maliki’s decisions against KRG

13.08.2014 – Hoshmand Sadiq – BasNews, Erbil – A Kurdish MP in Baghdad reveals that the current candidate for Iraqi Prime Minister, Haidar Abadi, has a history of being strictly against Kurdish rights during his days as an MP in the Iraqi parliament.Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) MP in Baghdad Ashwaq Jaff shared with BasNews that Abadi “was so strict, he was often implementing Iraq’s PM Nouri Al-Maliki’s decision very quickly.” “Therefore, we have to know that Abadi is not only a candidate of Shiite National Coalition, but the leader of the list as well,” said Jaff. “Abadi has to take a lesson from the mistakes of Maliki, otherwise he won’t be successful in forming the new government of Iraq,” added Jaff.

It has been eight months since Maliki cut the budget proportion and the salary of Kurdistan Region Government employees. Furthermore, the federal government’s outspoken cry against Kurdish oil exportation to Turkey that has caused a negative impact on the KRG’s economy has nurtured fuming tempers and prolonged the chance for cooperation.