Kirkuk Status Referendum - Position of Iraqi Parties

Position of Iraqi Parties

  • Shi'ite Arab parties
The Sadrist Movement called for the referendum to be postponed in June 2007.
Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council: In July 2007 they were reported to have supported a delay.
  • Kurdish parties
Massoud Barzani, Kurdistan Democratic Party head has said that a delay of three to four months would be acceptable. In September 2007, a news agency reported that the Kurdish parties had agreed a postponement to May 2008. However, Barzani said that failure to implement the law would "result in real civil war".
  • Sunni Arab parties
The Iraqi National Dialogue Front called for a delay in June.
The Iraqi Accord Front proposed a delay in June, by way of an amendment to the Constitution of Iraq
  • Turkmen parties
Sadettin Ergeç, the leader of the Iraqi Turkmen Front said in June that they aimed to save Kirkuk as the capital of Iraqi Turkmens or at least earn it a special status.

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