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Conducting population census should not be rushed in the Iraqi Kurdish territories: KRG official 7/27/2022 8:52:40 PM The city of Kirkuk. photo: kurdsatnews KRG General Board for Kurdistani Areas Outside the Region and KRG statistics office held a meeting regarding the conduct of the Iraqi government's general census in the Kurdistani regions. Fahmi Burhan, the head of the General Board for Kurdistani Areas Outside the Region, told Kurdsat News that "preparations have been made for the general census in Iraq, but it should be assessed in carefully and it should take into account the situation in the region." The disputed territories that constitute almost half of the Kurdistan region's federal territory are now under the central government's control. He said that before deciding on an important issue such as the census, it must be dealt with carefully because it is directly related to the lives of citizens in the Kurdistan regions. He stressed that any comprehensive process in these areas, if not fully normalized, is unacceptable and will not achieve Kurdish rights because there are a large number of refugees in the disputed territories, and Article 140 has not been implemented, which creates a suspicious circumstance on the census process, both sides, the Kurdistan region and Iraqi government should decide on the census of these areas. The Kurdish territories disputed between the Kurdistan region and the Iraqi government have become one of the unresolved issues between Iraq and the Kurdistan region since 2005. The 2005 Iraqi constitution stipulates that a referendum shall be held in these territories for their population to decide which side they want to be on, the Kurdistan region of the federal government. The Iraqi government is working to hold a population consensus which automatically provides the results of a to-be referendum. The region has been facing Arabizing policies since the 2017 independence referendum, and the Kurds in these territories are coerced to leave the area through various hard and soft means.

Conducting population census should not be rushed in the Iraqi Kurdish territories: KRG official

7/27/2022 8:52:40 PM

The city of Kirkuk.

photo:

kurdsatnews

KRG General Board for Kurdistani Areas Outside the Region and KRG statistics office held a meeting regarding the conduct of the Iraqi government's general census in the Kurdistani regions.

Fahmi Burhan, the head of the General Board for Kurdistani Areas Outside the Region, told Kurdsat News that "preparations have been made for the general census in Iraq, but it should be assessed in carefully and it should take into account the situation in the region."

The disputed territories that constitute almost half of the Kurdistan region's federal territory are now under the central government's control.
He said that before deciding on an important issue such as the census, it must be dealt with carefully because it is directly related to the lives of citizens in the Kurdistan regions.

He stressed that any comprehensive process in these areas, if not fully normalized, is unacceptable and will not achieve Kurdish rights because there are a large number of refugees in the disputed territories, and Article 140 has not been implemented, which creates a suspicious circumstance on the census process, both sides, the Kurdistan region and Iraqi government should decide on the census of these areas.

The Kurdish territories disputed between the Kurdistan region and the Iraqi government have become one of the unresolved issues between Iraq and the Kurdistan region since 2005. The 2005 Iraqi constitution stipulates that a referendum shall be held in these territories for their population to decide which side they want to be on, the Kurdistan region of the federal government.

The Iraqi government is working to hold a population consensus which automatically provides the results of a to-be referendum. The region has been facing Arabizing policies since the 2017 independence referendum, and the Kurds in these territories are coerced to leave the area through various hard and soft means.