Kurdishaspect.com – By Baqi Barzani
In Hawler, Duhok and Sulaimaniya governorates, the two major political parties (PUK and KDP) control all government institutions, parliament, judiciary, security forces and Peshmerga and intelligence apparatus. None of these government branches reserve any autonomy or authority. The head of these departments are directly appointed by the two totalitarian factions, depending on their sphere of influence. A vivid instance is the two separate intelligence agencies whose primary mission is merely eavesdropping on one another and the opposition groups, including their arch rival (Goran, or the change movement) as well as the Islamic and leftist smaller groups at the behest of foreign countries. Our Peshamrga forces, whose primary objective is to protect the national borders against foreign aggression and ensuring stability in case of need, are not yet merged together in reality, do not cooperate with one another and function totally independently, receiving commands directly from
their party leaders.
Contrary to what most allege about the national elections meeting internationally recognized electoral standards for free and fair elections, the election results inKurdistan did not reflect the will of the voters. The President, Prime Minister, and the Parliament of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) were cherry picked by foreign countries. The Iraqi Electoral Commission admitted the fact that there were frauds and miscalculation issues. There is an imposed unity government currently in place in Kurdistan that may possibly be composing of different political, religious, ethnic parties, but the fact is the opposition groups and especially, Islamists have no say at all. KRG has curtailed their activities by holding excessive power to contain their annual budget.
Some have compared Kurdistan with Middle Eastern nations. Kurdistan is even worse than Tunisia. Tunisian economy is not comparable to Kurdistan. Tunisia is a one of the European Union’s most established trading partners in the Mediterranean region and ranks as the EU’s 30th largest trading partner. At least, in the afore-cited country, the general public reserves the right to pour into streets, voice their opposition, demand reforms or new elections. In Kurdistan, any such move would definitely be crushed or confront strong government resistance. The rate of unemployment in Kurdistan exceeds countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Yemen. The only main disparity is in Kurdistan the vast majority of party adherents receive free salaries. It is estimated that roughly 70% of our people in Kurdistan are unemployed, illiterate and live under the poverty line.
Syrian Hafez al-Assads overall tenure, Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh , Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, or Jordanians King Abdulla II are far from comparison when it comes to Kurdish leaders and Kurdistan, having been ruled by KDP for more than a century. Many of these nation states came in to existence after 1920, and governments were toppled through military coups or proletarian demonstrations. For an entire century, we have been struggling for our national independence. Thanks to the superpowers for their occupation ofKurdistan under the name of national liberation and even more thanks to our strategies and leadership.
The so-called democracy or new looming democracy in Kurdistan is nothing more than media hype for the two major political parties.
A revolution within by the people for the people!
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