Iraqi Kurdistan – Demonstrations have spread all over the cities of Iraqi Kurdistan region, demanding for approving on the historical rights of Kurds and including them in the Iraqi constitution, whose draft is supposed to be submitted to the National Assembly today.

These demonstrations that spread all over the cities of Al Selaimania (330 km north of Baghdad), Kirkuk (255 km north of Baghdad), Erbil (350 km north of Baghdad), and Dahuk (450 km north), were organized by "The Plebiscite Movement", a non-governmental organization, which calls for conducting a plebiscite for the residents of Kurdistan region to decide on their destiny, and is supporting the establishment of a Kurdish state in the north of Iraq.

In Erbil, capital of Kurdistan region, thousands of Kurds have demonstrated in front of the building of the National Council for Iraqi Kurdistan (regional Parliament) for the same purpose.

In Al Selaimania, thousands of people have gathered in Nali Square, in the center of the city, carrying big signs that read "We demand that the constitution clearly includes the right of Kurdish people to decide on their destiny", "Respect the demands and will of Kurdistani people", "Kurdistani people would not negotiate on their fundamental rights", and "No agreement on the destiny of Kurdistan without referral to the will of Kurdistani people."
In Kirkuk, hundreds of Kurds have demonstrated to include the demands of Kurds in the draft of the permanent constitution. The demonstrators, who gathered in front of Kirkuk castle, have demanded that the coming constitution includes "stressing that Kirkuk is Kurdistani", granting the people of Iraqi Kurdistan the right to decide on destiny, applying Article 58 of the state administration code, and stabilizing the map of Iraqi Kurdistan, as the safety valve for unity and the new coexistence.

In Dahuk, Thousands of Kurds have demonstrated in the center of the city, demanding for including an article in the Iraqi permanent constitution for the right to decide on destiny and stabilize the borders of Kurdistan region and how to distribute the Iraqi resources between the central government and the government of Kurdistan region, in addition to handling the issue of Kirkuk. The demonstrators have carried Kurdish lags and signs that demand for approving the federation.

Al Sharq Al Awsat