KDP Bloc Urges Federal Government To Implement Sinjar Agreement
The KDP bloc in Iraq’s parliament urged Baghdad to fully implement the Sinjar agreement on the 11th anniversary of liberation from ISIS and fund reconstruction.
ERBIL (Kurdistan24) - The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) bloc in the Iraqi Council of Representatives called on Friday for full implementation of the Sinjar (Shingal) agreement between Baghdad and Erbil. It also rejected the use of the district as a pressure card in political disputes.
The bloc issued the statement on the 11th anniversary of Sinjar’s liberation from the ISIS terrorist group.
“We are concerned about attempts to use Sinjar as a pressure card in the political conflict,” the bloc said, stressing the need to preserve stability in the area.
It added that any attempt to separate Ezidi Kurds from their identity and roots must be prevented.
The bloc recalled that on Nov. 13, 2015, Kurdistan Region Peshmerga forces ended the presence of ISIS in the area.
It said they did so under the direct leadership of President Masoud Barzani and through the sacrifices of hundreds of martyrs and thousands of wounded.
Eleven years on, the bloc said, the agreement between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Federal Government on normalizing conditions in Sinjar has still not been implemented.
It called on the Federal Government to assume its constitutional and legal responsibilities and carry out the agreement in full.
According to the bloc, this means removing illegitimate armed forces and groups, ending the state of emergency, and creating a peaceful environment.
In such conditions, it said, the district’s original residents could determine their own future, manage their own affairs, and return proudly to their homeland.
The bloc also stressed the need to allocate the budget required to rebuild Sinjar and to provide fair compensation to victims of ISIS and survivors of its crimes.