KDP Official: No Stability in Sinjar Without Return to Kurdistan
KDP official Vian Dakhil tells Kurdistan24 that stability in Sinjar is impossible until it returns to the Kurdistan Region under Article 140, accusing Baghdad of neglecting the Yazidi cause and failing to exhume mass graves.
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A senior Kurdish official in the Iraqi parliament has asserted that lasting stability will not be achieved in Sinjar and other Kurdistani territories until they are formally returned to the administration of the Kurdistan Region, accusing the federal government in Baghdad of failing to take the plight of the Yazidi community seriously.
Vian Dakhil, the spokesperson for the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) faction in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, linked the future security of these areas directly to the implementation of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution.
In an exclusive statement to Kurdistan24 on Thursday, Dakhil criticized the federal government's approach to the Yazidi cause.
"The Iraqi government is not taking the Yazidi case seriously," she stated. Dakhil argued that the community's suffering is compounded by their identity, adding, "Because they are Kurds and Yazidis, they have endured several genocides."
She outlined what she described as Baghdad's obligations toward the survivors of these atrocities, emphasizing that the government must take concrete action.
"The Iraqi government must compensate them and prevent the recurrence of other similar genocides," Dakhil told Kurdistan24, concluding that, "Furthermore, their demands must be met."
Reiterating her central argument, the KDP faction spokesperson drew a direct line between the constitutional status of the territories and their ongoing instability.
"Until Sinjar and the other Article 140 areas are returned to the Kurdistan Region, the situation in those areas will not be stable," she affirmed.
To support her position, Dakhil contrasted the situation in federally administered areas with the security found within the Kurdistan Region's borders, saying, "just as we see that the Yazidis who reside in the Kurdistan Region live in peace and without problems."
This is not the first time Dakhil has raised concerns about what she characterizes as federal inaction.
The KDP faction spokesperson had also previously indicated to Kurdistan24 a stark and specific example of this neglect, noting that "25 Yazidi mass graves have not yet been exhumed, and the Iraqi government has not taken serious steps towards exhuming the mass graves."
This issue underscores the ongoing challenges and unresolved grief faced by the Yazidi community years after the genocide committed against them.
