گوێگرتن باشترین چارەسەری هەموو ناڕەزایەتییەكە!

لە سەروبەندی ئەو هەرا و توندوتیژییەی بەم دواییە لە سلێمانی بەرپا بوو و بارودۆخی كوردستان كەوتە بارێكی شپرزەوە بەهۆی تەشەنەكردنی خۆپێشاندانەكان و لێكەوتنەوەی كوژرا و بریندار و سووتانی داوودەزگەی حیزبی، ڕایەك هەیە كە خۆپێشاندان تا هێمنانە تر بێ دیموكراتیتر و جوانتر دەبێ و كاریگەریشی بۆ سەر حكوومەت زیاتر دەبێت. بەڵام بەڕای من ئەمە شتیكی نیسبییە و پێوەستە بەو حكوومەتەی خۆپێشاندەران ناڕەزایەتیی لەدژ دەردەبڕن و تا چەند ئامادەیی تێدایە گوێ بگرێت. لە ڕووی گوێگرتن بۆ ناڕەزایی وەڵامداندا حكوومەتگەل دەبن بە سێ جۆر: یەكەمیان گوێ لە خۆپێشاندان و ناڕەزایەتیی هێمنانە دەگرێت، دووەمیان گوێ لە خۆپێشاندانی توندوتیژ دەگرێت، لە كاتێكدا سێیەمیان گوێ لە هیچ ناڕەزایەتییەك ناگرێت.

بۆ جۆری یەكەمی حكوومەتان كە گوێ و لە ناڕەزایەتیی خۆپێشاندەری هێمن دەگرن خۆپێشاندانەكانی شۆڕشی پرتەقاڵیی ئۆكرانیا باشترین نموونەیە. لە ساڵەكانی 2004-2005 خۆپێشندەران لە ئۆكرانیا داوای ئەنجامدانەوەی هەڵبژاردنی سەرۆكایەتییان دەكرد لەبەرئ ئەوەی ڤیكتۆر یانوكۆڤیچی سەركەوتوو لە هەڵبژاردن تۆمەتبار كرا بەوەی هەڵبژاردنەكە لە بەرژەوەندیی ئەو ساختە كراوە. خۆپێشاندان و ناڕەزایی هێمنانە لە كیێڤی پاتەختدا لە مانگی تشرینی دووەمی 2004 تا مانگی كانوونی دووەمی 2005 بەردەوام بوو تا هەڵبژاردن ئەنجام درایەوە و دەركەوت ڤیكتۆر یوشچینكۆی ڕكابەر بە ڕیژەی 52 لە سەد بەسەر ڤیكتۆر یانوكۆڤیچدا سەر كەوت. بۆ جۆرەكەی دووەم كە تەنیا گوێ لە خۆپێشاندانی توندوتیژ دەگرێ و گرینگی بە خۆپێشاندانی هێمن نادا تا دواجار خۆپێشاندان كوشتنی لێ دەكەوێتەوە و فشاری نێوخۆیی و نێودەوڵەتی لەسەر كۆ دەبێتەوە مل بۆ خۆپیشاندەران نادا، ئەوا نموونەی میسر و تونس باشترین نموونەن. لە میسر دەسەڵات پێی لە زەویدا داچەقاندبوو و ئامادەی ملدان نەبوو تا كوژرانی دەیان كەس و برینداربوونی سەدانی تری لێ كەوتەوە ئەوجا دەسەڵات گوێی بۆ خۆپیشاندەران گرت بەڵام تازە كار لە كار ترازا بوو. لە حكومەتی جۆری سێیەم كە گوێ نە بۆ خۆپێشاندانی هێمن و نە توندوتیژ نادا و تا دوا هەناسە دەست لە بیناقاقای میللەت و وڵات هەڵناگرێ و هەرچی بەشێوەیەكی هێمن یان توند داواكاری خۆی بخاتە روو بە خائین و دوژمن دێتە لەقەڵەمدان و سەری پان دەكرێتەوە، لیبیا نموونەیەكی هەنووكەیییە. موعەممەر قەزافی پێی وایە میللەت دوژمنە و بەكرێگیراوی ئەفەریقییایی هێناوە بۆ شەڕكردن لە دژی خەڵكی خۆی تا ئێستە هەزاران كەس بەو هۆیەیوە كوژراون.

من دڵنیام كە حكوومەتی هەرێمی كوردستان لە جۆری سێیەمیان نییە بەڵام بەهۆی ئەو ڕووداوانەی شلێمانیشەوە گومانم هەیە لەوەی كە لە جۆری یەكەمیان بێ. با زیاتر بە نموونە ئەوە ڕوون بكەینەوە: بەهۆی یاسای خۆپێشاندانەوە لە زۆربەی شار و شارۆكەكانی هەرێمی كوردستان خۆپیشاندان بەڕێوە چوون لە دژی ئەو یاسایە و داوا لە پەرلەمان و سەرۆكی حكوومەت و سەرۆكی هەرێم كرا ئەو یاسایە پەسەند نەكرێ بەڵام گوێ بە داوای خۆپێشاندەری هێمن نەدرا. لە سەرەتای سەرهەڵدانی خۆپێشاندانەكانی سلێمانیش حكوومەت دەست بەجێ نەچووە پێشوازیی خەڵك و بزانی داواكارییان چییە و گوێپان لێ بگرێت تا خۆپێشاندانی هێمنانە گۆڕا بۆ توندوتیژ. كە واشی لێ هات ئیتر لەبری ئەوەی هەوڵی هێمنكردنەوەی دۆخەكە بدرێت و گوێ لە خەڵك بگرن و بەزووترین كات داواكانیان جێبەجێ بكەن خۆپێشاندەران بە "ئاژاوەگێرَ" هاتنە ناوزەدكردن.

ئەمە گەورەترین هەڵەی بەرپرسانی حكوومەت، هەر لە سەرۆكی حكوومەت و سەرۆكی پەرلەمان (من باسی بەرپرسانی حزبی ناكەم چونكە حیزب لە ڕوانگەیەكیك حیزبیەوە قسە دەكات نەك لەو ڕوانگەی كە باوكی میللەتە) ئەوە بوو كە خۆپێشاندەرانیان بە ئاژاوەگێرَ وەسف كرد و ملیان نەدا بۆ ئەوەی دان بە خۆپێشاندانەكانیاندا بنێن و گوێیان لێ بگرن. من دەڵێم ئەمە هەڵەیەكی گەورە بوو كە وایان ناوزەد بكەن چونكە هەر ئەو "ئاژاوەگێرَانەن" كە دواجار حكومەت دەبێ ملیان بۆ بدا و گوێشیان لێ بگرێ و داواكانیشیان جێبەجێ بكات. ئەو دانیشتنە نائاساییەی 23ی شوباتیش لە پەرلەمانی گوردستان خۆی لە ئەنجامی فشاری ئەو "ئاژاوگێڕانە" و داواكارییەكانیان بوو لەبەرئەوەی زۆربەی ئەو خاڵانەی خۆپێشاندەران لە یاداشتێكی 9 خاڵیدا پێشكەشی دەسەڵاتدارانیان كرد لە سلێمانی لە بڕیارە 17 خاڵییەكەی پەرلەماندا هاتبوون، بۆ نموونە ئەنجامدانی ریفۆرم و بنبڕكردنی گەندەڵی و كشانەوەی هێزەكانی زێرەڤانی و جارێكی تر نەجوڵاندنی ئەو هێزانە لە شارێكەوە بۆ شارێكی تر تەنیا لە حاڵەتی هەبوونی هەڕەشەیەكی نیشتمانی لە هێزێكی دەرەكییەوە.

بۆیە من پێم وایە حكوومەتی هەرێمی كوردستان خۆی خستە نێو خانەی دووەمی ئەو حكوومەتانە كە تەنیا گوێ لە خۆپێشاندانی توندوتیژ دەگرن دەنا لە حاڵەتی خۆپێشاندان و ناڕەزاییی هێمنانەوە تەنیا گەمەی چاوشاركێ دەكەن. بە كورتی ئەگەر حكوومەتی هەرێم یەكێك بیەوێ خۆپێشاندان تەشەنە نەكات و توندوتیژی بەرهەم نەهێنێ پێویستە گوێ لە خەڵك ڕابگرێ و داواكانیشیان جێەجێ بكات.

Iraq expects wave of demos Friday

Erbil, Feb. 24 (AKnews) - A wave of public demonstrations is expected to sweep across Iraq Friday with protestors calling for better living conditions, employment opportunities and social justice. The Iraqi people have been disgruntled with the government for not being able to assure basic services like electricity, water and promised food subsidies, in addition to allegations of administrative corruption and social injustice. Campaigners have called for the demonstrations on social network websites and have set February 25 for a day of protests. Over the past two weeks there have already been public protests in some 14 Iraqi provinces but February 25 has been marked as a nationwide day of protests. Iraqi officials have warned that insurgents my exploit the occasion to attack the rallies of demonstrators. The Iraqi Prime Minister said earlier this week that the demonstrations are politicized by "evil-intentioned people" and that through the demonstrations militants can regain their sway over the country. Similarly, Baghdad Operations Command (BOC) announced on Wednesday that they had intelligence information that suicide bombers are preparing to target the demonstrators. BOC also announced a ban on live coverage of the event as part of a bid to keep vehicles off the streets of the Tahrir Square area of Baghdad where the biggest demonstration so far is expected to be staged. However, the move is seen by some as an excuse to head off the demonstrations because the security forces were able to provide security for more than 2 million pilgrims during the Shia ceremonies in southern Iraq in recent months. The demonstrations, inspired by the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings, point an accusatory finger at the government and the dominant ruling bloc for the poor level of services provided to the public. In some parts of Iraq, electricity is available only for 6 hours a day while government corruption, unemployment and social injustice remain widespread concerns. On Feb. 21, the Iraqi parliament speaker said some US$40 billion was "missing" from a post-Gulf War fund that Iraq maintains to protect from foreign claims. He said they did not know where the money had gone. Iraqi PM's annual income is equivalent to that of the President of that United States, if not more, and the Iraq MPs receive some IQD32 million (about US$25,000) a month in a country where the average salary is between US$500 and $600. Iraqi demonstrators have called for a cut in the salaries of the top government positions and administrative reforms in the government institutions over the past two weeks. Earlier this month, the Sadrist Current called for the allocation of 15% of the 2011 general budget to the Iraqi people. They claimed they wouldn't vote for it unless the 15% was included in the bill. The bill, however, was approved by the Parliament and instead of the 15% of the general budget, 20% of the "surplus" was allocated to Iraq's needy families. Iraq's 2011 budget is suffering from a deficit of US$12 billion. The demonstrations over the past two weeks have mostly been peaceful but some violent clashes with security forces have erupted. At least one person has been killed and dozens injured in the protests in the Iraqi provinces other than in the Kurdistan region. The protests were transferred to Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan's second largest city, last week where protesters called for rooting out corruption in the government institutions, better living conditions, and employment opportunities. In the Sulaimaniyah protests 3 people were killed and more than 100 were injured when the peaceful demo became violent and demonstrators clashed with guards at the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) headquarters. The Kurdistan Regional Government has taken security measures to protect the protesters and to make sure the demonstrations are peaceful in case the Kurdish cities took to the streets on Friday along with the rest of the country. Raber Younis Aziz (AKnews) Thursday, February 24th 2011 1:24 PM

Kurdish parliament condemns violence and orders reforms

Erbil, Feb. 24 (AKnews) – In an extraordinary session to discuss the recent demonstrations and unrest in Sulaimaniyah city that turned into violent clashes leaving many casualties, the parliament of Kurdistan Region has condemned the use of violent force against the protesters as well as attacks on partisan or government offices. After long hours of discussion between the parliamentary factions on Wednesday evening which lasted until 1 am Thursday, the parliament of Kurdistan Region came up with a 17 points conclusion. It called for grassroots reforms and improved living conditions for the people, social justice, and a broadening of freedoms. The Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister, the Peshmarga Minister and the Interior Minister will be summoned to attend parliament for interrogation over the incidents in Sulaimaniyah. During the discussion, all MPs agreed that the use of force against demonstrators or party and government buildings were to be condemned. In the Sulaimaniyah protests which lasted 5 days, at least 3 people were killed and more than 100 protesters were injured when the peaceful rally turned violent with demonstrators pelting the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) headquarters in the city with stones. The KDP headquarters security personnel in turn fired at the demonstrators in "self-defense". There were also reports that some of the protesters were armed and forced their way to the headquarters. Demonstrators were protesting against corruption, poor living conditions, unemployment and social injustice. The agreed conclusion also states that all the detained protesters who participated in the demonstrations be released immediately except for those who committed "crimes" and who should be handed over to the court. And from now on, protesters can not be, by any means, arrested for taking part in demonstrations without a court order. Some 70 people were arrested in the Sulaimaniyah protests. The Police said earlier that they had released them. The government would also compensate financially and morally the demonstrators, parties, offices and forces hurt by the violent clashes in the demonstrations. The conclusion also provides for the appointment of a member of the Appellate Court to head the investigation committee formed to look into the causes of the violent clashes and also to disclose the findings to the public. Also the security and police forces accused of not carrying out their duties professionally during the protests are to be subject to accountability. Some of the local newspapers and media outlets close to the KDP had earlier accused Iran of standing behind the unrest in Sulaimaniyah, and a leader in the party did not rule out the investigation looking into Iran's role in the demonstrations. A local weekly newspaper in Kurdistan, Rwber, which claims independence wrote in its Feb. 22 issue that Iran's Quds army was behind the unrest in Sulaimaniyah city "in revenge" for the January stoning of Iran's consulate in Erbil by demonstrators in protest against the execution of Kurdish activists in Iran. On January 29, angry demonstrators in Erbil city pelted the Iranian consulate over the execution of Kurdish activists in Iran. According to figures, in 2011 alone, Iran has executed more than 20 Kurdish activists, and some 16 others are currently awaiting execution by hanging. The Peyamner news outlet, close to the KDP, reported that the leader of the Gorran, Nawshirwan Mustafa, had meetings with Iranian officials near the, suggesting an Iranian hand behind the protesters' recent attack on the KDP headquarters. Moreover, the parliament emphasized again the need for permission from the authorities before protesters can stage a demonstration. The current demonstrations law requires prior permission from the authorities for any demonstration. The five day demonstrations in Sulaimaniyah were not permitted by the authorities, except for the first day where one teenager was killed and more than 57 were injured. In the following days, enraged demonstrators did not care about obtaining permits. The law had already sparked a row in December last year when parliament passed it, and the opposition forces still call for reforms to it. They want to change the obtaining of permission for demonstrations to simply "informing" the authorities of planned demos instead. The authorities said the law was to ensure national security and to give the authorities the time to assign police and security forces to provide security for the demonstrations. The opposition says the law restricts the right of the freedom to demonstrate because it gives the authorities the power to deny permission to public protests. Another point agreed on by parliament was not mobilizing troops from one city to another to contain the demonstrations except in the case of a national security threat from an external party. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)'s Ministry of Peshmarga had sent Zeravani forces, Kurdish defense forces, to the suburbs of Sulaimaniyah city from Erbil in a move to control the demos in case they developed into a threat on government offices. The parliament also stressed on freedom of the press by condemning the attacks on a private TV station, Nalia Radio and TV, NRT, and the Gorran TV station, with urging for the immediate accountability of the assailants. NRT started airing on Feb. 17 but after only 3 days was stormed by some 50 gunmen early at dawn who destroyed the equipment in the premises with bullets before setting everything on fire. The General Manager of the TV channel Twana Othman says they are receiving ongoing threats from anonymous sources of repeated attacks. The NRT said on Feb. 22 that it planned to resume broadcasting but was threatened with repeated attacks, therefore suspended indefinitely their transmissions. Raber Younis Aziz (AKnews) Thursday, February 24th 2011 10:54 AM

Sulaimaniyah: Street protests continue for fourth day

Sulaimaniyah, Feb. 20 (AKnews) – Demonstrations in Sulaimaniyah city continued for the fourth day on Sunday after thousands of protesters took to the streets despite efforts to defuse tensions.   In the protests on Sunday over alleged corruption and injustice in the region, a rally estimated at thousands of people flooded the streets of Sulaimaniyah paralyzing normal life in the city. Security forces were widely seen in the streets trying to prevent the demonstration from developing into a violent one.   AKnews reporter Dilshad Saifaddin reported from the scene of the demonstrations that the rally was split into two groups, one group heading towards the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) headquarters in the city where a teenager was killed by guards on Thursday after the demonstrators pelted it with stones. While the other group held onto the Sara Square in the center of the city.   Security forces reportedly fired into the air to disperse those demonstrators trying to access the KDP headquarters. The protestors, following the Thursday clashes between the demonstrators and the KDP security personnel, have tried repeatedly to access the KDP headquarters.   Most of the shops and markets have been closed, and there were reports that a group of demonstrators attacked journalists covering the protests, and broke their equipment. The headquarters of the newly established Kurdish TV channel Nalia were torched on Sunday morning just three days after its launch. The channel's management has blamed government forces for the pre-dawn attack. The TV channel reported during its 08:30 news bulletin on Sunday that it had been threatened over the phone to stop broadcasting.   The demo has also prompted the Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate (KJS) to postpone indefinitely a conference set to take place on Feb. 22 through 24.   "Today, it was decided by the KJS board that the conference be postponed because the situation in this area is instable, and once the situation goes back to normal, the conference will be held," KJS secretary Hamid Mohammed told AKnews.   There were calls from several parties to help cool down the anger of the demonstrators to prevent further development of the situation.   Faruq Rafiq, a prominent intellectual who was leading the protest following the Thursday clashes, called on the protesters to end the demonstrations and go home. He also urged the crowd not to attack the KDP headquarters again.   Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)'s deputy Kosrat Rasul Ali said there will be a meeting between the KDP, PUK, and other opposition groups as soon as possible to find ways to solve the problems through dialogue.   "I urge you to end this situation from a feeling of national responsibility" he said.   In a move to defuse the tensions, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)'s Minster of Peshmarga Sheikh Jaafar said in a press conference in Sulaimaniyah city that a reserve force that had been stationed near Sulaimaniyah city for emergency has started to pull back after protesters railed against the mobilization of the forces. The pullback of the force was part of 9-point communiqué handed on Saturday to the authorities by the protesters.   The force had been sent by the ministry from Erbil to Sulaimaniyah city in case the violent clashes in Sulaimaniyah on Thursday developed into a vandalous attack on government offices.   "The security forces have been actively attempting to control the situation in the city, therefore I have ordered the force to pull back as of today."   Also, Sulaimaniyah police said on Sunday that all the arrested protestors were released today.   On Saturday, 14 people were wounded in clashes between police forces and the demonstrators and some 15 others were arrested by the security forces.   Dilshad Saifaddin, Ardalan Mohammed, and Omar Sadiq contributed to this story, Written by Raber Y. Aziz Ka/AKnews   Sunday, February 20th 2011 5:12 PM

Thursday demo gives clerics chance to call for “justice” after “calm”

Erbil, Feb. 19 (AKnews) – Preachers in their Friday sermons urged the government to enforce justice and equality following demonstrations in Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan's second largest city, which left one killed and dozens injured.   On Thursday, dozens of people took to the streets to show solidarity with the Tunisian and Egyptian peoples but the peaceful demo turned into a violent clash with the security personnel of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) headquarter in the city when the protesters showered it with stones.   There were also reports that some of the protesters were armed and fired at the headquarters. Two of the building's guards were reportedly injured by the gunfire.   The protesters accused the government and the two ruling parties of corruption. Immediately after the clashes, the ruling parties said there was a hand behind what they termed "riots" in Sulaimaniyah, implicating the opposition group - Gorran.   Following the Sulaimaniyah clashes, the headquarters of Gorran in Erbil and the Soran district were set on fire by supporters of the KDP.   Gorran issued a statement on January 29 which called for the reformation of the government prompting security forces go on alert for any attack on government buildings. Observers say the statement has had great impact on destabilizing the region.   The preachers stressed in their Friday sermons that the people of Kurdistan have been able only after long years of suffering atrocities to establish the current government and assure security in the region, and therefore, all such acts that would annul the achievements and destabilizes the region should be avoided.   Mullah Mazhar, Imam of Qadir Bla mosque in Erbil, likened the situation, which he believed would destabilize the region, to a folk story where a man standing on the branch of a tree cuts the branch, falls and breaks his own back.   The preacher called on the people of Kurdistan to maintain order.   Mullah Idris, the Imam of the Rahma Mosque in Erbil, said the Kurdish region had many enemies and "we should not do what would impose a threat on the achievements."   But he also stressed that calm should be accompanied by "justice". "The Kurdistan Regional Government should take serious steps to fight oppression, enforce justice and provide services to the public."   On Friday the deputy leader of the KDP Nechirvan Barzani appeared in a press conference trying to calm down the situation saying they will not accuse any political actor of attacking the KDP headquarters.   He also voiced resentment for the attacks on the headquarters of Gorran and called them "evil" acts that would mar the reputation of the region. Mr Barzani also criticized the police and security forces of Sulaimaniyah for not upholding their duties. Reported by Saiwan Ali Ry/Ka/AKnews Saturday, February 19th 2011 1:06 PM