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Kurdistan Islamic Union is an Islamist
party in Iraqi Kurdistan
is in principle independent and is directly responsible for policy
matters. The party has close ties to the Muslim
Brotherhood.[1]
Events
Salaheddine Bahaaeddin was
elected Secretary General at its 1st general conference in 1994. Other leaders include Hadi Ali,
the second man of the party after secretary general. Ali was
elected as the Director of the party's Political Bureau after their
fifth convention in 2008. This Council includes all the leaders of
the party and they are about 40-50 people. ‘Ali Muhammad Ahmad,
Dendaar Najmen al-Doski, and Umar ‘Abd al-Aziz. It is chiefly
active among students (reportedly winning nearly 40% of the vote in
Dahuk University student elections), but
also has an adult political base, particularly in Arbil and enjoys good relations with both the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan and the Kurdistan
Democratic Party.
During the anticipation of the Iraqi legislative election, December 2005,
the Kurdistan Islamic Union Office was the target of a 3,000 to
5,000 civilian protesters almost from Kurdistan
Democratic Party organizations, where the phrase "Long Live
730" was written on the walls. 730 is the "numerical ballot
designation for the political alliance led by Iraq's two largest
Kurdish parties, the Kurdistan
Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan." [2]
The riots were in response from the KIU pulling out from the Democratic
Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistanand it resulted in killing 4
members of KIU,one of them was a member in KIU leadership, this
happened after their offices in Duhok, Zakho and other several
areas been exposed to shooting from policemen and security-men who
supported the protesters instead of protecting KIU offices.. KIU
professes non-violence, and supports the Islamic Kurdish League, which
provides services to the poor. Represented on the Iraqi Governing
Council.
In November 2005, this KIU decided to run separate from the
other Kurdish groups in the December 15, 2005 election for the
Iraqi Council of Representatives (parliament). In the January 2005
elections,KIU was part of a broad coalition of Kurdistan parties.
This time it is running independently with an agenda of "reform and
services.". It declared that pluraslim in Kurdistan is not
practised, and that voters should be given a choice. On the Kurdish
national causes, the KIU says it will be defending the rights and
the constitutional achievements of the Kurds. The party won in the
December 2005 elections 1.3 % and 5
out of 275 seats.
Election Platform of Kurdistan Islamic Union’s for the Council of
Iraqi Representatives
- KIU strives for settling the border of the federal Kurdistan
Region, which includes resolving the Kirkuk issue within the
interval allocated by the constitution, and reintegrating the
dismembered parts to the Kurdistan region.
- Compensating the victims of the genocide operations, such as
the Anfal and Halabja, and the harmed and disadvantaged under the
previous regime.
- Supporting any sincere effort and procedure in restoring the
security and stability in Iraq, and bringing the abnormal state of
violence and assassinations to an end. Appealing to deepen the
spirit of dialogue and peaceful coexistence among Iraq’s
constituent mosaic.
- Defending the religious, political, civil, administrative and
cultural rights of other nations in Iraq—Turkman, Assyrians and
Chaldeans—and all the religions and sects on the basis of equity in
citizenship, rights and responsibilities.
- Preventing gender discrimination in employment and appointment
in the official positions, and rather taking skills, qualification
and experience into consideration.
- Confronting violence against women; be it murder, punishment
without legal conviction and killings based on suspicion or any
other pretexts or justifications.
- Attempting to root out the corruption phenomenon—economic,
administrative and political—and prosecuting the criminals at any
rank or position. Courts are the proper places where to refer
corruption cases to.
- In codifying constitution articles in a law, the KIU list will
work for preserving the rights and constitutional achievements of
the people of Kurdistan, general rights and the public freedoms,
and the Islamic identity of the majority of the society.
- KIU list works to guarantee children rights. Children must have
access to medical, educational, and amusement services. KIU also
works to start welfare and community centres to care for and serve
the orphans and provide for their needs in terms of health care,
education and learning opportunities.
- Benefiting from of the Islamic dimension of the KIU to further
consolidate the causes and the position of our people in
Kurdistan.
- Supporting the efficiency and independence of the Iraqi civil
society and its institutions.
- The right of residency is one of the legal rights of every
citizen, so our list will try to provide suitable habitations for
every Iraqi citizen to protect the privacy and integrity of every
family.
- Working to implement the article 109 of the constitution.
Allocating the share of Kurdistan from the budget assigned for
reconstruction in a way that matches the population and scale of
the damage caused by the former regime.
- Seeking to entitle a larger number of students from Kurdistan
to study abroad thorough state-funded scholarships.
- Monitoring the government and its constitutionality.
- Organizing the law of the regions in the Council of Iraqi
Representative, taking into the consideration Kurdistan's special
status.
- Making utmost benefit of the Iraqi federal government’s
capacities to serve the youth in Kurdistan.
- Striving to increase the salaries of the civil servants to
insure a decent life.
- Developing and updating the education curriculum, supporting
teachers, clearing the obstacles to teaching and education and
upgrading the education system on every field.
- Working to increase and improve the scale of the services
provided by the Iraqi federal government such as electricity, gas,
etc.
- Developing the private sector and entrepreneurship, supporting
businessmen and free trade, and facilitating internal and external
investment. This sector needs to be organized by law, protected
from corruption and exhausting red tapes, and opened to every
citizen without any discrimination and monopoly.
- Developing the private sector, supporting the commerce and
traders, facilitating the internal and external investments,
organizing them in accordance to the law, avoiding the corruption
and bureaucracy and making the investments accessible to the
citizens without prevention or manipulation.
- Caring for the agriculture sector and farmers through:
- Restoring and upgrading the irrigation systems.
- Improving the quality of the product by importing new seeds and
eliminate the farming pandemics
- Supporting the farmers by awarding agricultural bank mortgages,
delivering the services to the villages and improving the
transportation and marketing issues.
- Developing and improving the industry sector in Iraq to
increase the national income, decrease unemployment and build a
productive community.
- Making efforts to protect the environment by eradicating the
sources of pollutions and promoting environment awareness.
Supporting the jurisdiction of environmental law.
- Working to solve the problems of transportation, and the
traffic suffocation of the cities
- Working to refurbish the current dams in Kurdistan and
constructing new ones in order to protect and benefit from the
water resources.
- Striving to abolish the aftermath of the Ba’ath Party’s culture
of dictatorship and ethnic and sectarian superiority. Promoting
values and culture of moderation, tolerance, coexistence and human
rights.
- Attempting to broaden youth participation in the political,
social and economic life and facilitating making new families
through marriage. Ensuring a minimum life standard that satisfies
their needs and expectations.
- Championing free media, and supporting whoever believes in the
freedom of press and helps promoting it.
- Working to lower unemployment rates, provide social security
and boost work opportunities.
- Backing the continuation of the food ration and its betterment
in terms of quality and quantity, or replacing it with monthly
wages.
- Proposing bills that ensure the progress, freedom and
development of the universities and education institutions.
Encouraging academic research and supporting the professors,
scientists and scholars in order to advance the community through
domestic scientific capabilities.
- KIU’s list will strive for health care for the Iraqi citizenry
through promoting health awareness and developing medical treatment
in return for minimum charges. Health insurance is a duty that
needs to be carried out by the governorate councils.
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