02-01-2010
Slemani – The Iraqi president condemned the attacks against the Change list (Gorran) reports Awena.
In a statement of the secretariat of Talabani, the president and the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the PUK leader condemned the attacks and asked the police and security forces to bring the perpetrators to justice. “The security forces in Hawler and Slemani should do everything to prevent these incidents in the future. These people want to disturb the peace in Kurdistan.”
On 31 December the Change list requested protection from the KRG premier and the Kurdish president Massoud Barzani. It also informed the European Parliament, UN and consulates and embassies in Erbil and Baghdad about the assassinations and attacks against the movement. The Change list blamed the ruling parties for the attacks.
Talabani said that every citizen in the Kurdistan region should try to keep the peace and calmness in the region.
© Rudaw / Awene
