Once again election for the Iraqi Parliament is approaching. All the political factions in Iraq including Kurdistan are reassessing their grassroots political bases in order to do better and gain more seats in Parliament.
For our people in Kurdistan more seats in the Iraqi Parliament mean not only political triumph, but also securing the national interests and among these interests Kerkuk stands at the vanguard. Therefore, it is our sacred national duty to send the Kerkuk delegation to the Iraqi Parliament on a solid ground on which they can stand tall and act strong.
The Kerkuk issue has reached a very sensitive stage, where the Arab chauvinists in Baghdad are more united in maintaining Kerkuk under and perpetuating the Iraqi control over this historically Kurdistani city. After the collapse of the Ba