<p dir="ltr">The right to demonstrate</p>
<p dir="ltr">- Demonstrating and sit-ins are constitutional rights to express one&rsquo;s opinion</p>
<p dir="ltr">- It is part of human rights if it is peaceful and approved in advance by the competent authorities</p>
<p dir="ltr">It is not permissible to be deprived or restricted except in accordance with the law, as confirmed by Articles 15 and 38 of the Iraqi Constitution.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The roots of the crisis</p>
<p dir="ltr">The roots of the current crisis are attributed to the approach taken by the two ruling Kurdish parties</p>
<p dir="ltr">The two parties tightened their grip on the region&rsquo;s resources and financial revenues to finance and expand their influence</p>
<p dir="ltr">- They monopolized high-income public jobs for their popular voter base</p>
<p dir="ltr">- Their complete control over investment projects in the public and private sectors</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sulaymaniyah Governorate received the largest share as a result of rampant corruption and the imposition of royalties by &ldquo;mafias&rdquo; on investors and businessmen.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Pavel Talabani admitted this when he announced the formation of a committee to investigate the involvement of a large number of &ldquo;mafia men&rdquo; in &ldquo;dirty&rdquo; work, as he described it.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The Kurdistan Region has been suffering from an economic crisis since 2016, due to the decline in the price of oil and the war with ISIS</p>
<p dir="ltr">His relationship with Baghdad is going through sharp disagreements over the region&rsquo;s budget and the delivery of oil to Baghdad</p>
<p dir="ltr">The intensity of disputes between the two parties often decreases in times of financial abundance</p>
<p dir="ltr">- Due to the Corona pandemic and the subsequent stifling economic crisis resulting from the collapse of oil prices</p>
<p dir="ltr">Al-Kadhimi informed the region&rsquo;s delegation of the difficulty of paying the region&rsquo;s financial dues</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Reasons for the Sulaymaniyah protests</p>
<p dir="ltr">- A Kurdish spring in the winter due to the non-payment of employee salaries</p>
<p dir="ltr">Employees in Kurdistan receive only four salaries out of 12 salaries per year</p>
<p dir="ltr">- Lack of transparency in the region&rsquo;s oil file</p>
<p dir="ltr">- Agreement with Turkish companies for a period of (50 years) and with huge financial commitments</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sulaymaniyah Governorate procedures</p>
<p dir="ltr">- She threatened &ldquo;legal consequences&rdquo; if the demonstrations continued</p>
<p dir="ltr">- The security forces set up checkpoints and obstacles to close the square in which the demonstration was planned</p>
<p dir="ltr">- Dozens of protesters were arrested</p>
<p dir="ltr">The governorate announced that the arrests were due to &ldquo;organizing unlicensed demonstrations and violating coronavirus prevention measures.&rdquo;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sulaymaniyah's accusations against Erbil</p>
<p dir="ltr">- Lack of transparency in managing the terms of the agreement with T&uuml;rkiye</p>
<p dir="ltr">Where do oil revenues go?</p>
<p dir="ltr">- How many employees do Erbil have?</p>
<p dir="ltr">- Do Erbil employees suffer the same suffering as Sulaymaniyah employees?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Solution and obstacles</p>
<p dir="ltr">- Delivering the region's oil all at once to Baghdad</p>
<p dir="ltr">- Baghdad refused to receive, due to the region&rsquo;s exorbitant obligations and the lack of clarity of the terms of the agreements with foreign companies.</p>
<p dir="ltr">- The crisis continues and the poor living situation threatens to detonate the situation again</p>