subject: Who is really behind iraqi kurdistan protests [print this page] Who is really behind iraqi kurdistan protests
In the last month the political dissent that has affected the whole middle east, has come to iraqi kurdistan. The populations of the middle east no longer wish to accept the corrupt governments of there countries. This has also happened in Iraqi Kurdistan.
But can we really say that there has been no hand behind these protests? Have the people really come on to the streets on their own? Or has there been someone or some group behind this, organizing this? The countries major opposition named Gorran which means Change, led by Nawshirwan Mustafa, which has won major support on the platform of anticorruption, increased democracy, and end of nepotism has said that although it supports protesters rights to protest and there demands, has claimed it is not behind the organization of the protests. But is this true?
Among the protests we can find many of the Key gorran people. These include Sarkawt Kuba, head of Gorran intelligence, Dilawar Hagi Osman, kurdish hard man and head of Gorran security, and most notably, Chia Nawshirwan, Nawshirwan Mustafas son and high profile Gorran figure. All three of these are key Gorran figures, and have brought with them many other key Gorran people to organize these protests. They have been undercover working on organizing and maintaining these protests. Although they have been successful so far in Slimaniya province, these protests have yet to officially spread toHawler. The KDP have put the police everywhere on the streets of Hawler to prevent such protests, but the situation is still tense.
Although it is good for the people of Kurdistan to stand up to the corruption of the government, are protests really the way? They should work with this government to try and reach a compromise instead of continuing these protests which threaten to dissolve the government. Yes the government may be corrupt, but by dissolving it we have to go back into square one and build everything from the beginning. Although I support the platform of what Gorran is asking for, I hope that Gorran doesn't bring these protests to Hawler and uses these protests as a negotiating key and not to carry them on indefinitely.
