A draft constitution for the Kurdish parliament

The Turkish Jihan news agency said on Saturday that the Kurdish Parliament on Friday started discussions on two draft bills for the Constitutions stating to found an Arab- Kurdish federal state in Iraq and that the city of Karkouk will be the capital for the district of Kurdistan.

In its Saturday's report, the paper said that the two draft constitutions state to annex the governorates of Karjouk, Irbil and Suleimaneyah as well as Dahouk to the Kurdish district and to offer it legislative and executive authorities.

The draft constitutions offers the central authorities in Baghdad the right of running foreign affairs, the defense and the economy and these are to include oil and gas fields, but offers the Kurdish district a share of the Iraqi oil revenues according to their population percentage in comparison with the Iraqi population total rate.

The two draft constitutions also stated that a Kurdish figure will assume the post of the Prime Minister, in case an Arab figure will assume the Presidency in Iraq. The opposite way round, if the President will be a Kurd, the cabinet will be chaired by an Arab.