Iraq/Kurdistan: Abadi: Holding Independence Referendum in Kurdistan Region is ‘Illegal’

Jun 18, 2017 | NRT
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said holding an independence referendum in the Kurdistan Region is “illegal” and that such a referendum requires a specified law for it in parliament. Abadi told reporters and academics on Saturday night (June 17) that such a referendum requires a law to be created and adopted inside the Iraqi Parliament because the Iraqi constitution does not currently allow for the Kurdistan Region or other provinces to split from Iraq.