Thi-Qar Province to proclaim itself independent region

THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: The chairman of southern Iraq’s Thi-Qar Province has announced on Tuesday that failure to adjust the laws of Iraqi governorates and strict “centralism” is pushing his Province to announce itself as a “Region,” similar to Salah al-Din which recently announced itself as an economically and adminstratively independent “Region.” “The authorities granted to different Iraqi governorates do not account for their legislative and executional role, as well as services that they should grand to their electorates,” Qusay al-Ubeidy told IraqiNews.com news agency on Tuesday. The Kurdistan Alliance recently announced their support for Salah al-Din to declare itself a region, amidst rejection by other political blocs. Nassiriya, the center of Thi-Qar Province, is 365 km to the south of Baghdad. SKH (TP)/SR 136