Kurdish parties to flee offices in Diala

DIALA, Sept. 20 (Iraqi News) – Kurdish partisan figure in Jalawlaa on Saturday said that Kurdish parties agreed to flee governmental buildings that they use as offices, without specifying an exact date for this evacuation. “Kurdish parties in Jalawlaa, al-Saadiya, Khanaqeen, and Qartapa agreed to evacuate the governmental buildings that they use as offices,” Sarchal Adnan, head of the Jalawlaa branch of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK – President Jalal Talabani’s party) told IraqiNews.com – Voices of Iraq – (Iraqi News). “During last month, Iraqi army and police, in addition to the districts’ mayors, sent us memos that we should flee our offices,” he said. “We will abide by our leadership’s orders and will evacuate the governmental buildings that we use as offices,” he added. “During the coming days, we will move to other not governmental buildings,” he explained. “We don’t mind implementing the law, especially that it includes all political parties, with any discrimination on sect or race bases,” he proceeded. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. MH (S)/SR 1