Talabani’s death to encourage Barzani to split from Iraq, says Alewi

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Kareem Alewi, of the Iraqi National Alliance pointed out “The death of the President, Jalal Talabani, will encourage the President of Kurdistan Region, Masoud Barzani, to split from Iraq.”

Speaking to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com), he said ” Talabani is the safe link between the Central Government and the Kurdistani Regional Government so in case he passed away, the relations between them will be affected greatly especially if we consider that Barzani is seeking to monopolize the Kurdish leadership.”

“Barzani seeks separation from Iraq but the main impediment for him currently is Talabani,” he added.

“Barzani will exploit Talabani’s absence to pressurize the CG to split Kurdistan Region from Iraq,” he concluded.