Kurdistan’s split from Iraq “unrealistic” – Sadrist MP

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Head of the Sadr parliamentary bloc, lawmaker Aqeel Abdulhussein, on Monday commented on the statements of Massoud Barazani, president of the Iraqi Kurdistan region, that the region could separate from Iraq in case of constitutional amendments, describing the statements as “unrealistic.” “The statements are for media consumption,” Abdulhussein told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Barazani aims at gaining political accomplishments by escalating the idea of separation,” he said. “The separation process has no realistic prospects,” he added. “What the Kurds have achieved thus far came under an Iraqi umbrella,” he noted. “If the Kurds decided to separate, this would not be a promising issue,” he pointed out. “Amending the constitution is a national demand, and no one has the right to oppose it,” he asserted. MH (P)/SR 1