Iraq Supreme Court Orders Suspension Of Kurdistan Referendum

Iraq’s supreme court on Monday ordered the suspension of a September 25 referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan, to examine whether such a poll … Continue reading Iraq Supreme Court Orders Suspension Of Kurdistan Referendum

By Channels Television

Updated September 18, 2017

Lebanese Kurds hold portraits of Kurdish regional president Massoud Barzani as they demonstrate in Beirut’s Martyrs Square on September 17, 2017 in support of the referendum vote on Kurdish independence planned for September 25 in the Kurdish region of Iraq. ANWAR AMRO / AFP

Iraq’s supreme court on Monday ordered the suspension of a September 25 referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan, to examine whether such a poll would be constitutional.

“The supreme court has issued the order to suspend organising the referendum set for September 25… until it examines the complaints it has received over this plebiscite being unconstitutional,” it said in a statement.

AFP