The Iraq federal court suspended the decision to evacuate the army headquarters in Kirkuk and the transfer of it to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (DPP).
As the court’s written statement says, a decision was discussed and made in the lawsuit filed by the deputy from the Arab community of Kirkuke Vasphi Asi to the federal court in order to prevent the transfer of the army headquarters to the DPK.
“The federal court decided to suspend the decree of the Prime Minister (Muhammad Shia al-Sudani) on the evacuation of the headquarters of the United Operational Forces in Kirkuk. This court decision is final and mandatory for all authorities.”
Earlier in Iraqi Kirkuk, a commandant hour was introduced against the backdrop of protests of a group of supporters of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan (DPP), requiring the opening of the Erbil-Kirkuk highway.
The Kirkuk police called the townspeople not to leave the house at the commandant hour.
Promotion participants demand the return of the DPK building, which was used by the party until 2017. Locals, in particular Arabs and Turkman, opposed this decision and blocked the Erbil-Kirkuk highway.
The forces of the Kurdish militia of the Peshmerge, controlled by the Kurdish regional administration of Iraq (Territory), were transferred to the bases left by the Iraqi army in Kirkuk after the appearance of the deaash terrorist organization in 2014.
In 2017, Iraqi government troops entered Kirkuk, putting an end to the presence of Peshmerge here.