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The Kirkuk status referendum is the Kirkuk part of a plebiscite that will decide whether the Kurdish regions within Iraqi governorates of Diyala, Kirkuk, Salah ad Din and Ninawa will become part of the Iraqi Kurdistan region. The referendum was initially planned for 15 November 2007,〔(Iraqi Council of Ministers Presented to the Parliament by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ) www.export.gov/Iraq〕 but was delayed first to 31 December,〔(Iran pleases Ankara, irks Kurds with call for Kirkuk poll delay ), ''The New Anatolian'', 2007-11-08, accessed on 2008-03-01〕 and then by a further six months.〔(Members-Only Content | Stratfor )〕〔(Kirkuk, Other Iraq Issues to Be Delayed )〕 The Kurdish Alliance emphasized that the delay was for technical and not for political reasons.〔 As the election was not called by early December 2008, it was postponed again as part of the deal to facilitate the regional elections on 31 January 2009. No fresh date has yet been set. Article 140 of the Constitution of Iraq states that before the referendum is carried out, measures should be taken to reverse the Arabization policy employed by the Saddam Hussein administration during the Al-Anfal Campaign. Thousands of Kurds returned to Kirkuk following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The referendum will decide whether enough have returned for the area to be considered Kurdish.〔(Iraq: Kurds warn against delaying Kirkuk Referendum ) RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty〕 ==The Iraqi Constitution== Following the invasion of Iraq in 2003 by the United States-led coalition, the country was under the direct rule of the United States-appointed Coalition Provisional Authority, with advice from selected Iraqi leaders who sat on the Iraqi Governing Council. The IGC approved an interim constitution, the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period (Transitional Administrative Law, TAL), which established the framework for the drafting and approval of a permanent constitution. The TAL included specific clauses providing for the return of and compensation for forced migrants and for the "''resolution of disputed territories including Kirkuk''" through arbitration: In 2005, a permanent Constitution was approved which referred back to the TAL and set a deadline of the end of 2007 for completion: In late 2007, the U.N. Special Representative for Iraq negotiated an extension of the deadline for six months. However, the federal parliament decided to refer the matter to the Constitutional Court to rule whether the article was now expired or how it should be implemented.〔(Kirkuk's Article 140: Expired or Not? ), ''Nazar Janabi'', Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2008-01-31〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kirkuk status referendum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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