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Erbil going ahead with referendum despite objections

Monday, 18 September 2017 5:37 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 18 September 2017 5:38 PM ]

Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 16, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Ali Musawi
Press TV, Erbil

Iraq’s Kurdistan region is pushing ahead with a plan to hold a referendum on independence from Baghdad later this month. The Iraqi Prime Minister has slammed the planned vote as unconstitutional. Several countries, including Iraq’s neighbors, have also opposed the move with some calling for the postponement of the vote. However, as Press TV’s correspondent Ali Musawi reports, the Kurdistan Regional Government has yet to heed these calls.

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