Brief on Kirkuk Provincial Council KPC

     KPC was formed, after the collapse of the last regime in April 2003, from all the four main ethnic groups in Kirkuk utilizing the principle of consensus in order to run the local government and fill the administrative and legislative vacuum in Kirkuk province.

     The first term of the KPC was followed by its next term by holding the election on June 30^th2005, when two voting processes were held to elect the Iraqi Transitional National Assembly in addition to the Provincial Councils across the country.

     On June 30^th2005 through a secret direct voting process with the participation of the communities in the province and despite the security problems of this process all over the country generally and in Kirkuk in particular, nonetheless Kirkuk witnessed the birth of its first elected Provincial Council.

The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq IECI approved and announced the outcomes of this process, which led to filling the 41 seats of Kirkuk Provincial Council by the successful lists as follows:

# 367 List (Kirkuk Brotherhood List KBL): 26 seats

# 175 List (Iraqi Turkmen Front ITF): 8 seats

# 299 List (Iraqi Republic Gathering): 5 seats

# 178 List (Turkmen Islamic Coalition): 1 seat

# 289 List (Iraqi National Gathering): 1 seat

     The new KPC has started its second term on March 6^th 2005. Its inaugural session was dedicated to having the introduction of its new members followed by the oath ceremony that was supervised by Judge Thahir Hamza Salman, the Head of Kirkuk Appellate Court.

     During by the next sessions, sub-committees were formed as the KPC Committees in order to run and handle its duties. The principle of consensus, which was adopted by the Iraqi National Assembly in forming its committees and in forming the Iraqi Transitional Government, has been adopted by KPC in forming its committees. One of the committees is Article 58 and the Victims of Ethnic Cleansing Policies Committees to follow up the procedures of normalizing the situation in Kirkuk Province according to the new Iraqi Constitution.

     KPC has emphasized on promoting the spirit of brotherhood and establishing the principles of equality and community in order to provide services to citizens of the province impartially. Although the conspiracies and intimidations of the terrorists, unbelievers and agents who are the enemies of our people and who attempt  in vain to spoil the democratic change process in building a state of law and civil society, and who try to provoke the sectarianism and to create sedition among diverse communities in Kirkuk province has had to be resisted.

Because of the common goals in the electoral agendas of the different electoral lists, KPC has prioritized a list of aims to be accomplished; reconstruction, secure the settlement, promoting the rule of law, improve the work of the government departments and institutions, providing equal job opportunities, improving the living standards of the citizens and developing the basic services in education, health and other fields.