Erbil, Kurdistan (KRG.org) – KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani congratulated the newly elected President of Iraq, Dr Fuad Massoum, wishing him success in his duties. He expressed his hope that the President would exert all efforts to safeguard the Constitution and ensure that the Constitution and the laws of Iraq would not be violated.

The text of the Prime Minister’s message:

Dr Fuad Massoum, esteemed President of the Republic of Iraq,

On the occasion of your election by the Iraqi Council of Representatives as President of the Republic, we present you our warmest congratulations and wish you success.

You have attained noteworthy experience in politics, administration and governance in Kurdistan. In recent years you have played a significant role in the political process in Iraq, having contributed to the drafting of the new Iraqi Constitution, as president of the Iraqi transitional national assembly, and as head of the Kurdistan Alliance bloc.

We hope that you will be able to fully watch over the Constitution and rectify all those violations committed against it, violations which have resulted in the deterioration of the political process and consensus made among the parties and components of Iraq. This has consequently led to the emergence of major crises in Iraq, destroying the lives of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi families and paving the way for extremist militant groups to gain a foothold in Iraq.

We hope that you will be the protector of the rights of all the peoples of Iraq; this comes through the preservation of the Iraqi Constitution. We also hope that you hasten the rectification of all violations committed against the people of Kurdistan, particularly those abuses committed during the current year.

We congratulate you once again and wish you success.

Nechirvan Barzani
Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region
24 July 2014