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'Syrian Taliban'? By: Mete Cubukcu Translated from Radikal (Turkey) INSTITUT KUDE RPARD IS E Bulletin de liaison et d’information N°342 septembre 2013 La publication de ce Bulletin bénéficie de subventions du Ministère français des Affaires étrangères (DGCID) et du Fonds d’action et de soutien pour l’intégration et la lutte contre les discriminations (FASILD) ————— Ce bulletin paraît en français et anglais Prix au numéro : France: 6 € — Etranger : 7,5 € Abonnement annuel (12 numéros) France : 60 € — Etranger : 75 € Périodique mensuel Directeur de la publication : Mohamad HASSAN Numéro de la Commission Paritaire : 659 13 A.S. ISBN 0761 1285 INSTITUT KURDE, 106, rue La Fayette - 75010 PARIS Tél. : 01- 48 24 64 64 - Fax : 01- 48 24 64 66 www.fikp.org E-mail: [email protected] Bulletin de liaison et d’information de l’Institut kurde de Paris N° 342 septembre 2013 • KURDISTAN D ’IRAK : ELECTIONS LEGISLA - TIVES DANS LE CALME • TURQUIE : DES RÉFORMES CONSTITUTION - NELLES DÉCEVANTES • KURDISTAN D ’IRAK : ATTENTAT MEURTRIER À ERBIL • IRAN : SIX PRISONNIERS POLITIQUES KURDES EN DANGER DE MORT • AIX-LA-CHAPELLE : REMISE DU PRIX DE LA PAIX AU LYCÉE INTERNATIONAL DE DUHOK KURDISTAN D ’IRAK : ELECTIONS LEGISLATIVES DANS LE CALME es élections législatives Kurdistan du président Barzani gement pour le PDK, avec du Kurdistan d’Irak , garde la première place, avec 70.03% des voix. Yekgirtu, son fixées au 21 septembre, 37.79% des voix, Gorran suivant principal rival dans la province, L se sont déroulées sans avec 24.21% et l’Union patrio - arrive loin derrière avec 12.77% incident majeur, et les tique du Kurdistan n’ en et Komal ne fait que 1.08% bureaux de vote fermèrent à 17 h obtenant que 17.8%. L’UPK et Goran, partis très peu 00. La participation a été forte implant és dans cette province, (74%). Plus d’un millier de can - Les deux partis islamistes, font 5.67% et 2.88%, les autres didats représentant une trentaine Yekgirtu et Komal font respecti - formations se r épartissant les de partis et de mouvements vement 9.49% et 6.01%. Le reste 7.56% restant. étaient en compétition, illustrant des petits partis ramasse globale - la diversité politique et culturelle ment 4.69% des voix. – C ’est à Sule ïmanieh que les du Kurdistan. choses ont le plus boug é. Goran Les r ésultats province par pro - remporte 40.8 % des voix, et Tr ès vite, alors que tombaient les vince : l’UPK, avec 28.,62% des voix, premières estimations, il est – Erbil pl ébiscite incontestable - devient, dans son bastion histo - apparu que le parti d’opposition ment le parti pr ésidentiel avec rique, le premier parti d’opposi - Goran (Changement), dirigé par 48.22%, tandis que Gorran et tion, mais loin derriè re sa bran - Nawshirwan Mustafa, a ré ussi à l’ UPK n ’obtiennent que 18.4% et che dissidente, Goran. Le PDK y supplanter de fa çon incontesta - 12.89. Les deux partis islamistes réalise un score de 11.03 % ble son rival , l’Union patriotique sont à peu prè s à é galité , 6.55% .Yekgirtu fait 10.27% et Komal du Kurdistan du président de pour Komal et 6.51% pour 8.22%, et c’est dans cette provin - l’Irak, Jalal Talabani, absent Yekgirtu, ce qui fait donc un ce, réputée pourtant la plus depuis plusieurs mois pour des score de 13.06 % pour les partis « urbaine » et progressiste, que raisons de santé. religieux, les autres formations les deux principaux partis reli - se r épartissant les 7.42% restant. gieux font le plus haut score, Le Parti démocratique du – Duhok, sans surprise, vote lar - avec 18.49% à eux deux. C’est • 2 • Bulletin de liaison et d’information n° 342 • septembre 2013 aussi dans cette province que les Talabani lui avait permis de faire comme l’a publiquement d éclaré petits partis outsiders font un meilleure figure. Kosrat Rassoul, le vice-pr ésident score quasi nul, 0.78%, ce qui du Gouvernement régional du laisse entendre que ses électeurs, Concernant les minorit és, qui ont Kurdistan et n º 2 du parti, ainsi trè s motivé s pour un change - des sièges r éservé s : les que Barham Salih, ancien ment de pouvoir , se sont concen - Turkmènes, les Assyriens, Premier Ministre du GRK. Hero tr és sur un vote « utile ». Chald éens et autres aram éeno - Talabani, l’épouse de Jalal phones, ont respectivement 5 Talabani, qui occupait une posi - Par rapport aux élections législa - sièges, comme en 2009, et les tion influente au sein d u polit - tives de 2009, le PDK gagne 8 Arm éniens, un d éputé. P buro d e l ’UPK, annon çait le 30 sièges (38 aujourd’ hui, 30 en septembre sa d émission, en 2009). Gorran, s ’il gagne environ Le Parlement élu en 2013 doit déclarant que son parti avait 70 000 voix, perd un siège (pas - être composé de 34% de députés besoin de se renouveler en son sant de 25 à 24). fé minins, un quota de 30% mini - sein et qu’elle souhaitait en être mum étant impos é en faveur des le premier exemple. femmes, toujours selon la consti - Les autres partis qui progressent tution kurde . Le vainqueur des élections, le sont Yekgirtu (+4), Komal (+2), Dès l’annonce officielle des PDK, devrait former, sinon un tous les autres partis reculant ou résultats par la Haute- gouvernement d’union national, ne gagnant pas plus d’ un si ège, Commission électorale, les diri - du moins une vaste coalition le grand perdant étant l’UPK qui geants de l’UPK ont assum é pour assurer la stabilité politique perd 11 siè ges. En 2009, son dé mocratiquement leur d éfaite, du Kurdistan dans un environ - alliance avec le PDK et la en se tenant pour « enti èrement nement particulièrement présence active du président responsables » de cette d éfaite, périlleux. TURQUIE : DES REFORMES CONSTITUTIONNELLES DECEVANTES u cours de l’é té , le PKK, pension du retrait a pour but de Mais c’est surtout le paquet de en la personne de son pousser le gouvernement à prendre réformes que le parlement turc nouveau dirigeant int éri - ce projet au s érieux et de faire ce devait voter qui apparaissait A maire, Cemil Bayik, avait qu’il faut » . comme un possible « premier pas » annonc é, que sans mesure de la Turquie, et Gulten Ki şanak a « concr ète » de la Turquie, d ’ici le Le K ÇK a aussi appel é le « peuple fait part de son d épit de ce que le 1er septembre, pour faire avancer le kurde et ses pouvoirs d émocra - BDP n’ait pas été consult é à ce sujet, processus de paix, son mouvement tiques » à renforcer leur lutte pour doutant qu’il satisfasse les le consid érerait comme enterr é. exhorter le gouvernement AKP à « demandes des Kurdes de Turquie. abandonner son attitude irrespon - Le 9 septembre, un communiqu é sable et à prendre des mesures pour Le BDP n’est d’ailleurs pas le seul émanant du conseil ex écutif de le succès de la d émocratie et une parti à se plaindre de l’ opacit é qui a l’Union des communaut és kurdes solution au problè me kurde », afin entour é l ’élaboration des r éformes (K ÇK) et publi é par l’ agence de de parvenir à la ré alisation du « pas ou du processus de paix. Kemal presse Firatnews annon çait le gel historique » fait par Öcalan. Kili çdaroğ lu, le leader du Parti du retrait des forces arm ées kurdes, républicain du Peuple, le la ïc et sans, cependant, d éclarer la fin du nationaliste CHP, s’est plaint de cessez-le-feu ni remettre en cause la Les r éactions du parti kurde du mê me d ’avoir été écarté : teneur du message politique BDP se sont faites plus conciliantes, « Abdullah Öcalan est assis à un d’ Abdullah Öcalan : et Gulten Ki şanak s ’est montré e bout de table et Erdogan à l’autre plus mesur ée dans ce constat bout. Les deux se rencontrent, et « Notre mouvement croit au projet d’échec, qualifiant le processus de marchandent. Le public n’est pas de d émocratisation pr ésenté par le ni « au point mort ni en progrè s », et inform é de ce qui se passe. » leader Apo le jour du Newroz. C’est faisant juste état de « probl èmes et Le 30 septembre, Recep Tayyip le seul moyen d’établir une fraterni - tensions » (AFP) : Erdo ğan pré sentait enfin ses té entre les peuples vivant en « Nous ne pouvons dire si le proces - réformes et le moins qu’on puisse Turquie, de r ésoudre la question sus est achev é ou s ’il a stopp é, parce dire, est qu’il a fait contre lui l’ una - kurde et de cr éer une Union d émo - que les n égociations avec Öcalan nimité de son opposition, turque cratique du Moyen-Orient. La sus - continuent. » comme kurde. n° 342 • septembre 2013 Bulletin de liaison et d’information • 3• La langue kurde ne sera pas autori - électorales des politiciens pourront Quant à la majorité religieuse sée dans les écoles publiques, uni - se faire en discourant dans leurs musulmane sunnite, les fonction - quement dans les écoles priv ées, langue maternelles, qualifi ées de « naire s féminin s (hormis les juges, ce qui le ramène au rang des dialectes autres que le turc » . procureurs, policières et gen - langues des minorit és religieuses darmes) obtiennent le droit de por - mentionn ées dans le trait é de Les localit és à noms aram éens, ter le voile sur leur lieu de travail.
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