Arslan Ali Rashid – Activist
For many years, our ancestors fought against enemies to prevent them from laying hands on the natural resources of the Kurdistan Region. They ensured that no one could harm any individual in Kurdistan or benefit from it. However, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) have distorted that glorious past. They have paved the way for enemy countries to enter the sacred land of Kurdistan, allowing them to obtain whatever they want, by any means necessary.
While a portion of the people of Kurdistan suffer due to displacement and a lack of essential services like [fuel for] oil and gas, these senseless parties are plundering the nation. At the borders, they illegally (smuggled) sell oil and gas to neighboring countries. Instead of working to dismantle this oppression and corruption and expose it, their officials become slaves to the PUK and KDP. In exchange for sums of money and by not revealing their corruption, they allow the nation to be plundered and oppressed in this manner, handed over to neighboring countries that have been enemies of the Kurds for decades and have constantly fought against Kurdistan.
For months, the people of the Kurdistan Region have not received their salaries. The PUK and KDP bring forth various excuses and denials, including a lack of budget, while for years they have been smuggling billions of dinars worth of oil, gas, etc., from the borders.
Furthermore, the corrupt PUK and PUK reject domestic products and farmers in every way, making things bitter for them. They import products like tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, etc., from abroad, thereby oppressing the farmers of the Kurdistan Region.
Also, through the smuggling of the Kurdistan Region’s resources by the PUK and KDP, they create crises for many necessities, inflate their prices, delay people’s salaries, and unfortunately, anyone who objects is either imprisoned or suppressed.
They bring many expired and low-quality products into Kurdistan, which cause great harm to people’s health. Beyond that, the corrupt officials of the PUK and KDP, for whom the life and safety of the nation is unimportant, allow these products to enter the Kurdistan Region—undoubtedly with the consent of the PUK and KDP, who share the profits with the officials. This leads to some people contracting chronic illnesses or even dying. They are in partnership with the company owners, live like kings, and do not care about the people at all!
Yes, for the elimination of corruption in the Kurdistan Region and the overthrow of the family rule.
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