Alwaght- Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region leader wants a non-binding referendum on independence, despite the numerous crises it is facing.
Massoud Barzani has previously called for a referendum but set no timetable for a proposed vote.
"The time has come and the situation is now suitable for the Kurdish people to make a decision through a referendum on their fate," Barzani said in a statement on his website.
"That referendum does not mean proclaiming statehood, but rather to know the will and opinion of the Kurdish people about independence and for the Kurdish political leadership to e x e c u t e the will of the people at the appropriate time and conditions."
"If the people of Kurdistan are waiting for someone else to present the right of self-determination as a gift, independence will never be obtained. That right exists and the people of Kurdistan must demand it and put it in to motion," Barzani said.
Some view such calls for independence as an attempt to divert attention from internal issues and rally Kurds behind Barzani, whose mandate as president expired last year, but remains in office.
The global slump in oil prices however has compounded existing economic problems, bringing the region to the point of insolvency.
Barzani has issued that call for a referendum while the region is also threatened by the ISIS terrorist group.
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