How is the Transitional Administrative Law being activated?
— The Prime Minister was charged with the task of nominating the head of the Higher Committee for normalizing the situation in Kirkuk, specifying its tasks, and ensuring that it enjoys financial and administrative independence to fulfil its job. Hamid Majeed Mousa was nominated as head of the Committee, and was given the task of presenting a list of candidates for the Higher Committee. How would the candidates for this Committee be selected? — I have said that the decision to set up the Committee was a political decision, according to which the Kurds participated in the elections. On the practical level, however, there has to be a government in place for the Committee to be formed and start operating. The new cabinet must be formed so that some of its members are chosen to join the Higher Committee. The same applies to the two Kurdistan local administrations, as there will be changes in both, or be integrated, after convening the elected Kurdistan National Council. As soon as this no
