Monday, May 3, 2010

Meeting Talabani - Maliki pave the way for the start of the informal consultations and a new proposal to accelerate the formation of the government


May 4, 2010


Meeting Talabani - Maliki pave the way for the start of the informal consultations and a new proposal to accelerate the formation of the government

State law appeal mechanism re-counting .. and the suspension of the deportation of nine winners in the elections


بغداد ـ الصباح Baghdad morning

Register the political landscape in the country on two important developments in the march of the democratic process is the first launching of the counting process and the hand count of absentee ballots in Baghdad that has seen the first day of a coalition to provide the rule of law an appeal to the judiciary

Another development, while focusing on the suspension of the judicial body de-nine winners already demanding accountability and justice Bajtthathm.

In this atmosphere, there has been political corridors yesterday intensified dialogues and meetings between the number of political leaders to advance the formation of a government of national partnership forward.

طالباني – المالكي Talabani - Maliki

Search and President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad yesterday with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the general situation in the country, especially the course of discussions and dialogues between the blocks on the road to form the next government and the need to accelerate it.

In a joint press statement following the meeting, welcomed Maliki, President Jalal Talabani, referring to talks related to "all things country, especially of interest to citizens," saying that "identical views and agreed on all the things that we have discussed."

In turn, said the prime minister said "the political process in transition phase after the elections and form the next government on the basis of the constitution and the principle of partnership which brings together all the political forces involved in this political process since its inception and so far," adding that "the meeting with President Talabani always contains the highest degree of harmony and understanding and a shared vision that is generated as a result of field work that the Joint Akpna when the process for the past four.

Maliki pointed out that "this meeting, the great fruit towards resolving disputes, or bottlenecks that are still going through the political process as a step on the road to accelerate the formation of next government."

The informed sources have revealed the "morning" yesterday, from the meetings of bilateral and trilateral among a number of political leaders are being arranged to bring the views of and preparation for the meetings of the Boards of the presidency and the political to the national security, saying a member of the Kurdistan Alliance Ahmed Anwar: that the President will hold meetings with the heads of lists and blocks the winning separately, explaining that the meetings of the President Talabani, aimed at bringing closer the views and create a consensus among all political entities and lay the groundwork for the announcement of the next formal alliances.

And part of his meetings he held after his arrival in Baghdad, the exchange of the president with the American Ambassador, Christopher Hill, the views on the development of the political process and the requirements of the post-election in terms of mobility, the current between the political forces as a prelude to develop a vision and leading to the formation of the Government of national partnership.

For his part, new U.S. ambassador to his country's interest to developments in the Iraqi situation of Iraq's important position in the region, looking forward to building understanding among all actors to form a democratic government representative of all Iraqi factions.

الهاشمي – عبد المهدي Hashemi - Abdul-Mahdi

In a related context, through the Vice-President and leader of the Iraqi List, Tariq al-Hashimi wished to form a government list of genuine partnership based on complementarity and the selection best suited away from the quota system that disappeared in Iraq's interest before the interest component or the party.

A statement by the Office of the Vice President said that "al-Hashemi said during his meeting yesterday with Vice President Dr. Adel Abdel-Mahdi said the mass Iraqi is open to everyone, without exception," noting that "the formation of the government depends on the ratification of the final election results delayed due to decisions concerning the re-counting issued by the Appeals Chamber, and the decisions issued in the last moments of the accountability and justice. "

And praised al-Hashemi, "the proposal Abdul-Mahdi about the possibility of delaying the results of the Baghdad governorate and speed up the ratification of the results of the rest of the provinces to be free of appeals to accelerate the formation of the next government," adding ...

We will go" out on Tuesday as put things in perspective as far as possible, and one of the issues discussed yesterday is the subject of outside interference, and found that there was confusion in the understanding of these calls, and raised the Iraqi regard to Chapter VI, there is an office of the United Nations in Baghdad provided and continue to provide services related to the subject of elections and the political process and the subject of the Constitution and its application. "

He pointed out that "the Prime Minister's letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations last year renewed its representation of the Representative Office in Baghdad and ended his wishes, the Secretary-General that the United Nations continue to assist the Iraqis, therefore, asked the international community is asking the United Nations under Chapter VI, not VII."

For his part, Abdul-Mahdi said, "The meeting included research in the elections and the process of counting and the subject of some candidates and eliminate Iraqi detainees in prisons and the future of the political process."

حوارات تشكيل الكتلة الأكبر Dialogues form the largest bloc

The dialogues in the framework of the political blocs, search leaders in Sadr's movement and the Supreme Council ways to speed up the formation of the government.

A source at the Sadr movement said in a press statement that "Karar al-Khafaji, head of the Sadr's political, accompanied by Qusay al-Suhail and Nassar al-Rubaie met yesterday with a number of leaders of the Islamic Supreme Council, where the two leaders discussed ways out of the current crisis and to speed up the formation of the next government waits Iraqi street, eagerly sent through assurances to all classes. "

The source added that "the two sides stressed the strong ties that bind the National Coalition and vigorous steps to speed up construction, which creates a national Iraqi government is able to fulfill their obligations to the people."

It is said that Prince Kanani Secretary-General of the cluster were part of the Liberal National Coalition has said in a statement yesterday that "understandings with a coalition of law and reached a good level."

He added, Kanani was quoted by media commission of the Sadrist movement, "The coalition leaders rule of law have dealt with some of the positive with the mechanisms of the government program put forward by the National Coalition and stayed there one point stuck regarding the mechanics of choosing a prime minister," adding that "discussions with the state law will continue up to the overcome all the obstacles that obstruct the march of his alliance with the Iraqi National Coalition. "

In turn, said spokesman Salah al-Obeidi, Sadr's movement for a coalition agreement between the state of law and the Iraqi National Coalition.

Obeidi said in a press statement that the agreement on the need to form the biggest bloc of coalitions within the next Parliament and the involvement of all the blocks winning in the next government, noting that the agreement will be announced during the next two days.

Warned that the leader of the Iraqi List, Omar al-Jubouri of political interactions between his list and a coalition of the rule of law will fall as the dream final phase of the Iraqi Altakndqat sectarianism.

Jubouri said in a statement carried by the Agency (NINA) news that: "Mayer by the Iraqi people during the past seven years has been disastrous, so to be rid of Altakndqat sectarian final", calling on the lists, "not to be dragged behind the statements tense and push for the formulation of a political project based on the several grounds, including maintaining the unity of Iraq and its people and lift the Iraqi citizen of his tragic of insecurity, unemployment, poverty and deprivation of all kinds of services, "stressing at the same time the need to" go to building a modern state a strong worthy of Iraq and leave the issue positions and personal interests aside. "

I take it the leadership of the Supreme Council Furat al-Shara said the delay in forming a government has a significant negative returns and risks is difficult to avoid.

He said al-Shara said in a statement received "morning," a copy of it, "The most prominent of these risks loss of confidence among the masses, political leaders and many political groups, in addition to make way for rule, the Baath Party Saddam and terrorist groups are cooperating with them to exploit a constitutional vacuum, government and the terrorist operations."

He said al-Shara said that "this delay itself is a waste of time, which is very valuable and should be used to advance important steps in achieving the goals of the Iraqi people, who sacrificed himself and went to the polls and cast his vote valuable," noting that "the rapid formation of the government haste does not scan and no inquiry is negative, but we tend to follow the Middle matters. "

He noted al-Shara that "all the blocks winning must exercise self-sacrificing and giving priority to the public interest to narrow partisan advantage, and that the target is not partisan or factional or in person, therefore, launched the initiative of the round table called by al-Hakim, which won applause from the political blocs and even the Arab and regional levels is based on the principle of participation for all real and not marginalized. "

انطلاق العد اليدوي لناخبي بغداد Starting manual count voters Baghdad

The center of the photo, launched yesterday with the re-count and the hand count of about 11 000 polling stations in Baghdad attended by 318 staff, and by two meals, with the participation of 44 supervisors tasked with overseeing the process of counting and sorting.

Following the early hours to start the process of manual counting, UNHCR announced that the results of manual counting and sorting identical with the results announced by the up to now the center of divergence of views with a coalition of state law.

Chairman of the Board of Commissioners Faraj al-Haidari said in a joint press conference with Ed Mlkrt head of UN mission in Iraq: "The interpretation of the Commission for the Appeals Chamber decision on the issue of counting is that the resolution did not address signatures to register voters."

He said at the conference: "I noticed that there is a conference of a coalition of law and had objected to the Commission's procedures and we say that the Commission placed proceedings under the court's decision discriminatory and that the resolution re-counting and hand counts at the stations in Baghdad," and expressed his conviction that "the subject made no mention of signatures and the state law the right to appeal shall proceed and wait procedures of the discriminatory and we will abide by the decision whether to continue what we do, or accept a coalition challenged the rule of law.

He said al-Haidari "The process of matching signatures in the voter registry that needs time and if this instance, we need to more than three weeks, we see that the resolution is not when the subject," noting that "he will be charged to prepare the voices of the candidates, and anything to the contrary is placed in forms in particular. "

Commission President pointed out that "there is a special form to sign which is written the number of securities in the station and we are working on in the work of counting the hand," denying the existence of any political pressure on the UNHCR. "

He pointed out that "the counting process and requires a hand count of 10 to 15 days and, if approved by the Appeals as requested by a coalition of law, this will require more time."

"This was the President of the UN mission in Iraq Ed Mlkrt that the process of re-counting the hand, which began yesterday," was in very organized, "he said," This is an important moment in the electoral process through the initiation of the process of re-counting, which was very organized, a re-affirmation of voters of Iraq that his voice is respected, "explaining that" it is submitted that the complaints Sistodh complaint was justified. "

He Mlkrt: "In any election there is a right of complaint and should take these complaints seriously and is respect for the will of the voters," and expressed hope that "the final results as soon as possible and ask everyone to be patient and to congratulate the Commission Bmhniha which they operate".

For his part, said Karim al-Tamimi member of the Board of Commissioners: "The failure to enter the agents of political entities to the headquarters of the count and the hand count was due to their respective entities," adding that "there are a large number of observers were not were defined for the Office, as the Commission and to facilitate the matter of political entities, allowing agents to entities and observers have already registered for access to the UNHCR without re-registration.

He said al-Tamimi said, "The Under-political entity should be defined with the agency and sign a code of conduct, which is already by international standards, but what happened was that some entities were represented by observers and agents are not registered," noting that "this failure of UNHCR's work about an hour and then it was agreed entry to make it easier, "noting that" the Council will take any step in accordance with international standards. "

دولة القانون تطعن The rule of law challenged

The Commission's position comes after the appeal lodged by a coalition of law to the judiciary on the process of manual counting and matching numbers on the cards at the polls with voter registration as well as not to allow observers to enter the Hall of the sort.

Hussain al-Shahristani leadership in the state of law, said at a news conference yesterday: that his coalition "rejects the Commission's procedures that you want to fool the citizens by matching the number of votes in the Fund with the Form 501 and 502 without reference to the Register of voters, and this is wrong, as they should be returned to the voter register at the beginning of It's because there could be leaf added at the stations to the Fund."

Shahristani said, "shocked to know that the Electoral Commission does not match the number of leaves in the polls with voter registration that shows the voter's signature," explaining that "The Commission for reasons we do not know not to open voter registration and the names of those who voted and compare them with the Securities election at the ballot box to make sure with a matching number between records and the ballot box."

He continued: "The state law presented today (yesterday) a complaint to the Commissioner not to carry out the reconciliation among the leaves of the ballot boxes and records and we expect the judiciary to consider this complaint," and expressed astonishment at the Commission's insistence on this measure.

And increased al-Shahristani said "It is the second appeal against is to not allow the Commission monitors the state of law to enter the room count and hand count the pretext that he were not there identities issued to them even though we we have 250 applications for the issuance of identity cards to observers a week ago, UNHCR is not issuing a", indicating that the "Action by the European Commission has contested and not reflect the decision of the judiciary."

The Commission member Qasim slave, had announced yesterday morning, starting the counting process and the hand count of plants election in Baghdad, asserting that "the end of the problem with the entry process mail", showing at the same time that "The Commission was provided with all entities tablets of all stations did not complain of any political entity on this system did not objects to the court on it."

He pointed out "that the Working Group stations counting would first begin by matching locks, and if found to be incorrect, begin to open funds," saying "it was a call for all political entities to send agents to monitor the process has been surprised that some entities had sent agents new and did not send agents registered previously, but the Commission was registered, "pointing out that" the two rooms will be equipped with the Commission by the complaints process is composed of 6 members of the organization would take complaints and provide Entity Agents complaint forms as well as the presence of international observers.
The demands of transparency and integrity of the screening process

Meanwhile, political figures expressed their eagerness to conduct the count and hand count the transparency and integrity, as a member of the Iraqi National List said Abdul Kareem Samarrai, the need to achieve a degree of transparency in the process of manual re-count.

Samarrai said in a statement quoted by news agency reports that the list of "required the presence of United Nations observers and the Arab League, as well as representatives of the political blocs that participated in the elections."

For his part, through the leadership of the National Coalition cream Yacoubi the hope that "The results show the hand count is identical with the results announced by the Electoral Commission in anticipation of any problems that may affect change in these results."

He Yacoubi, "We are solution-escalate the crisis and the lack of new crises in the government formation process because that is not in the interest of the entire political process," explaining that "the appearance of the results are identical after the counting process and the hand count with the results announced by a message of reassurance to the Iraqi people no further crises ".

So called leader of the Kurdistan Alliance Muhsin al-Sadoun Commission to abide by the judiciary and the resolution of the blogger in the resolution to re-counting in Baghdad alone.

Sadoun said: "Any change in the decision of the judiciary will give an inaccurate picture of the Commission's procedures as they open the door for the other blocs to the appeals process is delaying the formation of the government," should be expedited by the "Procedures counting because the country is now living in political tension and people who are waiting impatiently to go toward forming a government."

The Appeals Chamber decided to re-counting manually in Baghdad province only after appeals made by the coalition of state law, which questioned the election results that showed an winning 89 seats against 91 seats for the Iraqi list.

Kurdistan withdraw a complaint to the recount,

في كركوك ونينوى In Kirkuk and Nineveh

In the meantime, the Kurdistan Alliance has decided to withdraw the complaint lodged by over the election in Kirkuk province, after he had withdrawn on the elections in Mosul earlier.

Jaafar Ibrahim, an official at the elections in the Kurdistan Democratic Party said: "It's opening the second session of the Appellate Court to withdraw the Kurdistan Alliance complaint lodged by the Court on the electoral process governorate of Kirkuk," denying that "the step list that came in response to pressure from the United States or any other ".

"The Kurdish coalition and from the sense of responsibility towards the unstable situation in Iraq, a constitutional vacuum in the country sacrificed its votes the election in Kirkuk, Nineveh, and the withdrawal of the complaint he had submitted to the competent courts in order to achieve other political gains," stressing that "the coalition has become a reference the political process and the various parties, and as such is to prevent further deterioration of the situation in Iraq, the Kurdistan Alliance sacrificed their votes the election."

Measures to stop the exclusion of nine candidates

مشمولين بالمساءلة Covered by the accountability

In another file, the legal expert said Tariq Harb, "The Electoral Judicial Panel issued a decision yesterday to stop serving decision to eliminate 9 of who won the last parliamentary elections of the Commission who had previously been accountability and justice that brought a letter to the judiciary Bajtthathm.

Harb said in a statement carried by the agency Nina news: it "and then submit a request to the judicial election to stop the proceedings in front of As agent for the Deputy High Nassif Jassem responded to the judiciary to the request was suspended proceedings in the case of the 9 for accountability and justice who have been uprooted by an accountability and justice.

Harb added that "This decision means the door to make way high-Nassif, and eight others, including a member of the coalition of the rule of law to enter the House of Representatives and raise the ablation process for them."

The discriminatory judicial body in the Office issued last Monday a resolution repealing the votes counted in the election of candidates covered by the procedures of accountability and justice, and decided to cancel the nomination of 52 candidates, including winners in the elections, as the Commission confirmed that the decision is binding and applied by them.

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