...............protest in Nasiriyah, Iraq. June 22, 2010Wednesday, August 18th 2010
Lawmaker warns of a popular uprising in Iraq
Qadisiya, An Iraqi lawmaker warned on Wednesday that further delay in forming the government may lead to an uprising by the Iraqi public.
Iraq is plunged into a political crisis because the political leaders have failed to from the government almost five months after the elections.
Kamila al-Moussawi a lawmaker from the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) blamed the present crisis on the political leaders who do not compromise, saying the tight spot is not likely to open up by mid September because the talks have stalled at one point.
Mousasawi urged the political players to accelerate the formation of the government by giving the winner of election the right to from the government, "or a public uprising may sweep away in its wave everything in Iraq."
The rivalry between the al-Iraqia bloc with 91 seats and the State of Law Coalition with 89 deputies deepens the political row. The leaders of both blocs maintain that as the largest bloc they are entitled to assume prime minister position and constitute the next cabinet.
Mousasawi noted "there are no signs for a possible solution because there is no progress in the dialogues and meetings conducted by the blocs."
He advised the political leaders to change their mechanisms and nominate to the Iraqi parliament their candidates who were elected by the Iraqi people.
The INA lawmaker remarked "the candidate who has obtained the most number of votes should form the government, and those who claim that this is a constitutional violation must prove that the Constitution has not been violated so far."
"Otherwise, they must notify the public about those behind the crisis and the delay or they must expect a public uprising."
Washington fears the delay in forming a new government in Iraq might negatively impact its plans to pullout its combat forces from the country.
http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/174930/
Iraq is plunged into a political crisis because the political leaders have failed to from the government almost five months after the elections.
Kamila al-Moussawi a lawmaker from the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) blamed the present crisis on the political leaders who do not compromise, saying the tight spot is not likely to open up by mid September because the talks have stalled at one point.
Mousasawi urged the political players to accelerate the formation of the government by giving the winner of election the right to from the government, "or a public uprising may sweep away in its wave everything in Iraq."
The rivalry between the al-Iraqia bloc with 91 seats and the State of Law Coalition with 89 deputies deepens the political row. The leaders of both blocs maintain that as the largest bloc they are entitled to assume prime minister position and constitute the next cabinet.
Mousasawi noted "there are no signs for a possible solution because there is no progress in the dialogues and meetings conducted by the blocs."
He advised the political leaders to change their mechanisms and nominate to the Iraqi parliament their candidates who were elected by the Iraqi people.
The INA lawmaker remarked "the candidate who has obtained the most number of votes should form the government, and those who claim that this is a constitutional violation must prove that the Constitution has not been violated so far."
"Otherwise, they must notify the public about those behind the crisis and the delay or they must expect a public uprising."
Washington fears the delay in forming a new government in Iraq might negatively impact its plans to pullout its combat forces from the country.
http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/174930/
