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Talabani calls on political parties and blocs and the MEDIA to avoid mutual accusations and get away from stirring up tension ...

August 21, 2010

Talabani calls on political parties and blocs and the media to avoid mutual accusations and get away from stirring up tension

بغداد ـ الصباح Baghdad morning

Called Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, political parties and parliamentary blocs and the media, away from tension and escalation, incitement and accusations, and listening to the voice of fraternal dialogue between political partners, the adoption of legitimate political competition, regardless of the diversity of visions and attitudes.

Talabani said in his appeal yesterday of the political blocs and the media received (morning) a copy of it: »that the parliamentary elections was a feat waged by our people, and another important step towards the consolidation of the new Iraq, free from the shackles of tyranny and oppression, intellectual and single-party system, Iraq's burgeoning diversity of affiliations, national and religious and religious, intellectual, and open to dialogue and competing views in an atmosphere of freedom and pluralism ».

He added: «the right of Iraqis who cementing the democratic process, united the forces of darkness and terrorism, demand that their elected representatives, and political elites in general, the performance of duty and the burdens of responsibility and the agreement on the principles and elements of the formation of the Authority for the next four years in order to cut off the predators, the ongoing political process, from and other terrorists who would undermine the security of the country, and prevent them from exploiting the impact of delays in completion of the steps of constitutional loopholes for instability and confusion and an atmosphere of political chaos and uncertainty and confusion.

Talabani said: »that speeding up the formation of a government of national partnership tomorrow is an urgent need to address the hot topics in the provision of services and the launch of investments and prevention of insolvency and slowdown and the impact of economic development».

He said: «Whatever the variation in the proposals and views on government formation, a compromise is should be within the limits stipulated by the Constitution, under the fraternal dialogue between the partners in the political process, but noted with concern recently that the dialogues between the parties took out sometimes those frameworks transitive them to smear and exchange of accusations between brothers and allies who have participated together in confronting the dictatorial regime, and in laying the foundations for the new Iraq, and we are confident they will contribute together in steering the country through the next phase ».

Talabani said in his appeal: «I call upon all brothers and sisters of parliamentary blocs and political parties and workers in the mass media to avoid anything that would aggravate tensions in the country, spread the feelings of alienation among the people, words prey becomes a spark in the environment hot with our country, and false accusations by the call for a fierce response from the last brings us to unhealthy cycles of conflict we are in indispensable ».

And said: «the current complicated situation in which we are going through must refrain from any action or statement that might undermine or disrupt the political process, or stop and obstruct the negotiating process, not to mention the incitement to violence or any act contrary to the Constitution».

And:This is the call for clarity of hearts does not mean stop controversies Democratic efforts to reach the truth of the principle of intellectual diversity, but designed to avoid disturbing the atmosphere is not pure at all, and move away from the accents of prey and accusations, unjust, cruel, and mean a return to the atmosphere of dialogue brothers and partners, and together all aspiring to establish security and stability in the country and to promote the constitutional foundations and the quest for prosperity and welfare of its citizens.


Alsabah