Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The coalition postpones meeting to agree on its candidate .. Iraqi leaders in Damascus ...

(late 2009 - Barzani, Maliki, Talibani, Mahdi and missing from picture Hashimi)

Wednesday September 29, 2010

The coalition postpones meeting to agree on its candidate .. Iraqi leaders in Damascus

In a meeting with Maliki, Talabani and Abdul-Mahdi and Hashimi

Agreement to accelerate the formation of a government partnership

بغداد ـ الصباح Baghdad morning

Confirmed in three meetings held by President Jalal Talabani met separately with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and leaders of the National Coalition and the Iraqi List, Dr. Adel Abdel Mahdi and Tariq al-Hashimi

The importance of accelerating the pace of forming a government of national partnership, postponed the National Alliance meeting which was scheduled for yesterday to today, to make room for consensus candidate for prime minister. The President received at his residence in Baghdad yesterday with Prime Minister and a coalition of state law. A presidential statement received " morning, "a copy of it," said President Talabani reviewed during the meeting the results of his visit to the United States and participation in meetings of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, in addition to his participation in the meetings of the Socialist International and the fifth Annual Meeting of CGI International, as well as for the content of his meetings productive with the heads and leaders of some of the world. In turn, al-Maliki praised the results of President Talabani's visit to New York, presiding over the Iraqi delegation at the meetings of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

It was also during the meeting they discussed the path of the political movement witnessed in the Iraqi arena and the promise of meetings and discussions between the blocks winning and ongoing dialogue in order to choose a candidate for the next prime minister, where the two sides stressed the need to accelerate steps towards forming a government of national partnership and long-awaited by the Iraqi people who defied terrorism and voted for their representatives in the Iraqi Council of Representatives. In another aspect of the meeting, stressed President Talabani and Maliki on the need to work hard to address the agendas of conspiracy targeting the unity of the fabric of Iraqi society and the harmonization of the various sects in the country.

In the meantime, he met with President of the Republic yesterday evening, Vice President of the Republic and leader of the Islamic Supreme Council, Dr. Adel Abdul-Mahdi, where the two sides exchanged views on ways to get out of the current crisis and remove the differences that will block the steps of forming the next government. As President Talabani and Abdul-Mahdi the need for the next government will be the embodiment of the principle of national partnership, and to be able to achieve the aspirations of the Iraqi people achieve security, stability and prosperity and the expansion of provision of essential services to them.

He also met President Jalal Talabani yesterday, also Vice President of the Republic of command in the Iraqi List, Tareq al-Hashemi, as the two sides stressed the importance of moving forward at a fast pace to overcome the difficulties which impede the implementation of tasks crucial at this sensitive stage and the formation of the partnership. In the framework of meetings of the National Alliance, announced the leadership of the coalition State law Haider al-Abadi around the meeting of the alliance, which was scheduled for yesterday to today. Abbadi said in a press statement: "The meeting will be held today and seek to reach an agreement on the selection of a candidate of the coalition," Nuri al-Maliki and Adel Abdul Mahdi, "likely to resort to the voting mechanism . However, private sources for the "morning," confirmed that the reason for postponement of the meeting was to give more time to agree on a candidate for the coalition through consensus and not vote.

Sources indicated that the components of the Alliance all seek to agree and it's not willing to resort to voting only in case they could not get agreement on one of the candidates. The deadline agreed upon by the forces of the National Alliance, both the National Coalition and the rule of law in their meeting last week, to choose the Alliance candidate for prime minister, according to a mechanism compatibility ended on the first without an agreement between the parties. "Meanwhile, sources said the" morning "The head of the Iraqi National List of Iyad Allawi and leaders in the list Rafie al-Issawi and Osama Najafi began yesterday evening, a visit to Damascus. The sources indicated that the delegation of Iraqi will discuss several files in the forefront of the process of forming the next government.

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