Tuesday, October 26, 2010

National Alliance announced an agreement with the Kurdish coalition to endorse its candidate for prime minister ...


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National Alliance announced an agreement with the Kurdish coalition to endorse its candidate for prime minister

Iraq stresses the importance of the meeting

بغداد – الصباح BAGHDAD - morning

National Alliance announced an agreement with a coalition of Kurdish blocs on the support of its candidate for prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi List, as stressed the importance of the meeting of Irbil, said a member of the Kurdish coalition, that the meeting of political leaders will be held on Thursday.

لقاءات مكثفة Intensive meetings

Search and Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi with the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey, the latest developments in the political scene and form a government.

A statement by the office of Abdul-Mahdi said that the two sides reviewed in the meeting that took place yesterday contacts and meetings taking place between the various political blocs to find a way to form a government, especially those that took place recently in the Kurdistan region.

He added that the Vice President stressed that the consultations between the political blocs reached an advanced stage, adding that the project of the Round Table is an appropriate way out of this crisis, which stressed that the continuation of a solution without a threat to the political and security situation in the country.

For his part, the U.S. ambassador expressed hope that the result in ongoing dialogues to form a government of national partnership involving all the blocks and the winning lists in the elections. In the meantime, met with Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Rose Nuri Shaways his office in Baghdad yesterday, Ambassador Jeffrey and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, discuss the latest developments at the level of negotiations to form the Iraqi government, as noted Shaways that the pace of political movement has escalated and will continue during the coming days through the activation of the initiative of the President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani Asھam in promoting convergence of views in and out from the neck of the bottle and find a solution to end the crisis of government formation within the constitutional framework.

For his part, U.S. Ambassador to the United States is committed to supporting the political process in Iraq, stressing at the same time not to interfere in this context and that his government does not have a red line on any of the candidates.

He noted that the Government of the United States looks forward to the quick formation of the government, stressing that the presence of a strong government and effective and representing all shades of the Iraqi people will contribute actively in the development and strengthening of relations between the two countries in various fields.

In a related context, consider the Minister of Finance Baqir al-Zubaidi with General Austin, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, the security situation in the country and progress in this area the generality of the country.

A statement from the Ministry of Finance had been reviewed during the meeting details of the political process and turns sensitive with the developments witnessed by the question of forming the next government, indicating that the two sides discussed at length the possibility of seating the political parties winning the last election on the round-table meeting to be held in Arbil. The meeting also dealt prospects of forming a government of national partnership and the need for participation of all political parties in it.

اجتماع اربيل Arbil meeting

In the meantime, said coalition member of the Kurdish blocs Raundozi he scheduled a meeting of the political blocs in Arbil on Thursday to discuss the mechanism of forming a government of national partnership.
Raundozi between in a statement quoted by the agency (Voices of Iraq) that «Barzani is on the invitation of the parties concerned to the meeting, which will examine the issue of the three presidencies and the exchange of views on the government of national partnership and the Government's Action Plan for the next four years», noting that «there are other issues to be discussed such as the establishment of the Council political to national security, and discuss the issue of distribution of powers in line with the concept of government of national partnership.

The head of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, launched the initiative to resolve the current political crisis in the 16/9/2010, include the formation of a committee of eight to 12 members from the representatives of the political blocs to start the talks, including on the formation of the new government, to work to resolve outstanding differences and discuss the issue of forming a government partnership national, as well as meetings of the expanded political leaders to resolve the issue of the three presidencies.

As part of the irrelevant, said Hani Ashour, a media adviser to the Iraqi list that the delegation of the Iraqi List headed by Iyad Allawi, who will go to the Arbil meeting will discuss several files, including agreeing to form a government and the division of positions and to ensure that the powers of the political forces participating in the government, meaning they do not have resolution limited to the President Minister.

Ashour said in a press statement: «the leaders of political blocs, that they have a genuine desire to end the crisis, to believe that in the national partnership and to continue the democratic process of salvation for the Iraqi people, and we believe that the meeting of Irbil will be of importance and contribute to the process to speed up the formation of Government.

He pointed out that «the failure to reach a result would cause a major crisis between the political blocs because the government is not seated in the near future the country will enter a dark tunnel».

And on proposals to form a government without the Iraqi List, stressed Ashour that «the state government to be formed without Iraq, would be illegitimate, because it is thought to exclude a block of 91 deputies did not want the implementation of democracy and national partnership is a coup attempt unconstitutional», as he put it.

تحركات التحالف Movements of the coalition

And within the movements and efforts of the National Alliance to form a government, revealed the leadership of the National Alliance for a coalition of state law for Hassan Sinead, Alliance for the written approval by the majority of the political blocs to support the candidate of the coalition (Nuri al-Maliki) during a session of Parliament.

Sinead said in a statement quoted by the agency Alsumaria News: The «position of the Kurdistan Alliance is now clear his support for Maliki's prime minister, also said talk of a new alliance has ended».

He added that «the talk of the largest bloc and the candidate of the settlement had ended with the end of negotiations with the Kurds and come with them to agree a final», saying that «the largest bloc is currently the National Alliance and Maliki is the candidate for prime minister, and Jalal Talabani, is the strongest candidate for the presidency».

The leader of the coalition that «the talks expected to take place in Erbil soon under the auspices of the President of the Kurdistan region aims to discuss the question of the involvement of other blocks in the next government», reiterating that «the coalition welcomes the participation of all the blocks in the next government, including Iraq».

He also drew to Sinead that «there was one point of contention with the Kurds» However, he said: »now been solved through the development of four prospects with one of them refers to resort to the Federal Court in the case of a breach of the constitution by one of the parties«.