Snip “Iraqiya List decided today to boycott cabinet sessions,” Mutlaq told a press conference. “The resolution of Iraqiya list, which holds 8 seats out of 31 in the cabinet, was taken to guarantee that Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki’s dictatorship won’t take Iraq towards a disaster,” Mutlaq claimed. (translation above)
Tuesday, December 20, 2011Iraqiya List to boycott government sessions
Iraqiya List coalition headed by Iyad Allawi decided to boycott governmental sessions two days after announcing boycotting parliamentary sessions, Iraq Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Al Mutlaq announced, on Monday evening.
“Iraqiya List decided today to boycott cabinet sessions,” Mutlaq told a press conference. “The resolution of Iraqiya list, which holds 8 seats out of 31 in the cabinet, was taken to guarantee that Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki’s dictatorship won’t take Iraq towards a disaster,” Mutlaq claimed.
Since last Saturday, Iraqiya List headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi had started boycotting parliamentary sessions in protest against the so-called political marginalization.
Higher Judicial Council issued, on Monday, an arrest warrant for Vice-President Tarek Al Hashimi, member of Iraqiya List, for terrorism charges preventing him to travel abroad.
“The judiciary panel of five, formed by the Higher Judicial Council to investigate charges against Vice-President Hashemi’s bodyguards, issued an arrest warrant for Hashemi over terrorism charges and banned him from travelling abroad,” Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Adel Daham told a press conference which Alsumarianews attended.
The judiciary panel arrested 7 of Hashemi’s bodyguards and displayed, on Monday evening, bodyguards’ confessions assuring that he personally asked them to execute assassinations and bombings in Baghdad in return of money, Daham added.
“We are being extremely patient and expecting a rational behavior from concerned governmental parties,” Hashimi told a statement, on Monday. *translation, we don't care that the iraqis suffer at our expense, we are rich and we are patient and will wait until everything comes crashing down and then we will take power just as saddam took power*
Some parties seeking to aggravate the situation are behind these annoyances, Hashimi argued calling for the release of 3 of his bodyguards.
Iraqiya List announced, on December 16, that it suspended its membership in Iraqi parliament in protest against Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki’s management of the country’s affairs. Iraqiya Ministers handed their resignations to the list’s leaders, Iraqiya List declared.
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