Maliki threatened to form a government «political majority» and Allawi calls «Alliance» Shiite replace
On: Wed, 22/12/2011 17:36
Lebanese Al-Hayat newspaper
Thursday, 22/12/2011
BAGHDAD - Hussein Ali Dawood
Waved Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the restructuring of his government on the basis of the political majority. He said that «the stage of consensus over», while the leader of a coalition called «Iraq» Iyad Allawi bloc «National Alliance» which belongs to another character replace Maliki. The Kurds rejected Maliki's call for an end to the national partnership «at the moment», stressing that «would not be in everyone's interest including the head of the government».
Maliki said during a press conference yesterday, a year after the formation of the government that «the Constitution is the supreme document in the country, which was adopted by a people, and from now on will be the Constitution is the al-Faisal in resolving differences». He added that «the Council of Ministers is the first official in charge of the design and implementation of high politics of the country».
He added that «the constitution will be the foremost authority to manage the affairs of the country and address the differences in the future, not consensus and initiatives in the past (...) We need a consensus but today there is no need to, and challenges facing the country today do not need a consensus».
And the arrest warrant on the Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi, Maliki said: «can not be tried Hashemi in the Kurdistan region and can not be resolved in the political settlement, mediation, and must be represented before the courts ... Can not accept anything else (only) to leave it only for the Elimination of ».
He added that «the confessions individuals to protect al-Hashemi, certified by the judiciary, one of the asked me to execute the orders of his arrest, protection, do not try a mix of papers and the politicization of the case» and noted that he had made «previous three years files to the President of the National Alliance, then the late Abdel Aziz al-Hakim and President Jalal Talabani, Hashemi's involvement in violence and killing, but they asked me to wait, in order to preserve national unity and because of the difficult circumstances that were experienced by the country ».
Maliki has demanded delivery of the Kurdistan region to eliminate al-Hashemi said: «If it is not handed over to the judiciary is treated as a felony, and if smuggling would be the major felony. We are not accuse any party or entity, but we explain all the possibilities ». He denied ordering the inspection of Tariq al-Hashimi's house and that is to prevent the «after submitting a request to spend the prevention of inspection».
And on the news about his intention to resign if he could not withdraw confidence from the Vice President Saleh al-Maliki said: «There is no truth to this, and I invite the minister absent from the meetings of the Council of Ministers to attend and to resume their work and if you did not attend the minister will be considered as having resigned, there is no such thing as suspension of the Minister in Council of Ministers (...) In the case of failure to attend the next meeting of Ministers S_delhm ».
When asked about the invitation «Iraq» block «National Alliance» to withdraw confidence from it and replace it with another character, he said: «We heard this speech six years ago and'll be hearing during the next six years will not be achieved».
Allawi was called «Alliance» Maliki to replace the character again, and accused the Prime Minister that «act like Saddam Hussein to silence the opposition and risked provoking a new battle against the dictatorship».
He said in a press statement yesterday that «confessions used by the TV-Maliki to demand the arrest of Sunni Vice President of the country (...) fabricated and fabricated confessions bring something alarming. This reminds me personally, including Saddam Hussein was doing when he was accused of political opponents as terrorists and conspirators ».
In addition, Maliki announced his intention to invite the political blocs to the meeting during the day and said: «We will invite all the political blocs of winning the election, and winning, in addition to the three presidencies and the leaders of the blocks to the meeting instead of what is today proposed initiatives. This initiative brings together all partners and will be built on the basis of the Constitution. And put it bluntly, if we had them, and if it does not work we will go to the Government of the majority has no right to a question the Constitution, although we acknowledge the existence of flaws in it. But we have to accept what is there in it, and reject the constitution has to be out of the government ».
U.S. withdrawal and Prime Minister emphasized that «all U.S. troops withdrew from Iraqi territory (there are) only trained not more than the 700, and there are negotiations to reduce their number. It will be their only training camps inside Iraq and not outside ».
He added that «the talk of the existence of thousands of employees at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is true there are three thousand, more or less, and they are the desire of Iraq as a strategic cooperation agreement between Baghdad and Washington is not limited to the security side, but (having) various fields such as education, health, investment and agriculture industry and other areas and this needs to Iraq ».
Opposed by Kurds
, The spokesman refused to block «Kurdistan Alliance» Farhad Atrushi wave-Maliki to form a government majority of the political, he said in connection with the «life» yesterday that «the formation of a government majority of the political is not in the interest of everyone, including Maliki himself», called «restraint» .
He said that «the position of the Kurdistan region of crisis and hosted by Hashemi is not intended to stand by this without the other, we will not be a party to the dispute, as far as being a party seeks to resolve the crisis. We believe that the extradition of al-Hashemi and his arrest in Baghdad will not solve it, but referred to the complexities of a new ».
A delegation of the mass of «free» of al-Sadr met with Hashemi and Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani, and the Shiite political party only met him after the arrest warrant.
According to political sources that «the current delegation, which included his spokesman Salah al-Obeidi and the Secretary General of the mass Assadi Liberal Zia discussed with both Barzani and Hashemi in the National Charter initiative put forward by the chest contents were explained in order to reach a formula for a national code of conduct».
On the other hand, Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq (Iraqi) who sacked al-Maliki that he would remain in Iraq, whether withdrawn or not trust him to withdraw.
He said in a statement yesterday: «I have submitted my resignation before it is to talk about this subject, and I am not indifferent to this position», he added: «We want to correct the course of the political process, what leads the country into destruction. We do not accept this command because we are part of the political process ».
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