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BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The head of the National Alliance, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, discussed with Deputy Prime Minister, Nouri Shawis, efforts being exerted by the preparatory committee to render the National Conference a success, a statement of al-Jaafari’s office said on Monday.
“Al-Jaafari received on Sunday (Feb 19) at his office in Baghdad Deputy Prime Minister Nouri Shawis, with whom he discussed the latest developments in the country and the efforts being exerted by the preparatory committee to render the National Conference a success, asserting that the constitution is the only way to solve all differences and strengthening the strategic relations between all political parties,” said the statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Iraq is witnessing an acute crisis following accusations made against Hashimi of "terrorism" and the move to demote al-Mutlaq from his post; both of whom are leading members in opposition al-Iraqiya Bloc.
In an attempt to resolve the crisis, President Jalal Talabani suggested holding a National Conference for all political blocs to come to an agreeable solution.
It is expected for a meeting to be held today, Sunday, where Iraqiya bloc MPs disclosed they are trying to include Hashimi and Mutlaq cases in the agendas of the preparatory meeting and the National Conference, while the National Alliance rejected these ideas as "an attempt to make the conference a failure".
Baghdad officially requested the semi-autonomous government of Kurdistan to hand over al-Hashemi earlier this month.
The country’s interior minister said al-Hashemi must come back to Baghdad to face charges that include running a death squad and being the mastermind behind a November 2011 parliament blast.
In addition to Hashemi, the official called on Kurdistan to hand over the vice president’s security guards and in accordance to article 4 in the Iraqi Constitution which relates to terrorism issues.
Late December, Hashemi said that he would not go to Baghdad to stand trial.
He said Baghdad’s judicial system is not independent and that he can stand for trial only in Kurdistan.
Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Hashemi while Maliki, a Shiite, has said his Sunni deputy Saleh al-Mutlaq should be sacked after the latter said the premier was “worse than Saddam Hussein.”
Hashemi, who denies the charges, has been holed up in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq and Kurdish officials have so far declined to hand him over to Baghdad.
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“Al-Jaafari received on Sunday (Feb 19) at his office in Baghdad Deputy Prime Minister Nouri Shawis, with whom he discussed the latest developments in the country and the efforts being exerted by the preparatory committee to render the National Conference a success, asserting that the constitution is the only way to solve all differences and strengthening the strategic relations between all political parties,” said the statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Iraq is witnessing an acute crisis following accusations made against Hashimi of "terrorism" and the move to demote al-Mutlaq from his post; both of whom are leading members in opposition al-Iraqiya Bloc.
In an attempt to resolve the crisis, President Jalal Talabani suggested holding a National Conference for all political blocs to come to an agreeable solution.
It is expected for a meeting to be held today, Sunday, where Iraqiya bloc MPs disclosed they are trying to include Hashimi and Mutlaq cases in the agendas of the preparatory meeting and the National Conference, while the National Alliance rejected these ideas as "an attempt to make the conference a failure".
Baghdad officially requested the semi-autonomous government of Kurdistan to hand over al-Hashemi earlier this month.
The country’s interior minister said al-Hashemi must come back to Baghdad to face charges that include running a death squad and being the mastermind behind a November 2011 parliament blast.
In addition to Hashemi, the official called on Kurdistan to hand over the vice president’s security guards and in accordance to article 4 in the Iraqi Constitution which relates to terrorism issues.
Late December, Hashemi said that he would not go to Baghdad to stand trial.
He said Baghdad’s judicial system is not independent and that he can stand for trial only in Kurdistan.
Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for Hashemi while Maliki, a Shiite, has said his Sunni deputy Saleh al-Mutlaq should be sacked after the latter said the premier was “worse than Saddam Hussein.”
Hashemi, who denies the charges, has been holed up in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq and Kurdish officials have so far declined to hand him over to Baghdad.
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