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President Talabani receives national conference agenda
02/05/2012 14:08
BAGHDAD, May 2 (AKnews) - The preparatory committee for the upcoming national conference revealed today that it sent the agenda for the meeting to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, adding that he will determine the date of the meeting.
Committee member Bahaa al-Araji, head of Ahrar bloc, said: "The preparatory committee submitted the agenda for the national conference to President Jalal Talabani and he will, in turn, discuss it with Iraqiya and the Kurdish Blocs Coalition.
"President Jalal Talabani will determine the date of the conference as being the one who called for holding it."
The National Coalition announced on Thursday the completion of a draft agenda for the conference.
The Kurdish Blocs Coalition authorized the members of the preparatory committee of the National Coalition to prepare the agenda after Iraqiya List refused to attend the meeting.
Iraqiya List objects to the management of Iraq by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, saying he has taken all of the power.
Maliki said that the powers granted to him are constitutional and those who oppose this must change the constitution instead of blaming opponents.
The political tension in Iraq escalated after the issue of an arrest warrant against Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, a senior leader in Iraqiya List, and the sacking of Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq from his office, who is also a senior leader in Iraqiya.
Consultative meetings were recently held in the Kurdistan Region and were attended by President of the region Massoud Barzani, head of Iraqiya List Allawi, Talabani, parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, head of Sadrist Movement Muqtada al-Sadr and the leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Adel Abdul Mahdi.
The officials discussed the need to implement the Erbil agreement.
The Erbil agreement proposed by Barzani ended a nine-month dispute over who should run the government following March 2010's elections. The deal, which was signed by all the major political party leaders in Erbil, reinstated Maliki for the second successive term.
Maliki's elections rival, Ayad Allawi, whose Iraqiya List won the elections, was promised a National Council for Strategic Policies in return for his concession over the PM post. The council was not formed and the PM's State of Law Coalition and Iraqiya began incriminating and accusing each other of violating the Erbil pact.
By Haider Ibrahim
RN/DM/AKnews
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02/05/2012 14:08
BAGHDAD, May 2 (AKnews) - The preparatory committee for the upcoming national conference revealed today that it sent the agenda for the meeting to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, adding that he will determine the date of the meeting.
Committee member Bahaa al-Araji, head of Ahrar bloc, said: "The preparatory committee submitted the agenda for the national conference to President Jalal Talabani and he will, in turn, discuss it with Iraqiya and the Kurdish Blocs Coalition.
"President Jalal Talabani will determine the date of the conference as being the one who called for holding it."
The National Coalition announced on Thursday the completion of a draft agenda for the conference.
The Kurdish Blocs Coalition authorized the members of the preparatory committee of the National Coalition to prepare the agenda after Iraqiya List refused to attend the meeting.
Iraqiya List objects to the management of Iraq by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, saying he has taken all of the power.
Maliki said that the powers granted to him are constitutional and those who oppose this must change the constitution instead of blaming opponents.
The political tension in Iraq escalated after the issue of an arrest warrant against Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, a senior leader in Iraqiya List, and the sacking of Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq from his office, who is also a senior leader in Iraqiya.
Consultative meetings were recently held in the Kurdistan Region and were attended by President of the region Massoud Barzani, head of Iraqiya List Allawi, Talabani, parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, head of Sadrist Movement Muqtada al-Sadr and the leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Adel Abdul Mahdi.
The officials discussed the need to implement the Erbil agreement.
The Erbil agreement proposed by Barzani ended a nine-month dispute over who should run the government following March 2010's elections. The deal, which was signed by all the major political party leaders in Erbil, reinstated Maliki for the second successive term.
Maliki's elections rival, Ayad Allawi, whose Iraqiya List won the elections, was promised a National Council for Strategic Policies in return for his concession over the PM post. The council was not formed and the PM's State of Law Coalition and Iraqiya began incriminating and accusing each other of violating the Erbil pact.
By Haider Ibrahim
RN/DM/AKnews
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