Wednesday, November 22, 2006
UIA, KA and KIU disagree over election bill
Politics
Disagreements are growing between the Kurdistan Alliance [KA], the Kurdistan Islamic Union [KIU] blocs and the United Iraqi Alliance [UIA] bloc over the election high commission's bill. The KIU leader, Dr Muhammad Ahmad, has told Chawder: "The election high commission's bill is expected to be endorsed by the Iraqi parliament next week. Disagreements are growing between the KA and KIU on one side and the UIA on another side."
Ahmad said: "On one hand, the UIA is demanding to be granted supervision authority over entire Iraq and that this should be included in the commission's manifesto. On the other, we, KIU and the KA, demand the formation of commissions for regions".
In another development, regarding reactions to the arrest of the head of the Muslim Scholars' Association [MSA] Harith Al-Dari, the Islamic Movement of Kurdistan [IMK] had condemned the arrest [warrant] in a statement issued on 16 November. The IMK considered the action to be unfair and asked for quashing the arrest warrant. Ihsan Mala Ali said in a statement that the warrant was for damagin Al-Dari's personality and described the arrest as a red-line.
The KIU bloc leader Muhammad Ahmad told Chawder that Al-Dari was an extremist and attributed the recent violence to him. Ahmad said that the decision on Al-Dari's arrest would escalate violence. He added that the KIU may issue a statement on the issue. The Islamic Group of Kurdistan Politburo member, Muhammad Hakim has said that the Iraqi government's decision was not timely and expected more violence. Hakim added that it was better for the Kurdish leadership to distance itself from this decision.
Ahmad said: "On one hand, the UIA is demanding to be granted supervision authority over entire Iraq and that this should be included in the commission's manifesto. On the other, we, KIU and the KA, demand the formation of commissions for regions".
In another development, regarding reactions to the arrest of the head of the Muslim Scholars' Association [MSA] Harith Al-Dari, the Islamic Movement of Kurdistan [IMK] had condemned the arrest [warrant] in a statement issued on 16 November. The IMK considered the action to be unfair and asked for quashing the arrest warrant. Ihsan Mala Ali said in a statement that the warrant was for damagin Al-Dari's personality and described the arrest as a red-line.
The KIU bloc leader Muhammad Ahmad told Chawder that Al-Dari was an extremist and attributed the recent violence to him. Ahmad said that the decision on Al-Dari's arrest would escalate violence. He added that the KIU may issue a statement on the issue. The Islamic Group of Kurdistan Politburo member, Muhammad Hakim has said that the Iraqi government's decision was not timely and expected more violence. Hakim added that it was better for the Kurdish leadership to distance itself from this decision.
