Monday, July 09, 2007
Talabani says solution reached to end Sunni political boycott
Politics
(Voices of Iraq article) - Iraqi President Jalal al-Talabani said on Sunday that solutions were reached to end the Sunni Accordance boycott of the parliament and cabinet in a meeting attended by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Talabani and his two deputies.
"Solutions to end the Tawafuq (Accordance) Front's boycott were reached in today's meeting and these solutions will become effective in the next two or three days," Talabani told a news conference following the meeting. The Iraqi president added, "the proposed solutions were meant to end Tawafuk's parliamentary and cabinet boycott." Tabalani did not give further details of the solutions.
The Sunni Tawafuq Front, holding 44 seats out of the total of 275 in the Iraqi parliament, boycotted sessions of parliament and cabinet following a move by other parliamentary blocs to give House Speaker Mahmuod al-Mashhadani, a Tawafuq member, a long vacation and to demand a replacement.
Further, the Sunni front also protested an arrest warrant issued against its member, culture minister Assad al-Hashemi, on alleged charges of being behind the murder of two of the sons of the National Party member Mithal al-Alousi in 2004.
"Solutions to end the Tawafuq (Accordance) Front's boycott were reached in today's meeting and these solutions will become effective in the next two or three days," Talabani told a news conference following the meeting. The Iraqi president added, "the proposed solutions were meant to end Tawafuk's parliamentary and cabinet boycott." Tabalani did not give further details of the solutions.
The Sunni Tawafuq Front, holding 44 seats out of the total of 275 in the Iraqi parliament, boycotted sessions of parliament and cabinet following a move by other parliamentary blocs to give House Speaker Mahmuod al-Mashhadani, a Tawafuq member, a long vacation and to demand a replacement.
Further, the Sunni front also protested an arrest warrant issued against its member, culture minister Assad al-Hashemi, on alleged charges of being behind the murder of two of the sons of the National Party member Mithal al-Alousi in 2004.
Labels: Assad al-Hashemi, Iraqi Accordance Front, Jalal Talabani, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, Nouri Al-Maliki, Tawafuq Front
