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07-20-2008, 04:59 PM
BAGHDAD,(BBC) — Dubai Al-Sharqiyah television highlighted between on 18 July highlighted the National Dialogue Council Chairman Khalaf al-Ulayyan's accusations to the Iraqi Islamic Party of nominating people for senior ministerial positions without consultation with the other components of the Iraqi Al-Tawafuq or Accord Front.
It also cited a Kurdish official as saying that Talabani might use his veto power if the Provincial Council Elections Law is endorsed without taking into consideration the Kurdish demands.
- "The Kurdistan Alliance List asserted that there is consensus among most of the blocs on postponing the elections in Kirkuk for six months, warning that Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, the head of the list,www.ekurd.net might use his veto power if the Provincial Council Elections Law is endorsed without taking into consideration the Kurdish demands. Dr Mahmud Othman, representative of the list in the Council of Representatives, said: Efforts are still ongoing and it is expected to reach a compromise formula since most of the political blocs agreed to postpone the elections in Kirkuk, but the current problem is what is going to take place during the postponement period.
Earlier reports said that the PUK, the Iraqi Islamic Supreme Council, and the Islamic Da'wah Party-Al-Maliki wing, struck a deal on sharing the benefits among themselves in return for accepting the PUK's proposal of disapproving the equal distribution of the Kirkuk Provincial Council seats among the three main components, the Arabs, the Kurds, and the Turkomans. Othman warned that if the Provincial Council Elections Law is endorsed without the approval of the Kurdistan Alliance, it will be returned to the Council of Representatives since the Presidential Council will reject it through Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who will use his veto power."
- "Khalaf al-Ulayyan, member of the Iraqi Al-Tawafuq Front, threatened that the National Dialogue Council, of which he is the chairman, will take a position, which he did not specify, if the post of deputy prime minister is given to the Iraqi Islamic Party [IIP]. He objected to giving the post of deputy prime minister to the IIP since the latter already has the posts of vice president and director of the Presidency Office,www.ekurd.net pointing out that the National Dialogue Council will take a position against the list of names in the Council of Representatives' session on Saturday. Al-Ulayyan accused the IIP of appropriating decision-making power and nominating people for senior positions without consultation with the front. He added: Although Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki asked the IIP to ensure that the list of nominated ministers is signed by the components of the front, it only included the signature of Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi."
For his part, Umar Abd-al-Sattar, member of the Iraqi Al-Tawafuq Front, accused Khalaf al-Ulayyan, chairman of the National Dialogue Council, of trying to hinder the return of the front to the Iraqi Government. He added that the IIP has no intention to take the ministerial posts given to the front, pointing out the Al-Ulayyan - led National Dialogue Council was given the top post in the government; namely, the post of speaker of the Council of Representatives. "
For His part, Salim al-Juburi, spokesman for the Iraqi Al- Tawafuq Front, said that Al-Ulayyan's objection comes within the framework of the attempts to create a rift within the front, adding that a withdrawal from the parliament's session might take place when the list of names is put to vote."
- "The Political Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan [PUK] discussed the political developments in Iraq and the relationship between the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and the central government, particularly with regard to the current dispute over oil control in the region. Kurdish sources said that the meeting, which was chaired by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in his capacity as the PUK leader, thoroughly discussed the developments related to the problem of oil control between Baghdad and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, and exchanged views and made decisions on this issue in order to define the PUK's policy towards it in the coming stage. The sources added that the meeting set a work programme on the general situations in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, the PUK's duties in the region, and the relations between the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and the government in Baghdad."
- "The Iranian artillery renewed its shelling of the border villages in Bashdar District in Sulaimaniyah Governorate and Suran District in the Erbil Governorate at a late hour last night . News agencies cited local residents as saying that the heavy Iranian artillery shelling of Qindil Mountain in Bashdar District started late last night and caused fire on agricultural lands in six villages. More than 20 border villages in Bashdar District came under sporadic Iranian artillery shelling in the past few weeks on the pretext that members of the PEJAK [Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan] Party, which is affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, are present there. The shelling led most of the families to move to secure areas.
The Iranian artillery heavily shelled villages in Sidikan Subdistrict in northeastern Arbil last night, forcing the residents to leave their villages. The Iraqi Government did not issue any clarification with regard to the repeated Iranian shelling."
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It also cited a Kurdish official as saying that Talabani might use his veto power if the Provincial Council Elections Law is endorsed without taking into consideration the Kurdish demands.
- "The Kurdistan Alliance List asserted that there is consensus among most of the blocs on postponing the elections in Kirkuk for six months, warning that Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, the head of the list,www.ekurd.net might use his veto power if the Provincial Council Elections Law is endorsed without taking into consideration the Kurdish demands. Dr Mahmud Othman, representative of the list in the Council of Representatives, said: Efforts are still ongoing and it is expected to reach a compromise formula since most of the political blocs agreed to postpone the elections in Kirkuk, but the current problem is what is going to take place during the postponement period.
Earlier reports said that the PUK, the Iraqi Islamic Supreme Council, and the Islamic Da'wah Party-Al-Maliki wing, struck a deal on sharing the benefits among themselves in return for accepting the PUK's proposal of disapproving the equal distribution of the Kirkuk Provincial Council seats among the three main components, the Arabs, the Kurds, and the Turkomans. Othman warned that if the Provincial Council Elections Law is endorsed without the approval of the Kurdistan Alliance, it will be returned to the Council of Representatives since the Presidential Council will reject it through Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who will use his veto power."
- "Khalaf al-Ulayyan, member of the Iraqi Al-Tawafuq Front, threatened that the National Dialogue Council, of which he is the chairman, will take a position, which he did not specify, if the post of deputy prime minister is given to the Iraqi Islamic Party [IIP]. He objected to giving the post of deputy prime minister to the IIP since the latter already has the posts of vice president and director of the Presidency Office,www.ekurd.net pointing out that the National Dialogue Council will take a position against the list of names in the Council of Representatives' session on Saturday. Al-Ulayyan accused the IIP of appropriating decision-making power and nominating people for senior positions without consultation with the front. He added: Although Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki asked the IIP to ensure that the list of nominated ministers is signed by the components of the front, it only included the signature of Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi."
For his part, Umar Abd-al-Sattar, member of the Iraqi Al-Tawafuq Front, accused Khalaf al-Ulayyan, chairman of the National Dialogue Council, of trying to hinder the return of the front to the Iraqi Government. He added that the IIP has no intention to take the ministerial posts given to the front, pointing out the Al-Ulayyan - led National Dialogue Council was given the top post in the government; namely, the post of speaker of the Council of Representatives. "
For His part, Salim al-Juburi, spokesman for the Iraqi Al- Tawafuq Front, said that Al-Ulayyan's objection comes within the framework of the attempts to create a rift within the front, adding that a withdrawal from the parliament's session might take place when the list of names is put to vote."
- "The Political Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan [PUK] discussed the political developments in Iraq and the relationship between the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and the central government, particularly with regard to the current dispute over oil control in the region. Kurdish sources said that the meeting, which was chaired by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in his capacity as the PUK leader, thoroughly discussed the developments related to the problem of oil control between Baghdad and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, and exchanged views and made decisions on this issue in order to define the PUK's policy towards it in the coming stage. The sources added that the meeting set a work programme on the general situations in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, the PUK's duties in the region, and the relations between the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and the government in Baghdad."
- "The Iranian artillery renewed its shelling of the border villages in Bashdar District in Sulaimaniyah Governorate and Suran District in the Erbil Governorate at a late hour last night . News agencies cited local residents as saying that the heavy Iranian artillery shelling of Qindil Mountain in Bashdar District started late last night and caused fire on agricultural lands in six villages. More than 20 border villages in Bashdar District came under sporadic Iranian artillery shelling in the past few weeks on the pretext that members of the PEJAK [Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan] Party, which is affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party, are present there. The shelling led most of the families to move to secure areas.
The Iranian artillery heavily shelled villages in Sidikan Subdistrict in northeastern Arbil last night, forcing the residents to leave their villages. The Iraqi Government did not issue any clarification with regard to the repeated Iranian shelling."
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