Seaview
08-20-2008, 11:53 AM
In a press statement to al-Hayat newspaper, the Iraqi Parliament member from Kurdistan Alliance Bloc Khalid Shwani said that the Kurds will respond to the positive proposals, which will help in solving the problems of the elections in Kirkuk.
“All the parties have agreed to Di Mistura’s proposal, but differences still exist concerning it. Political blocs have introduced different ideas and we are optimistic about reaching a consensus solution at the end of this month”, Shwani told the newspaper.
He added “Several specialist committees were formed to set the legal terms of the proposals. The committees have not held their meetings yet because of the Parliament’s summer vacation. The political blocs’ meeting, which was to be held this week, was postponed because of the absence of most of the Parliament’s members.”
The newspaper also held an interview with Dr. Iyad al-Samaraie, the member of the Accordance Front Bloc at the Parliament who said “our bloc made contacts with all the parties, including the International envoy. We are ready to discuss the guaranties of the Arab and Turkmen parties to accept article 24 of the Provincial Elections Law. The most important guaranties are to make the elections far from any political influence by the political parties in the province, not to make any changes in the political positions during the elections period and to review the voters’ records in Kirkuk by joint committees.”
Al-Samaraie added “we will resume the negotiations by the end of the Parliament’s vacation. Mutual negotiations are still going on, and we cite serious and flexible stances by all the parties to issue the elections law.”
PUKmedia :: English - Shwani: Agreement on Mistura’s Proposal Concerning Kirkuk (http://pukmedia.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5949&Itemid=1)
“All the parties have agreed to Di Mistura’s proposal, but differences still exist concerning it. Political blocs have introduced different ideas and we are optimistic about reaching a consensus solution at the end of this month”, Shwani told the newspaper.
He added “Several specialist committees were formed to set the legal terms of the proposals. The committees have not held their meetings yet because of the Parliament’s summer vacation. The political blocs’ meeting, which was to be held this week, was postponed because of the absence of most of the Parliament’s members.”
The newspaper also held an interview with Dr. Iyad al-Samaraie, the member of the Accordance Front Bloc at the Parliament who said “our bloc made contacts with all the parties, including the International envoy. We are ready to discuss the guaranties of the Arab and Turkmen parties to accept article 24 of the Provincial Elections Law. The most important guaranties are to make the elections far from any political influence by the political parties in the province, not to make any changes in the political positions during the elections period and to review the voters’ records in Kirkuk by joint committees.”
Al-Samaraie added “we will resume the negotiations by the end of the Parliament’s vacation. Mutual negotiations are still going on, and we cite serious and flexible stances by all the parties to issue the elections law.”
PUKmedia :: English - Shwani: Agreement on Mistura’s Proposal Concerning Kirkuk (http://pukmedia.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5949&Itemid=1)