Chattels ~ " Evict Maliki " Countdown is 33 Days until the SCHEDULED Election ***
* NOTE that the countdown notice has been amended to qualify the Election as " Scheduled " to give emphasis to the tenuous state of political / constitutional affairs in Iraq in recent days and specifically the mention in the news of a possible delay in the election due to the Anbar diaspora.
Maliki Accuses Parliament of Trying to Delay Elections
RUDAW / ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki accused parliament of trying to delay next month’s legislative elections, a day after the Iraqi High Electoral Commission (IHEC) resigned en-masse, apparently to protest a decision cancelling its powers to disqualify candidates.
“The government stands behind the Electoral Commission for whatever it needs, from money and facilities to contractual procedures to make everything ready for the elections,” Maliki said, after IHEC commissioners submitted their resignations in protest to legislative and executive pressures.
Maliki accused parliament of trying to delay the April polls.
The Iraqi parliament’s Kurdistan Alliance lamented that the commission has become a political victim. In the meantime, it accused unidentified parties of attempting to delay the polls.
In a statement, the US Embassy in Baghdad weighed in support for the commission and the democratic process.
“The United States fully supports Iraq’s democracy and democratic institutions as defined and established in the Iraqi Constitution, specifically Article 102, which provides for the independence and neutrality of the Independent High Electoral Commission,” the embassy said.
“We urge the commissioners to continue this important work, to ensure elections proceed as scheduled, and affirm that the United States will stand behind the full independence of IHEC over the weeks and months ahead,” it added.
The special representative of the United Nations secretary-general for Iraq (SRSG) Nickolay Mladenov hailed the professionalism of the IHEC and reaffirmed the UN’s full support. “The IHEC has demonstrated a high level of professionalism in planning and conducting complex elections, including the next Council of Representatives’ elections, despite security concerns,” he said in a statement posted on the UNAMI website.
“UNAMI reiterates its full support for the independence and the integrity of the IHEC, he added.
Meanwhile, Maliki said there was “a wave of anger” against some of the IHEC’s decisions, particularly over the disqualification of candidates.
“A wave of anger and resentment has risen from the decisions of the commission relating to the process of exclusion or admission of candidates, in accordance with powers granted to the commission, which is in accordance with the applicable law under which it operates."
"We cannot object to something now because this is part of the rights granted by the law," he noted.
Maliki urged those who think that there are flaws in the procedures to make new laws or amend the current ones.
He also denounced a decision that would force the IHEC to cancel its process of vetting candidates.
That would be, “a violation of the law, a violation of the authority of the judiciary, a violation of the authority of the IHEC and a dangerous behavior," he said.
The quarrel between parliament the executive and the IHEC began after the legislature decided on March 19 that the IHEC could not ban candidates who have court warrants against them.
Maliki said he fears "of attempts to postpone the elections.”
Iraqi political parties have accused the prime minister of settling political scores through banning candidates, believing that the government is behind the bans. The bans includes many candidates from the Iraqiya list of former premier Ayad Allawi and the Ahrar list of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
According to reports, some other political dissidents of the prime minister are among the banned candidates. The most notable one is Izzat Shabandar, a former close associate of the prime minister who broke away from him at the end of last year. ARTICLE LINK
Vice Barzani: If you do not accept the evolution of Kurdistan and Baghdad understands the rights of the Kurds to secede or not the Confederate
Alsumaria / Labeled vice president of the Kurdistan Regional Government Imad Ahmed, on Thursday, remarks by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on the killing of journalist Mohamed Bedaiwi as against "the Constitution and the co-existence" in Iraq, noting that if you do accept Baghdad growth of the Kurdistan region and Ataatvhm rights of the Kurds to not turn the system in Iraq to the confederation or separation.
Ahmed said during an interview with the Kurdish section of the Voice of America that it had seen "Alsumaria News", "The prime minister's comments on Iraq Nouri al-Maliki murder of journalist Mohammed Bedaiwi illegal and irresponsible," viewing it as "against the Constitution and the coexistence in Iraq."
Ahmed said that "it was taking legal action against the accused," pointing out that "if it is to exploit this issue to stir the emotions and feelings of the citizens and used as the elections against the Kurds would be a political mistake."
Ahmed pointed out that "if Baghdad did not accept the growth and development of the Kurdistan region but do not understand the rights of the Kurds for not understanding the separation instead of war," indicating "not to switch to a confederation or an independent state without causing damage to any party."
The Presidency of the Kurdistan region, expressed in (March 25, 2014), expressed regret for the death of academic and journalist Mohamed Bedaiwi in the city of Baghdad, and insisting on the need to lead the judiciary role in this file away from the desire of some politicians, illegal, called on the central government to sit down for an end to this troubled relationship "if they do not want Sisterhood."
And met with the murder of journalist Mohamed Badawi at the hands of one officer regiment presidential Jadiriya Baghdad, denunciations formal and extensive media included occultation dozens of local newspapers for publication last Sunday, as tens of media personnel in the organization of the funeral of symbolic Bedaiwi, while expressing embassies and international organizations and bodies denunciation of the crime, including the United Nations Organization Mission in Iraq, while the Ministry warned Affairs (Peshmerga) in the Kurdistan region of the danger of "exploiting the issue politically," and described the process of encircling the seat of the President of the Republic during the attempt to arrest the killer as a "major problem." ARTICLE LINK
Hakim: No choice but to Iraqis unity crisis and crisis management in all sectors
Baghdad - The President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar al-Hakim, the importance of a clear vision and comprehensive strategy to rebuild Iraq.
A statement for the presidency of the Supreme Council received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of the al-Hakim said during a national meeting of the expanded professors at his office in Baghdad today the importance of adopting the application of the strategic vision to rebuild Iraq team line efficiently, "noting that" the vision and the team harmonious and revolution administrative tools are to gain access to a modern state fair. "
He Hakim according to the statement that "the required political solutions and not giving describe the case and the problems experienced by the everyday citizen in his main concern," stressing that "the discounts do not produce anything, not an option for the Iraqis, but the nation and the unity within the Iraqi project."
The head of the Supreme Council that "higher education is the pillar of the most important in the development project because it deals with the rights and human potential is the key to building a modern state fair," noting "the importance of complementarity between Education and Higher Education and the planning for the construction of private universities sober compete with public universities," pointing to " the need to update the curriculum in line with the development in the world. "
Hakim renewed "emphasis on the Iraq crisis to crisis management in all sectors," calling for "the advancement of the structures greeting Iraqi universities and interest in missions, especially missions, management and distribution in proportion to the population of each province."
And that "universities can contribute to solve the problems of consulting the ministries, and the importance of linking the university to public life because it is an important station to brainstorm which result in a lot of processors," stressing the "benefit of the scientific energies do not retire with science." ARTICLE LINK
Watch the recorded video of the UN Security Council meeting with Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq: Mr. Nickolay Mladenov. UN WEB TV LINK
RED LILY ~Thank you meliahlore ~ Well worth listening to IMO
Secret agreement between Erbil and Ankara: Oil for independence
GAZETTE~informed sources revealed the signing of the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Barzani during his recent visit to Turkey on a secret agreement include support for the efforts of the Government of Ankara Kurdish secession from Iraq1in return for the region that provides oil and all its derivatives to the world through Turkish territory.
Said sources, quoting agency Ur News that "the two sides have agreed in principle to support Turkey's efforts Iraqi Kurds to the independence of Iraqi Kurdistanand provide them throughout the transition period to judge the independent pensions staff and the conduct of public life and logistical support to the border and intelligence effort against the secret treaty undeclared been the signing of the first principles of the Iraqi Kurdish and Turkish Kurdistan that they should include all oil products to Turkey and then also to the world. "
The source pointed out that Ankara has pledged to Barzani to confront the Iraqi government implicitly and by various means is declared and that is the Kurds where in the interface and confrontation in addition to the Kurdistan separate new will play the role of the Kurdish leadership in the Kurdish parts of the four and the confiscation of the role of the PKK against the development of a strategy of sustainable economic between the two sides and to increase the volume of investments and Turkish companies operating and expertise in various fields.
Barzani visited Turkey recently and discussed with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a number of files and most notably the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil regarding oil wealth. ARTICLE LINK
RED LILY ~ WHOA! I have suspicions that IF the wording in the budget does not change, we may see KURDISTAN'S secession from Iraq.
1secret agreement include support for the efforts of the Government of Ankara Kurdish secession from Iraq
Maliki: the popular uprising that nearly achieved its goal to topple the dictatorial regime of the conspiracy nor the regional and international
GAZETTE~- recalled Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the popular uprising that came out of people from north to south to topple the former regime in 1991, stressing that it almost does not achieve its goal of regional and international conspiracy.
Maliki said in a statement received news agency public opinion (and babysit), we 'recall these days the passage of twenty-three years on the uprising of the Iraqi People's major shook the throne of the regime of Saddam dictatorial regime in 1991, as we recall Championships and the will of the people to defeat the corrupt regime and not to surrender to the policies of repressive " .
He added that "the people of the north to south break in this uprising barrier of fear imposed by the system after long years of repression, deprivation and planting abhorrent sectarianism, and the adventures that squandered the wealth of the country and claimed the lives of thousands of its sons in wars stray was beginning to Iran and most recently the invasion of Kuwait."
"The slogan of the popular uprising first and last is to bring down the dictatorial regime of sectarian apartheid and put an end to recklessness and tyranny and oppression ', noting that' the uprising that nearly achieved its stated goal while enabling invalidation of the expulsion of the ousted regime of 14 provinces mollified, not for the conspiracy regional and international levels and opacity media meant that the regime of Saddam prepared to regain control and commit the worst crimes of genocide. "
He stressed that "this system lawful those provinces and carried out a campaign of arbitrary arrests of thousands of people and buried alive at the mass graves and bulldozed farmland and palm groves and violated the sanctities and holy shrines, which sought refuge with women, children and the elderly were not spared from the tyranny ', valuing' attitude rebel uprising and martyrs who rebelled for the dignity of Iraq and freedom, and those who initially registered the truth what has been achieved for each of the defeats of the system in all provinces of Iraq. "p / h ARTICLE LINK
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