United Nations stresses the importance of forming a government in Iraq in 30 days

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June 24, 2010 · Posted in NEWS
Thursday June 24, 2010
Alsumaria News / Baghdad


Invited the United Nations Mission in Iraq, on Thursday, political parties the necessity of forming the new Iraqi government within 30 days, expressed its willingness to provide assistance in that, and shown at the same time that its role in Iraq comes down now to prepare for the transition and the emphasis on social development and human rights .

Said Head of the Mission Ed Mleckert in an interview for “Sumerian News”, “It is important the agreement between the political parties to form a government within 30 days, and by electing a president of the new parliament, which would contribute in pushing the political process in Iraq forward.”

He stressed Melkert “the need to meet the political parties among themselves, and invest the coming period to reach an understanding to ensure the formation of the government within the time frames stipulated in the constitution of Iraq,” noting that “MONUC is ready to offer advice in this matter to all political parties in a neutral, if requested to do so. ”

The leader of the Kurdistan Coalition Mahmoud Othman, expected on Wednesday, in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, the United Nations intervenes and a number of States to the religious authority in Najaf to call for a decisive factor in forming the new government in Iraq, especially after the letters of French commends role of the Authority, stood at a distance of one of the political blocs, noting that “the religious authority can play a major role in Iraq because of the large weight in the Iraqi street.”

While rejecting the religious authority, Ali al-Sistani on the lips of his spokesman, Hamed al-Khafaf said in a statement issued on the eighteenth of this month to have any role in the formation of the National Alliance, which included Iraqi National Coalition and a coalition of state law, which was announced earlier this month, as he emphasized that the reference do not support any person to head the Iraqi government, but is neutral on everyone.

The French ambassador Boris Bwalun, had initiated the visit the holy city of Najaf on Monday a brief summary 21 June in which he quoted Rsalil verbale from the French President to the Shiite authority in Najaf, especially the supreme authority Ali al-Sistani commends turn the stability of Iraq and support the political process over the past years, and one on France’s position the Iranian nuclear file.

Although the provision of the National Alliance and a document of the speaker of parliament, provisional Fuad Masum, confirms that the largest bloc in parliament and are entitled to form a government (159 seats out of 325) but still most of the components of the National Coalition rejects coalition candidate rule of law, Nuri al-Maliki, is now putting the new conditions is that the candidate has to accept coalitions and other political forces, as well as the candidate to accept the government program established by the coalition.

In contrast, rejects the rule of law (89 seats), candidates for the National Coalition Adel Abdul-Mahdi, and Ibrahim al-Jaafari, which could lead, in the view of observers, to the collapse and open the door to al-Maliki to form new alliances with the Iraqi List (91 seats) to form a new government, especially with the exclusion of the Parties coalitions are talking about the possibility of a compromise candidate, and the existence of negotiations were underway between Maliki’s coalition and Iraqi forces in this regard.

The question being debated among the winners in the elections on the text of the constitutional entitlement Cluster winning the formation of the government, Iraqi constitution in accordance with Article 76 on the eligibility of the parliamentary majority of the formation of the government, while insisting coalition Iraqi (91 seats) that the text refers to the list of winning elections , at the time considered the rule of law coalition (89 seats) that the text means any farm that may arise as a result of a merger or alliance winning any of the blocks after the elections.

And demands that proponents of the Iraqi reapply the previous occurred in 2006 when he was assigned to the UIA to form a government, when the failure of a candidate Alliance bloc, winning the time Ibrahim al-Jaafari to obtain the approval of the parliamentary blocs after he was tasked by the President to form a government, he returned President Jalal Talabani and cost a compromise candidate of the cluster itself, a Nuri al-Maliki and, therefore, the President to instruct the Iraqi List, the formation of the government as the largest bloc winning in the elections.

Thus, even if the candidate fails the first menu in the formation of the Iraqi government must go to a compromise candidate of the mass of Iraq itself, and if not then it must respect the Constitution through the assignment of the second block after the Iraqi List, form the government.

Observers believe that the interpretation of Article 76 on the largest bloc now does not have importance, because most of who can collect 163 deputies to vote for the candidate of the largest prime minister, as the entire package for the selection of the three presidencies (Parliament, the Republic and the Council of Ministers).

And considering that it is supposed to be at the first meeting of the Council of Representatives, even if they remain open, choose the president and two deputies, it means that the first node will be the position of speaker of parliament and not the prime minister, is unlikely to vote in a block as speaker of parliament, before to agree and guarantee to vote for its candidate for one of offices, the presidency and ministers.

The results of the elections issued by the High Commission in the twenty-sixth of March last declared victory coalition Iraqi led by Iyad Allawi, the first place after winning 91 seats, followed by a list of coalition rule of law led by Nuri al-Maliki won 89 and the National Coalition of Iraq in third place winning 70 seats, the Kurdistan Alliance with 43 seats IV

25-06-2010

Head of the UNAMI commission Ed Melkart stressed the necessity for all Iraqi political parties to form the new government within 30 days.

Speaker of the new Parliament should be elected in order to move forward the political process, Melkart told Alsumaria News.

The UNAMI is ready to assist in this concern, he added.
Head of the UNAMI commission underlined the importance of gathering all political parties in order to reach an understanding on the new government within timelines stipulated in the Constitution.

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