04 January 2012
ERBIL - As the tension between two major parties persists there is no chance of a national extraordinary meeting called for by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to be held, two Kurdish deputies said.
Farhad Atrushi, spokesperson for Kurdistan Blocs Coalition, told AKnews currently it is "impossible" for such a meeting to be held "because the tensions between Iraqiya and the National Coalition are so complicated that they hardly can work out an agreement."
Deputies and ministers of Iraqiya List, led by Ayad Allawi, have boycotted Councils of Ministers and Representatives sessions for two weeks.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki who leads the State of Law Coalition recently sacked his deputy Saleh Mutlaq, a senior Iraqiya member, after the Deputy Prime Minister described Maliki as "like a terrorist".
Another senior Iraqiya member, Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, has been indicted on terrorism charges. Hashemi has accused Maliki of politicizing the case and said the evidence against him is fabricated.
To ease tensions, Talabani called for an inclusive meeting of the political bloc leaders to.
Iraqiya has made it a condition that the issues of Hashemi and Mutlaq should be resolved in the meeting. The largest Shiite alliance, N.C. (which includes S.L.C.), has rejected to attend the meeting to address such issues because they regard this "interference in judiciary authority."
Atrushi said both the N.C. and Iraqiya have clear conditions for the meeting but neither is ready to reconcile with the other and this will hinder any agreement.
"It is impossible for the national meeting to be held at the moment," Fatih Daraghayi another K.B.C. member told AKnews "because the gaps between Iraqiya and N.C. have widened so much."
Iraqiya has demanded the meeting be held outside Baghdad while N.C. insists it should be in the Iraqi capital, Daraghayi added.
ERBIL - As the tension between two major parties persists there is no chance of a national extraordinary meeting called for by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to be held, two Kurdish deputies said.
Farhad Atrushi, spokesperson for Kurdistan Blocs Coalition, told AKnews currently it is "impossible" for such a meeting to be held "because the tensions between Iraqiya and the National Coalition are so complicated that they hardly can work out an agreement."
Deputies and ministers of Iraqiya List, led by Ayad Allawi, have boycotted Councils of Ministers and Representatives sessions for two weeks.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki who leads the State of Law Coalition recently sacked his deputy Saleh Mutlaq, a senior Iraqiya member, after the Deputy Prime Minister described Maliki as "like a terrorist".
Another senior Iraqiya member, Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, has been indicted on terrorism charges. Hashemi has accused Maliki of politicizing the case and said the evidence against him is fabricated.
To ease tensions, Talabani called for an inclusive meeting of the political bloc leaders to.
Iraqiya has made it a condition that the issues of Hashemi and Mutlaq should be resolved in the meeting. The largest Shiite alliance, N.C. (which includes S.L.C.), has rejected to attend the meeting to address such issues because they regard this "interference in judiciary authority."
Atrushi said both the N.C. and Iraqiya have clear conditions for the meeting but neither is ready to reconcile with the other and this will hinder any agreement.
"It is impossible for the national meeting to be held at the moment," Fatih Daraghayi another K.B.C. member told AKnews "because the gaps between Iraqiya and N.C. have widened so much."
Iraqiya has demanded the meeting be held outside Baghdad while N.C. insists it should be in the Iraqi capital, Daraghayi added.
© AK News 2012
