29 September 2012
BAGHDAD: Ahrar bloc MP Ali al-Timimi said that the return of President Jalal Talabani to Baghdad does not mean solving the political issues, charging political blocs of "creating" crises.

He did not name the political blocs in his statement.

Timimi added to Aswat al-Iraq that "the problems will be solved with or without Talabani's presence".

Upon arrival home, President Talabani began his endeavor to solve the pending political issues and held meeting with heads of some political blocs, starting with Premier Nouri al-Maliki.

Iraq is suffering from chronic political crisis since the departure of the US forces at the end of 2011, but was escalated when Kurdish leader

Masoud Barzani described Premier Maliki as "a dictator who runs the government unilaterally".

© Aswat Aliraq 2012