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US applauds Iraq plans for parliamentary elections

(AP) – 16 hours ago

WASHINGTON – The White House is applauding Iraqi lawmakers’ vote Sunday to hold parliament elections early next year, a step that the U.S. hopes will ease the eventual withdrawal of American troops.  In a statement issued Sunday evening, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs called the agreement “a decisive moment for Iraq’s democracy.”

The vote in Baghdad on Sunday followed marathon talks by political leaders to break an impasse over balloting provisions that would satisfy the nation’s rival groups.

Gibbs said President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden spoke Sunday morning with the leader of one of those groups, Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani, and confirmed “the U.S. commitment to a long-term relationship with Iraq.”

Iraq’s election is scheduled for Jan. 16, but a delay of a month or more now appears likely.
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Iraq’s parliament has unanimously approved a new electoral law, paving the way for elections early next year.  Parliamentarians were called to vote in a special late-night session to try to end a political crisis, and they voted minutes before the midnight deadline.

The White House said the move was “a decisive moment for Iraq’s democracy”.
The deputy speaker of parliament said an election should take place on 27 February, but it was unclear whether this would be possible.

The new law is said to have been brokered by the UN and the US embassy.
Polls originally scheduled for 16 January had been delayed due to problems with the election law.  “This is wonderful and a huge achievement for Iraq,” said deputy speaker Khalid al-Attiya.

“Now the way is paved to conduct the election at a date to be determined by the presidency council.”  Last week, the United Nations said a new feasible election date was 27 February.

Expanded parliament

Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi had vetoed the previous version of the law, saying it did not provide enough seats for the country’s Sunni minority. Following the parliamentary vote, he formally withdrew his veto of the election law and praised the new amendment as providing a fairer deal for Iraq’s minorities.

About four million Sunnis fled the country to escape violence that erupted after the US-led invasion.  “I would like to congratulate the Iraqi people for this historical victory,” Mr Hashemi said. The compromises reached by politicians had “got Iraq out from the bottleneck and out of a problem”, he said.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the US welcomed the new resolution.
“This legislative action will allow Iraq to hold national elections within Iraq’s constitutional framework,” he said.

Debate over the electoral law had also centred around the northern, oil-rich city of Kirkuk, which is disputed between Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen.  The new parliament will be expanded from the current 275 seats to 325, said Mr Attiya. (Could this be the solution to the matter or Kirkuk which also is impeding the oil and gas law? -KK)

The election is seen as a prerequisite to the US meeting its goal of pulling out combat troops by August next year, and withdrawing fully by 2012.

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BAGHDAD – Iraqi lawmakers have approved a law that clears the way for parliament elections early next year.  The law was approved late Sunday night in an emergency parliament session after days of wrangling by politicians. It is seen as an important step toward political reconciliation and easing the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

Shortly before midnight, lawmakers nearly unanimously approved the law that has been mired for weeks over demands for greater political voice for minority Sunnis and the distribution of seats in Iraq’s expanded 325-seat parliament in next year’s election.

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12/05/2009 5:20 pm

MP said the United Iraqi Alliance, Mohammed Ahumaidwi that “session Today Would not be a vote of a consultative Deliberative For the latest information And suggestions And opinions that have been submitted From all parties on the electoral law.

He Ahumaidwi in a telephone conversation Mr Vice-President of the Republic had set today as the date final consideration of his proposals to modify law, otherwise it will be used right to veto the law, and we hope that the discussions and consultations. Ongoing between the political blocs which did not stop over the past few days to reach an agreement and resolve once and good results will satisfy everyone to avoid a veto-Hashimi.

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Translated by IRAQdirectory.com – [11/28/2009]