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* Arab League representative in Iraq, warns the impatience of Iraqis to delay

 

« on: August 17, 2010, 07:25:42 AM »
Arab League representative in Iraq, warns the impatience of Iraqis to delay forming a government
Warned the Arab League representative in Iraq, Naji Shalgham the impatience of Iraqis over the delay in forming a government, at the same time expressing concern about the deterioration in Iraq.
This came during a meeting with Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, according to Aerion presidential site on Tuesday.
He Shalgham “They are in the Arab League wish the political blocs to end the current crisis through the provision of concessions and sacrifices for the goal of sublime is to preserve the unity and stability of Iraq”, expressing “readiness of the League to carry out any role agreed upon by the political groups involved and it will not fail in this area” .
 For his part, Hashimi stressed “the importance of the Arab presence and active role of the Arab League to help political parties to overcome the crisis and the need for the Arab League to play a distinct role in this area.”

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* Parliament will not meet without political deal – MP

 

« on: August 17, 2010, 07:43:02 AM »
August 17, 2010 – 11:11:10
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Iraqi Parliament will not meet again unless there is a deal made between political blocs to distribute major state posts among them, a Kurdish lawmaker said on Tuesday.

“The temporary speaker of the parliament can call on lawmakers to meet only in one case, to elect the parliament’s speakership,” Lawmaker Arif Tayfor told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He explained that a process like this will not occur unless there is a deal between political blocs to decide which bloc gets which state post.
http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=135740

* Kurdish activist: KRG’s policy regarding Article 140 is “wise”

 

« on: August 17, 2010, 08:12:00 AM »
Washington, Aug. 17 (AKnews) – The representative of the Kurdistan National Congress to the U.S. on Tuesday described the Kurdistan Region’s policy regarding the implementation of the Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution as “wise.” 
 
Article 140 suggests a plan to resolve territorial disputes between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan regional government (KRG) in Erbil.
 
“The implementation of the Article 140 is essential because it benefits both the Arabs and Kurds. Iraq will reach peaceful conditions in the coming years if the article is implemented,” said Saif Baderkhan to AKnews.
 
Baderkhan also stated the withdrawal of the U.S. forces could negatively affect the Kurds in Iraq. He called on Iraqi authorities to speed up the implementation of Article 140 before the withdrawal date of the U.S. forces. 
 
The Kurdistan National Congress was founded in the Belgian capital of Brussels in May 1999 to defend the rights of Kurdish people and reconcile all the Kurdish parties.
 
The dispute is set to be resolved in three stages; normalization, census and referendum which will decide if the areas are eligible to enter the KRG’s jurisdiction.

Despite a deadline for the Article 140 to be carried out by 2008, the process is still in its early stages.
 
http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/174581/

* Iraqi leaders are holding an important meeting at the home of Iyad Allawi

« on: August 17, 2010, 09:33:58 PM »
 The leaders of the Iraqi coalition shortly before an important meeting at the home of Iraqi President Iyad Allawi’s coalition, to discuss the latest political developments and recent statements by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who was considered as a component of the Iraqi Sunni Arab.

 He said media source close to Iyad Allawi, in contact with the reporter (and the Iraqi News Agency Information / INA) that “the meeting was held at the home of president of a coalition of Iraq in the presence of political leaders comprising the Iraqi to discuss the latest political developments and the statement of the current prime minister, who believed the Iraqis would be a component of the Sunni in Iraq “.

The source noted that “the conferees will hold a press conference after the completion of the meeting for the withdrawal of a response to these statements, and other issues.”

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* Iyad Allawi: Our meetings Balttiaralsdri aimed at quick solutions to form a gove

 

« on: August 17, 2010, 09:41:05 PM »
17/8/2010 11:25 pm
The head of a coalition of Iraq, Iyad Allawi, said “the meeting in which we delegation of the political body of the Sadrist movement is aimed to bridge the gap in views between us and the National Coalition in general and the Sadrists in particular.”

 ”Said Allawi at a press conference at his home shortly before and took him (and the Iraqi News Agency Information / INA) that” we in Iraq are trying to find quick solutions aimed at forming a government and bring the country out of the current crisis and we will hold in the coming days many meetings. ”

 Allawi and the Iraqi “will not bow to U.S. pressure exerted on the political blocs to form a government and consequently the issue of forming a government like Iraq.”

As noted, a member of Sadr’s political Qusay al-Suhail said, “Sadr is the purpose of such meetings to find solutions appropriate to form a government, especially after you stop the dialogues with the rule of law, who refused to replace the candidate al-Maliki.”

 He said al-Suheil, “we agreed with the Iraqi forces to the general situation in the whole country needs to reconsider and reform through the activation of parliament and issue legislation in this regard.”

 This meeting was attended by Chairman of the Karalkhvaji Sadr’s political and Qusay al-Suhail and MP Nassar al-Rubaie, and Iraqi Coalition President Iyad Allawi, Rafie al-Issawi, Tarek al-Hashemi, Hussein al-Shaalan and the beauty of watermelon.

 

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* Mason Damluji: Meeting of Iraq’s Sadr was a friendly, positive, and resulted in

« on: August 17, 2010, 09:44:26 PM »
Said a spokeswoman for the Iraqi coalition Damluji Mason “The meeting which was held this evening between the Iraqi delegation is the political body of the Sadrist movement was an important meeting and positive and we see significant    For us. ”

 The Damluji in a telephone interview with (Iraqi News Agency Information / INA) that “we discussed with the Sadrists many important issues which are in favor of accelerating the formation of the government and agreed to activate bilateral dialogues between the Iraqi National Coalition and we are now come to the good relations and mutual trust with the flow rib. ”

 She added that “we found the Sadrists open meeting was cordial and comfortable for all and we expect a breakthrough to the current crisis, especially after the existence of a common vision with our brothers in the Sadr movement in how to form a government of national partnership.”

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* Meeting of the Special Committee to devise mechanisms to protect Iraqi funds abr

 

« on: August 17, 2010, 10:00:41 PM »
Baghdad / Orr News
Meeting of the Special Committee to devise mechanisms to protect Iraqi funds abroad
Chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Nuri al-Rose Shawis ministerial meeting of the Committee on the Status of mechanisms to ensure the protection of Iraq’s money abroad, and considered the report of Iraq’s third quarterly update complete immunity available to the Iraqi government funds, and other issues relating to them, according to a government statement.

 The statement said that “the Committee considered the contents of the report Iraq’s third quarterly update complete immunity available to the central bank reserves and money from the Iraqi government and the settlement of issues of bilateral debt and commercial claims, as the Committee discussed the follow-up to the settlement of the remaining contracts of the oil for food program in light of the Council of Ministers No. 270 of 2010. ”

 The meeting came, according to the statement,    In a series of meetings    Meeting of the Committee in order to take the necessary measures to close this file is sensitive and ensure adequate protection of Iraq’s money is worth mentioning that the Secretary-General of the United Nations in this regard had the last contains a lot of positive signals result of actions and positions taken by the Iraqi government.

 The meeting was attended   Minister of foreign affairs and oil, Justice and Commerce Agency and Chairman of Supreme Audit and the legal adviser to Prime Minister and the Under-Ministry of Planning and Deputy Governor of the Central Bank.

Are subject to Iraqi funds that come from oil exports are deposited into the Development Fund, to protect the American Convention provides troop withdrawal signed by Iraq with the United States and approved by Parliament in the 27 of November of last year, the continuation of such protection and to prevent any allegations of financial or courts the establishment of reservations on them.
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* Iraqi government: a partnership entities .. partnership Components

 

« on: August 17, 2010, 12:04:47 PM »
Mohammed Abdul Jabbar
Almost gathered the Iraqi political forces to agree on the need to form a government of national partnership. In return for this almost withdraw from circulation to form a government to say the majority of political

 Considers the political forces now that the political climate of Iraq is now not allowed to form majority government requires a political opposition in return as well. There is a reluctance to the idea of political opposition, but that some have argued that the survival of the group in opposition carries the sense of political marginalization is openly refusing to everyone as well. What do you mean the Government of the partnership?  There are two possible meanings of this term, are the components of a partnership, and partnership entities.

Partnership components of social meaning in the first government partnership means the participation of all components of social and cultural governance.   I mean the ethno-linguistic components, such as Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen and Alcaldoachorien, and components such as religious Muslims, Christians, and components such as religious Shiites and Sunnis. These include the government’s representation of the meaning of the components.  And this is required and necessary in a pluralistic society, where you can not achieve political stability, and then integrate the community without feeling as components found in government, and non-Mgosaip him.

The concept of citizenship here, a foundation in the formation of shared national identity, does not eliminate the concept of belonging to an ethnic or religious components are mainly in sub-identities must acknowledge its existence and its right to govern themselves, first, the right to participate in government at the national level. This need increases the swollen sense of belonging to a sub-identities are more than level a sense of belonging to a common identity. But this does not eliminate the importance of working to deepen the sense of the second, and the transition state to the concept of citizenship, to be citizens of the State, rather than a state components, with the right ingredients does not cancel the presence, expression and representation and participation at a national level.

كم It also does not eliminate the right ingredients to exercise self-management of their internal affairs, as is the case for the British Alscottlandien or Welsh or Irish, who participate in governance at two levels: the national level in the London government and parliament, and local level, where departments and parliaments of communities in their areas.

And how to involve the different components in the central government, from one country to another.  In Belgium and Switzerland, for example, participation is based on the basis of consensual democracy, despite a general election on the basis of common citizenship.  While participation is in Britain on the basis of a pluralist democracy, citizenship abstract, because the national parties, competing parties, not closed, and open to the various components, what they can to claim representation of these components at the national level without the need to introduce democratic consensus. Partnership components on the basis of consensual democracy help to achieve a kind of balance and remove the fears of the risk of marginalization, exclusion or deprivation. but at the same time do not help to establish a stable government, able to move and achievement at an appropriate speed, on the one hand, and help speed up the integration into the community, on the other.

 On the contrary, may deepen the division of community carries the risk of political division, on an individual level and at the state level, as is happening now in Belgium. The partnership components on the basis of a pluralist democracy, it helps to deepen democracy and consolidate the concept of citizenship, and accelerate the integration of community with their ability At the same time to achieve the representation of the components. the Iraqi constitution does not speak openly about the participation of the components.

 But he speaks not in place of the balance in the State formations between the components of the Iraqi people that the so-called many of them in the context of many materials. The idea of balance, in addition to other factors, was born from the womb of the idea of compatibility in the formation of government, with clarification that this idea is temporary, being water until established principles of democracy, including the idea of citizenship, and you are a return to a multiparty democracy, as was said at the time. Although the constitution prescribed for this position puts him a lot of material, but it goes back and freezes all these articles in the chapter on transitional provisions, in order to establish a presidential council will have to take its decisions unanimously, not by majority vote, in contrast to the way in which the House of Representatives, without omits to mention that this temporary measure will be to return to the system after the President of the Republic after the recent elections.

 Partnership political entities second meaning, that the Government partnership means the participation of all entities or political parties, parliamentary blocs in the government. Does not provide for the Iraqi constitution, should be introduced to the concept of partnership of political entities. . On the contrary, the Constitution provides in Article 76 that the number of the parliamentary majority holds the primary right to nominate the post of prime minister.  The President of the Republic to cost the candidate, the first place. But she must succeed in forming a government within 30 days, only the President of the Republic will cost more.  Does not require the Constitution in the second case to be the candidate of the largest parliamentary bloc.

  After succeeding Prime Minister-designate display the names of members of his cabinet and its ministerial platform to the Council of Representatives, and considered to have won confidence when his approval of the individual Ministers and the ministerial program, an absolute majority.  Half of House members plus one, doesn’t mean for the 163-member Council of Representatives.  This is a custom followed in the constitutional democratic regimes, where the President of the winning party a majority of members of parliament is a prime sentence. In the last Israeli election was the party, Livni is the largest electoral bloc, was charged with forming a government, but failed to do during the constitutional period available to them, which is 30 days, has opened the door to mandated Netanyahu, leader of the second bloc second in terms of number of deputies.

After the results of the recent Iraqi elections, a dispute emerged between politicians about the meaning of the largest parliamentary bloc. And the perception of some people that is intended to cluster, which won won the largest number of seats in the House of Representatives in the elections.  This is true.  But if the Vice-winners or winning electoral lists other, forming a parliamentary bloc by the coalition and integration, so is this cluster is the biggest bloc Her right to the nomination of the office. The Constitution does not prevent that.  This is what I went to him the Constitutional Court, though he were not required to ask the question, to question the clarity of the text of the Constitution.  There is no suspicion here call for recourse to the court to interpret the text of the Constitution is clear. However, the political logic does not prevent from the perception of options in front of political entities to form a government, and these options were: a government of the political majority, or a government of political partnership, the Government of a broad coalition, which includes all or most major political blocs, and each of the two options has advantages and positive aspects.

 Government of the political majority (2-1) holds the largest parliamentary bloc, the party or the big winner in the legislative elections to form the government.  Usually unique to the winning party to form a government, as is the case in the two-party system, as is the case in Britain and the United States and other democratic countries.  Have been baptized or more parties into the coalition to form a majority government policy, when any party fails, by itself, winning a majority of seats in parliament.  As happened recently in Britain.

 If the political majority that constitute the government, a minority political opposition.  In some countries there are giving the opposition a distinct constitutional status, as is the case in Britain, where a minority opposition shadow cabinet. And often consult with the Chairman of the majority of the opposition, its leader a person who, in matters of national task.  This means that sit in the opposition does not mean the ability to influence the decision the national executive or legislative.

 Does not mention the word majority of the component ethnic or sectarian or religious specific, we are not here talking about the majority of religious or national or sectarian, rather the aim is the political majority, based on a political vision or a political program unites believers political entity cross the borders of ethnic or sectarian or religious .  This situation requires, in its best, the existence of political parties or parliamentary blocs cross denominational lines, racial or religious.

The first positive of this method of forming the government, is to deepen the democratic content of governance, and make it doomed figures produced by the elections.   It also paves the way for the emergence of a strong parliamentary opposition have the ability to call the government, which makes the last more careful in its actions. The main downside of this method is likely to remain a political group for a long time outside the government, as happened to the Liberal Democrats in Britain, which did not allow him to participate in government for several centuries.  There is growing negative if the party intended to represent minority ethnic or religious or ideological, which means to deprive the minority from participating in governance.  And can deal with this negative in several ways, easiest requirement for governments to be representative of such minorities, to ensure the failure of the minority parties will lead to damage to the minority to which Taatnsp to, or other methods that will not fail to political thought for the practical reach for the protection of minority rights ethnic, religious or sectarian society from political participation.

 Does not appear that the Iraqi political blocs are ready now to take this way, at least three reasons: the first for fear of exclusion and marginalization; and second, its eagerness to obtain what is provided to participate in the provision of benefits; and third, lack of faith in the usefulness and importance of the opposition in the democratic political system.

Government of the collective partnership This option means a broad coalition government and broad, which includes all political entities or parliamentary blocs.   This is the same model adopted by the political elite after the 2005 elections.  This means that nothing new in the content of the term political partnership, added to the content of the term national unity government in that year. Difference is that the political elite has decided not to use the term national unity government, driven by consciously or subconsciously, a failure that has plagued the concept of a national unity government, which remained, especially in the first two years of age without a real achievement on the security level, political, economic and service.  The government riven by dissension and crippled its political quota system.  It led to the paralysis of parliament, which has real capacity to control and accountability because of the impunity enjoyed by the political parties and ministers, which immunity is unconstitutional, on account of the constitutional immunity enjoyed by the House of Representatives.

 Lead-sharing government, or national unity, or quotas, to satisfy the political blocs all, what might be one of the conditions of political stability, but at the same time, may be involved not being able to move, because it had implicitly act in accordance with system compatibility or consensus, of hand, and prevent the emergence of effective opposition in parliament on the other hand.  Where they will cease to raise the banner of the opposition, because of the strong participation of all in government.

Democracies do not resort to the formation of national unity governments, or the participation of all government, except in exceptional and emergency situations such as the exposure the country to war, or a major political crisis Mruroha require the participation of all political parties in power and decision making.  Reform of the political process should be conducted carefully balance the pros and cons of each option, and find the best option after that.  In the meantime this could, for the political elite that are several steps a reform of the political process, including the following points: first, to separate the political and partisan from the path of the Executive and administrative levels, by forming a technocrat government of technocrats, takes into consideration a representation of the social components, that make the requirement of efficiency, competence over everything else.

 Secondly, the Parliament is the arena activation of pluralist democracy. This means the adoption of the vote and taking the decision of the parliamentary majority, when you vote. In this case it is natural that the Parliament has two broad categories, namely: the pro-government group, category opposed to them.  It is necessary to be an effective opposition, and take up a position constitutionally recognized.  In the parliament to take decisions that do not require consensus, but a simple majority or absolute majority, according to transmit to him the Constitution.  In this case it would not hang the role of parliament in decision-making that do not require unanimity or consensus, the status of the case in all parliaments in democratic regimes of multilateralism.

 Third, speed up the formation of the Council to agree, the place of the decisions that need to be a consensus or consensus. The Constitution refers to the Permanent Council of the Federation, which has been no legislation on it yet.  This can be, the Council of compatibility. Could be a council on the basis of components, or on the basis of the provinces, may be the second basis is the safest for the unity of the country and the safety of the political process.  Will have a special law that defines its terms of reference and powers, and regulate the relationship between him and the House of Representatives.  We can say now that the House of Representatives will transmit its decisions to the Council of the Federation, which will have to be approved during a certain period, within the mechanism will be determined by law.

Fourth, expand the powers of local government, particularly in areas that feel Pettmaisaha sectarian or ethnic rest areas, and this is what creates a sense of confidence and effectiveness and inclusion in the administration of these areas. It is noted that the constitution gave such powers to the regions and governorates not internalized province, making the land ready for expansion of these powers, especially at the level of administrative decentralization stipulated by the Constitution and related laws.

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* Kurds Send 19 Conditions To Allawi and Maliki

 

« on: August 17, 2010, 10:40:12 AM »
Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan: As a pre-government formation condition, the Kurdistani Alliance made up of all of the Kurdish parties has sent 19 demands to each of Iyad Allawi, leader of Iraqiya movement, the first election winner and Maliki’s State of Law coalition, the narrowly second vote-getter.

The key demands include emphasis on the implementation of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution in two years’ time, approving of a Kurd as president of Iraq, calls for commitment to the constitution.

None of the two winning coalitions has formally approved of the demands yet.

Iraq held elections in March 2010. Since then more than five months have passed and Iraqi politicians still remain deadlocked to form a new government.

Here bellow is a copy of the Kurdish demands, Rudaw translated them into English for its redress.

1. Commitment to the constitution and all of its terms, as well as preserving a federal system of democracy.

2. The formation of an inclusive national government that includes all key Iraqi groups.

3. Adherence to the principle of partnership in making decisions must be maintained as follow:

       A- Council of National Security must be formed by a law to be voted on at the same time of the approval of the government.

       B- Setting an internal regulation for the Council of Ministers that clarifies the source of decision-making, group-made decisions, and the amount of power prime minister and its deputies seize. 

       C- Adherence to the principle of Tawafuq (Consensus).

4. The formation of a federal council in a year’s time after the government is formed. The president of the republic and his deputies must have the veto power.

5. The Election Law must be amended in order to fairly represent all Iraqis.

6. A general census must be conducted during its scheduled time.

7. Reconsidering the complex of the armed forces and other security forces and approving of and implementing the principle of balance.

8. Implementing the principle of balance in all of the state institutions including ministries and independent committees and etc…

9. Implementing Article 140 of the constitution and allocating a necessary budget to help the article get implemented in no latter than two years’ time.

10. Approving the finally agreed-upon draft law of water resources in a year’s time following the formation of the government.

11.  Approving the finally agreed-upon draft law of oil and gas in a year’s time following the formation of the government.

12. Funding and arming the guards of the region (Peshmerga) as part of the Iraq’s Defense System.

13. Supporting the candidate of the Kurdistani Alliance to become the Rresident of the Republic.

14.  Compensating the victims of the former regime including the victims of Anfal [a genocidal campaign in the 1980s resulted in killing more than a 100,000 Kurds] and chemical weapons used against Halabja and other places. The compensation must be immediate and just.

15. The Kurds must be granted key posts in key ministries and the Council of Ministers as well as independent committees in a just way with taking into consideration the rights of the nations [ethnicities].

16. The Kurdistan’s faction must have the right to vote in the approval of the key ministers and other ministries related to the Kurdistan region.

17. The secretary general of the Council of Ministers has to be a candidate from the Kurdistani Alliance.

18. The coalition government shall be dissolved if the Kurdistani Alliance withdraws because of clear violations of the constitution or the refusal to abide by the terms of the program that we have agreed upon.

19.  The members of the parliament and government employees representing the prime minister must support the previous projects.

http://rudaw.net/english/kurds/3113.html

* Whiner’s Pit?… Concurrency Club? Need a Diff Name?

All,

The “Concurrency Club” just isn’t sitting well with me right now.  Because of that, I’ve decided to SOLICIT feedback on a NAME that would best FIT the name of the place where people can go to disagree, offer differing opinion, respectfully debate, and occasionally complain and whine.  I need your input and will probably pick the one MOST of you like.

Here are some of the ideas I’ve come up with:

- Whiner’s Pit

- Concurrency Club

- The Pit

- Outer Darkness

- The “SAND” Pit (in reference to Iraq)

- GOI (in reference to the ongoing debate, confusion, and utter nonsense shared)

- Lopster’s Lounge

- Them

- Dissenters Dungeon

- Complainers Corner

- The Outhouse

- Contrarian’s Cut-up

- Daddy’s Dissenters

- Daddy’s Doghouse

- Time Out

- LOL!

All the above I’d be happy to OFFICIALLY provide.  However, I can only place a 6 letter word in for the TAB at the top of the site, so you need to think of both the official name AND the tabular name for the button at the top of the site.

Enjoy!  I expect at least 100 responses!

DD