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US push for 'Sunni seats' rejected
Iraq's Independent Election Commission has emphatically rejected US calls for fixed Sunni Arab seats in the legislature, said a commission official. The election body has rejected a move by Washington to adjust the results of next month's vote to benefit the Sunni community. Speaking of "unacceptable" interference, Electoral Commission spokesman Farid Ayar said: "Who wins, wins. That is the way it is. That is the way it will be in the election."Ayar was emphatic in dismissing such a possibility, and suggested US officials were trying to interfere. "Maybe they didn't read the rules and regulations of the commission ... The Americans are expressing their views and those aren't always the same as the commission's. But the commission is absolutely independent. "It is not acceptable for anyone to interfere in our business. That will not be allowed to happen," he said. Posted by: Fred 2004-12-27 |
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