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| IAF member foresees "collapse" in negotiations with govt. |
| 2008-05-26 |
| (VOI) – A member of the Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front on Sunday expected negotiations between the IAF and the government regarding the return of the withdrawn ministers to "collapse." "The IAF is unprecedentedly discontented over the government's reply to the front's recent messages regarding the cabinet lineup. The government's reply did not meet the minimum demands of the IAF," lawmaker Omar Abdul-Sattar al-Karbuli said in a press release on Sunday. "The front will have a final bid to save the negotiations from an expected collapse in case the government fails to respond to its demands," Karbuli said. He pointed out that the procrastination practiced by the government in its negotiations with the IAF is in nobody's interests. "The government's statements that there was no accordance within the Iraqi Accordance Front did not justify this procrastination," he said, adding "the bet on inter-IAF differences is definitely a lost one." The IAF withdrew its five ministers and deputy premier from the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki government in early August 2007. The step was followed by the withdrawal of other blocs, including former Premier Iyad Allawi's Iraqi National List (INL), which had five cabinet ministers. The IAF, which has 44 out of the Iraqi parliament's 275 seats, is the third largest bloc after the Shiite Unified Iraqi Coalition (UIC)'s 83 seats and the Kurdistan Coalition (KC)'s 55 seats. |
| Posted by:Fred |