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Iraq 's Parliament says it has passed a key draft provincial election law that would allow voting to take place in the country's 18 provinces this year. ...
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Saad al-Hariri praises improved security situation during meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ... Source: www.iht.com --- 8 days ago
The speaker of Iraq's Parliament flew to Jordan on Tuesday for medical treatment. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 36 days ago
LONDON-Britain's Parliament banned the military wing of Lebanese-based group Hezbollah on Tuesday to punish it for supporting terrorist activities in Iraq and the Palestinian territories. The ban makes it a crime to join or support the military wing of ... Source: www.usatoday.com --- 14 days ago
Iraq's Parliament has adjourned for a month-long break after adopting a supplementary budget of $21 billion but failing to reach ... ... Source: www.latimes.com --- 14 days ago
Iraq lawmakers break for vacation, unable to agree on oil-rich Kirkuk, which the Kurds want to annex to the semiautonomous Kurdish region. The Iraqi Parliament broke for summer vacation Wednesday without passing a bill that would have allowed provincial elections to be held this year, dealing a blow to hopes for bringing alienated Sunni and Shiite Muslim voices into the political process any time soon. ... Source: www.latimes.com --- 29 days ago
Kurdish lawmakers object to a secret vote on conditions for provincial elections calling for ethnic groups to share power in Kirkuk. As a consequence, those elections probably won't be held this year. Kurdish lawmakers walked out of Parliament Tuesday in protest over a vote on conditions for Iraq's provincial elections that called for ethnic groups to share power in Kirkuk, an oil-rich city that Kurds consider part of their territory.The walkout, which included shouting and accusations of a conspiracy against Kurds, appeared to lessen the chances that the elections would be held this year. No law exists setting out election procedures. ... Source: www.latimes.com --- 21 days ago
The move comes after lawmakers' summer term ends without passage of the measure to hold provincial balloting this year. Iraq's Parliament ended its summer term today without passage of a law to hold provincial elections later this year, forcing the government to call an emergency session for the weekend. However, a positive outcome remains far from clear. ... Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 37 days ago
Last winter, Rep. Bill Delahunt decided he wanted more information from the Bush administration about long-term U.S.-Iraqi security negotiations. He was troubled by the November " declaration of principles " signed by the president and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, which intended to do away with past UN-sponsored status of forces agreements, normally renewed on a yearly basis. Delahunt wondered: Would this pave the way for an open-ended U.S. military presence in the country? And, if so, would the administration be coming to Congress to secure approval for such a measure? The Massachusetts Democrat began holding a series of hearings intended to press the administration into greater clarity. Eventually, Ambassador David Satterfield and Assistant Secretary of Defense on International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long accepted one of Delahunt's invitations and told him the administration did not intend to seek the Congress' blessing before finalizing the next security agreement with the Maliki government. At which point, Delahunt lit on idea. Why not go around Bush and Maliki and talk directly to the members of Iraq's Parliament? After all, just as Delahunt thought the U.S. Congress ought to vet the next security agreement -- especially if it contained the authorization for troops to fight -- he realized Iraq's Parliament should have a role to play as well. According to an aide to Delahunt, it was simply a matter of reciprocity. "It w ... Source: www.un.org --- 12 days ago
The United Nations Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) says it regrets that an opportunity was missed yesterday when the country's Parliament adjourned without reaching agreement on a new provincial elections law. ... Source: jurist.law.pitt.edu --- 14 days ago
[JURIST] The Iraqi Parliament [official website] has failed to agree on a draft election bill prior to adjourning for the summer on Wednesday. Kurdish legislators have strongly opposed the bill's proposal to establish a provincial council in Kirkuk [GlobalSecurity backgrounder] made up of equal numbers of Kurdish, Arab, and Turkmeni representatives. Kurds constitute the majority in the area, ... Source: www.sacbee.com --- 29 days ago
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi Parliament approved a bill Tuesday that calls for crucial provincial elections on Oct. 1, but the approval via a secret ballot alienated Iraqi Kurds and very likely will lead to the postponement of the process until next year, several members of Parliament said. ... Source: jurist.law.pitt.edu --- 35 days ago
[JURIST] Kurdish legislators staged a walkout of the Iraqi Parliament Tuesday, delaying a vote on a proposed provincial election bill that they say is unconstitutional. Kurdish lawmakers objected to an attached proposal that would establish a provincial council in Kirkuk to include equal numbers of Kurdish, Arabs and Turkmeni representatives. Kurds, who constitute the majority in the area, argue that this arrangement does not reflect the region's true population. The Parliament will reconvene to discuss the bill again on Thursday, but Kurdish legislators have threatened to boycott that session unless the council proposal is dropped. The New York Times has more. AP has additional coverage. In February, Iraq's Presidency Council rejected a draft provincial elections law that detailed the relationship between Iraq's central and local governments, sending the legislation back to Parliament. The draft law was part of a package of legislation approved by the Parliament earlier that month that also included the 2008 budget and an amnesty bill that will lead to the release of roughly 5,000 prisoners. In March, the Presidency Council withdrew its objections, indicating that the law could now take effect without any changes. ... Source: www.star-telegram.com --- 17 days ago
Iraqis no longer ask, "Are you Sunni or Shiite?" ... Source: www.zawya.com --- 30 days ago
The Iraqi Parliament opened its session on Sunday with the first reading of the draft law on the 2008 supplementary budget, according to a parliamentary media source. ... Source: www.alsumaria.tv --- 14 days ago
Iraqi Parliament delayed for the third time in a row voting on the provincial election law due to ongoing rows. As voting is delayed till Wednesday, informed sources told Alsumaria that this new date is the same as previous ones. Head of the legal parliamentarian committee Bahaa Al Araji told ... ... Source: www.iraqslogger.com --- 15 days ago
Al-Hayat reported on the failure of Iraqi politicians to reach a resolution to the Kirkuk impasse, opining that the Provincial Elections (initially slated for September) may be postponed due to the disagreements over the elections' law. ... Source: www.alsumaria.tv --- 7 days ago
The speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Mahmud Mashhadani, was admitted to Al-Hussein Medical Centre in neighboring Jordan suffering heart problems. He is now undergoing medical examinations, after which doctors are going to decide on his health situation. Mashhadani's spokesman, Jabbar Mashhadani, ... ... Find more results for Iraq Parliament on RSSMicro.com |
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AFP - The speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Mahmud Mashhadani, was admitted to hospital in neighbouring Jordan on Tuesday after suffering heart problems, a hospital official said. ...
AFP - Iraq's Parliament said on Tuesday it passed a key draft provincial election law that would allow voting to take place in the country's 18 provinces later this year. ...