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Hashimi al-Maliki holds responsibility of the confusion that happened in political process

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appealed directly to the Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi to withdraw its veto election law.

Maliki said in an interview with the Associated Press Ashiotid aspects of Hashemi's direct appeal to withdraw the veto and retreat from this path because he personally Aikhaddmh These reflexes that got popular demonstrations which have occurred and the damage to the distribution of seats to serve the trends he is talking about and harm national unity and the detriment of all the achievements made by the government.

Maliki said he hoped to turn al-Hashemi to the risks caused by the use of the veto and that Abar him, blaming him for all the confusion that happened in the political and electoral process.

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Hashemi's office to respond to criticism the Prime Minister and described defeatism

He said the office of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, said the legal and constitutional battle is not over yet, and that has been done to migrants abroad is a historic achievement, but the battle now is to restore the seats that were taken from the provinces to place.

Hashemi's office responded to the criticism made by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday to overturn the election law Hashemi according to the newspaper, the Middle East on Saturday, pointing out that it calls for desperate fired bodies with a view to discredit the efforts of the Vice-President, of calling did not find the courage and the ability to assume responsibility to take refuge in silence, and describing these Mounhzmin.

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Hashemi Announced his refusal to amend the Election Law

He said the office of Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi said the latter refuses to modify the material not revoked in the election law.

A statement from the Office of the Vice President Hashemi announced his refusal to make adjustments to materials not eligible for set aside the election law made by the particular regard to the review in a calculation of the seats in the Iraqi provinces, which inflicted damage inequity and some provinces, noting that al-Hashemi will remain faithful to the rights of the provinces and their share of seats which are guaranteed by the Constitution before the amendment should not be the last to feel the slightest concern for the citizens he would not accept an amendment to the material not revoked.

And the statement that it was premature to talk about the ratification of the law, despite talk of a tentative agreement can be considered a major step in the right direction, and explained that the Electoral Commission to carry out the agreement will be translated by announcing the distribution of electoral seats outdated credit laws and issue instructions to ensure the safety and accuracy and fairness of the participation of a representative range of voters abroad.

The statement accused some unnamed parties without pre-empting what has been achieved historic achievement in the first page of the equity and voting for Iraqis abroad, creating a crisis would not have been for the fact that the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies removed the debate from the right track, ignoring the text of paragraph (b) V of Article 138, and proceed to the easy to challenge the constitutionality of the amendment, which responded to the first article of the law.

The statement noted that the Electoral Commission Stzv the next few hours promise of the restoration provincial seats to go back to the basic point of the veto, which focused on voting abroad to wait for specific and clear mechanisms for the calculation of votes abroad, noting that al-Hashemi confirm that he has received to date written an appropriate solution in both subjects, (voters abroad and seats provinces).

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Political blocs rejects any settlement that would be at the expense of the seats in provinces

Refusal Alliance and the National Coalition and the Kurdistan Alliance any settlement that would be at the expense of the seats in their respective provinces.

A senior political source who declined to be named for life that the National Coalition and a coalition of state of law and the Kurdistan Alliance is convinced the electoral law.

He added that if the Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi election law, would fall in deep trouble and embarrassed because of those blocks has three-fifths of the members of parliament, so it can veto any response to the second-Hashemi. He explained that the issue of provincial seats determined by counting the Ministry of Commerce, and there is no injustice to any party in this matter and will not accept anyone to deduct seats from the provinces with high concentrations of popularity.

The source accused Hashemi he was trying to use the issue for electoral propaganda. He guessed that the law endorses Hashimi after the feast, but he wants to stall to launch a number of statements that are believed to raise the electoral tally.

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Decision-Hashimi revoke the election law and constitutional right

A member of the House of Representatives that the decision to Osama Nujaifi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on veto election law was correct and constitutional.

Nujaifi said in a statement to Radio NOAA Hashimi, said in a statement before the law set aside once again, that the amendment of the election law is unconstitutional.

He explained:
On the adoption of other laws in the parliament as law of oil and gas Nujaifi said that it depends on the effectiveness of the Council of Representatives and the political differences between the lists on the laws, noting that some laws will be ratified in the coming period and some of which will be ratified in the next parliament

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Iraqi leaders press ahead on tentative election deal

Iraqi politicians pushed ahead Friday with a compromise on a contested election measure, awaiting approval from Kurdish officials on a deal that would increase the number of seats in parliament as a way to mute criticism and allow a vote crucial to U.S. withdrawal plans.

Even with a potential breakthrough, the parliamentary elections originally set for Jan. 16 will be delayed until at least mid-February, Iraqi lawmakers and election officials said. The Obama administration has viewed the elections as a milestone in its plans to withdraw all but 50,000 troops from Iraq by August, and longer delays in the vote could complicate that timetable.

In a statement Friday, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, a Sunni whose veto of the measure last week plunged Iraqi politics into crisis, called the preliminary agreement "a great step in the right direction." He said he expected Iraq's electoral commission to announce "good news" about efforts to address parties' objections to the legislation.

But Hashimi cautioned: "It's still early to talk about ratifying the law, because we are awaiting the electoral commission's interpretation of the agreement."

Officials said the Kurds, in particular the party of Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Regional Government, appeared to be the last major bloc to sign on to the agreement. Hadi al-Amiri, a Shiite lawmaker who has played a key role in the negotiations, said Kurdish officials promised an answer to the compromise by Saturday. "I believe we are very, very close to sealing the deal," he said.

But Fouad Masoum, a senior Kurdish lawmaker who agreed in a meeting Friday to bring the compromise to Barzani, did not give any timetable. "I'm going to go back to my leadership for the final word," he said.

The original legislation was passed Nov. 8, but Hashimi, one of three members of Iraq's Presidency Council, each with the power of veto, rejected the measure. He said it gave too little representation to millions of Iraqi exiles, many of them Sunni Arabs.

Parliament amended the legislation this week in a way that apparently backfired on Hashimi. Under the revision, Iraqi exiles would be counted in their home provinces. But a new way of allotting seats meant that majority-Sunni provinces would have fewer members of parliament than under the original measure. Kurds would receive more seats than originally allotted.

The deal remained tentative, and although it had few details, it was aimed at restoring the Sunni Arab seats, while allowing the Kurds to keep the gains allowed under the amended version. Under the proposal, the number of seats in parliament would increase from 317 to 325.

Officials said they were awaiting answers from the electoral commission on how to implement the agreement. Election officials said the proposal might require lawmakers to again amend the legislation.

Parliament is not scheduled to reconvene until Dec. 8.

-The Washington Post-

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Deputy PM, U.S. VP discuss election law

Deputy Prime Minister Rafie al-Issawi on Saturday discussed with the U.S. vice president, Joe Biden, the election law and the recent developments on the Iraqi political scene, according to an official statement.

This came during a phone call between the two officials, according to a statement released by Issawi’s office and received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Talks are still being held between parliamentary blocs to reach a version of the law that is acceptable to all, Issawi pointed out.

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Hashimi attacking samurai rejects ratification of the amended election law

Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi refused to ratify the amendment of Article III of the electoral law by the Iraqi parliament and voted for it last week, pointing out that "the next few hours Stzv Electoral Commission promise of the restoration of the provincial seats," as he attacked the speaker Ayad al-Samarrai and criticized the "unfairness "What happened in the proportion of seats in the provinces.

Hashemi stressed in a statement issued by his office "to reject the amendments to the articles did not take long veto election law, which was introduced by the particular regard to the review in a calculation of the seats in the Iraqi provinces and inflicted some damage to inequity and provinces in the north, center and south."

He pointed out that confirms that he will remain faithful to the rights of the provinces and their share of the seats which are guaranteed by the Constitution before the amendment should not be the last to feel the slightest concern for the citizens he would not accept an amendment to the material not revoked, and explained that the next few hours Stzv the Electoral Commission for elections promise of the restoration of the provincial seats back things to the point of the veto, which focused on basic voting abroad, pending specific and clear mechanisms for the calculation of votes abroad.

He also explained that the constitutional and legal battle is not over yet, and what was achieved on the first page of the equity and voting for Iraqis abroad is a unique and historical achievement, where he became a voice of the Iraqi equivalent abroad to vote at home, and this is contained in paragraph (2) of Article I of the recent amendment , and thus was re-emigrants to his province before deserted.

"Some considered legal battle finished" Although we are still in the middle of the road, "stressing that he was carrying in the task of the establishment of justice to an end, indicating that the "losers who can not find in themselves the ability and courage to take responsibility Fletrqua task to others and going silent is the best for them."

Hashemi, who was confirmed, in another statement, the continuation of consultations with political forces and points of diplomacy to try to solve the dispute over the electoral law, and accused unnamed parties of trying to discredit what he called "the efforts and achievements of the historic al-Hashemi," The statement continued that the injustice that occurred in the proportion of seats in the provinces was to get the approval of the President and the House of Representatives to discuss the rule has not expired already, which allowed discussed and voted upon without any constitutional right.

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Excludes Azzawi, to reach an agreement on the election law

Revealed Accordance Front MP Rashid al-Azzawi said the talks between leaders of political forces on the election law has not so far to reach agreement on the law passed in the Presidency Council.

He said al-Azzawi, told Aswat al-Iraq that the heads of political blocs had a meeting with members of the Presidency of the Republic tonight (Friday), but the meeting did not result in reaching any conclusions.

And cross-Azzawi, the belief that Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi will charge the election law again because the share of provinces that have been added in the recent amendments to the law.

He added that al-Azzawi al-Hashemi is facing considerable pressure from some of the clan elders and political leaders in the provinces which was taken from their shares of seats in the House of Representatives and delivered to other provinces, stressing that things are getting complicated.

He believed that if Al-Azzawi overturn the law again, there must be agreed between the parliamentary forces on it then passed to require high rates in the voting.

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Maliki: the use of the veto by constantly Hashemi will the country to a significant risk

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said the use of the veto by constantly Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi will show the country in security, political, economic and constitutional to a significant risk.

The face of al-Maliki told a news briefing that al-Hashemi appeal to withdraw his veto on the election law, noting that this is not served personally does not serve the trends that we have spoken.

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