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Iraqi leaders agree in principle to unity
government
30.12.2005
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DOKHAN,
Kurdistan-Iraq, Dec 29 (AFP) - 20h18 - Iraqi
President Jalal Talabani and Shiite leader Abdel
Aziz al-Hakim said Thursday that they agree on the
need to enlarge the next government's cabinet to
include representatives of other communities.
"The Kurdish coalition and the Shiite alliance agree
in principle on a government of national unity," the
Kurdish Talabani told reporters after a meeting in
Dokhan, a vacation town 400 kilometers (250 miles)
north of Baghdad.
However, he specified that such a plan would have
restrictions.
"The other parties must believe in certain
principles," including "rejection of terrorism," he
said, adding that prominent Sunni Arab politican
Saleh al-Motlaq "cannot be with the terrorists by
night and with us by day." |
Iraqi
President : Jalal Talabani
Photo: Reuters
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Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic
Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) and member of the Shiite
coalition holding a majority of seats in the current
parliament, praised the "strategic alliance" between
Kurds and Shiites.
"Our alliance does not signify exclusion of others
and is not directed against anyone," said Hakim,
whose conservative Shiite list is widely expected to
take a majority of parliamentary seats after the
December 15 election.
Minority Sunni Arabs enjoyed positions of power
under the former regime of Saddam Hussein but have
expressed discontent at the voting process in Iraq
since his ouster. Sunni Arabs are also believed to
form the backbone of Iraq's insurgency.
AFP
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