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Federalism
dominates constitution talks- Media monitor
18.8.2005
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Federalism Dominates
Constitution Talks
(Addaawa)
Lawmaker Mariam al-Rayyes said the issue of
federalism dominated the meetings of the political
blocs with the presidency board. They agreed that
every two provinces would form a region with the
same authorities of the Kurdistan region. The other
issues of language, distribution of resources, and
the representation of women in the parliament were
discussed, too. They agreed not to allow leading
officials to hold a second citizenship, as well as
the leaders of the security offices. There might be
an agreement about increasing the women
representation to more than 25 percent.
(Addaawa is a
daily paper issued by the Islamic Dawa Party.)
Prime Minister Meets Sunni Group
(Al-Sabah)
Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari met with the
National Dialogue Council to discuss the drafting of
the constitution within the new deadline of August
22. Council member Iyad al-Samarrai said their
meeting with the prime minister was very important
because he spared them enough time to negotiate with
him about the issues of disagreements that caused
the delay of presenting the constitution on August
15. He added that the meeting will positively affect
the drafting of the constitution.
(Al-Sabah is a
daily independent publicly owned newspaper.)
Men Suspected in Car Bombing Arrested
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed)
An Iraqi satellite channel announced that guards
attached to the Ministry of Transport arrested four
men found with a remote detonator. They are
suspected of being involved in the al-Nahdha garage
car bombing. They handed them over to security
authorities for questioning them. No other
additional information was available.
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed
is an independent daily paper.)
Karbala Governor Meets Iranian Delegation
(Al-Mashriq)
Receiving an Iranian delegate headed by head of the
Haj and Ziyara Organization in Iran, Mohammed Ridha,
Karbala Governor Aqil al-Kuzai called the Iranian
visitors to the holy shrines of Karbala not to
smuggle drugs or to practice any political
activities. He also asked that the visitors show
commitment to the security instructions to avoid
their previous practices, which adversely affected
them. He asked them to stay in hotels and tourists
camps rather than in houses where there are no
health and security measures.
(Al-Mashriq is
published daily by Al-Mashriq Institution for Media
and Cultural Investments.)
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