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Kurdish Parliament Prevented Secret Ballot - Media
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10.5.2006
Press from 10.May.2006
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Kurdish Parliament Prevented Secret Ballot
(Hawlati)
The Kurdish parliament has approved the new unified
(Kurdish) government's cabinet, but a number of
deputies told Hawlati that if the voting would have
been conducted using secret ballots the new cabinet
would not have been approved. Before the vote,
around 50 deputies submitted a memorandum to the
parliamentary speaker (Adnan Mufti) demanding it be
conducted with secret ballots, but he refused. Some
of the deputies said that if the process was held by
secret ballot many (ministerial) candidates would
have not been approved and the cabinet would have
failed. Kurdistan Mohammed, an MP with the Patriotic
Union of Kurdistan's list, said that he raised his
hand to object to one of the candidates, but the
speaker said the vote was unanimously approved. The
new cabinet has 42 ministers.
(Hawlati is an
independent newspaper issued weekly by Ranj Print
House.)
Abdul Mahdi: Federalism Works for Iraqis
(Al-Taakhi)
Vice president Adil Abdul Mahdi maintained that the
federalist system outlined in the constitution
should be applied throughout the country. He said
federalism is the best way to govern Iraq's many
ethnic and religious groups. Abdul Mahdi said
federalism's success in Kurdistan is the best
example that the system works well in Iraq. He
maintained that the Kurdistan experience may be used
as an example throughout Iraq and for the next
government. He asked the Kurdistan government to
work with the central government to … work seriously
to help form the new Iraqi government.
(Al-Taakhi is
issued daily by the Kurdistan Democratic Party.)
Eight Thousand Patients Need Urgent Treatment
Abroad (Tareek
al-Shaab)
The health ministry affirmed that its international
health department has more than 8,000 patients --
most of them children -- who urgently require
treatment abroad. The ministry's director-general,
Jasim Latif Ali, said most of the patients die from
cancer while waiting to be sent abroad. He added
that (except for a few international organisations,)
humanitarian organizations were not effective in
saving the patients. He maintained that the
government is falling short in giving stipends to
treat patients abroad.
(Tareek al-Shaab
is issued by the Iraqi Communist Party.)
Demand for Ice Grows
(Baghdad)
With temperatures rising in May, people throughout
Iraq have started buying ice but are frustrated with
its high price. In Diwaniya province, provincial
council member Sheikh Ghanim Dahash said the council
has prohibited selling ice outside of the province
so that local demand can be met. Health teams will
oversee the ice factories to ensure that they are
using clean water.
(Baghdad is a
daily newspaper issued by the Iraqi National
Accord.)
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