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Shiites submit draft law to divide Iraq
6.9.2006 |
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BAGHDAD, Iraq,
September 6 , -- Iraq's dominant Shiite political
alliance has submitted to parliament a draft law
governing the division of the country into
autonomous regions.
"The general committee of the United Iraqi Alliance
finished drafting the law of regional formations and
submitted it to the leadership of the parliament for
review," Shiite lawmaker Hamid Mualla al-Saadi said
Wednesday.
The second day of parliament since the end of its
month-long recess is expected to be dominated with
the review of the controversial draft law which will
govern the process of dividing the country into
autonomous regions.
The three Kurdistan provinces in the north are
already autonomous and Shiite lawmakers have
indicated they would like a similar federal status
for the overwhelmingly Shiite southern provinces.
With Iraq's oil entirely concentrated in the
northern and southern region's, the proposals worry
the country's Sunni Arabs, largely found in the arid
and resource-poor center of the country.
Kurdish and Shiite parties, however, make up
two-thirds of the parliament.
AFP
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