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Iraq's Parliament fails to agree on
Coalition withdrawal issue
27.5.2007
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May 27, 2007
BAGHDAD, -- Members of the Iraqi National
Assembly (parliament) have failed on Saturday to
agree upon a draft timetable for the withdrawal of
the multi-national forces from the country.
Only 144 MPs signed the draft, a parliamentary
source told (KUNA) on Saturday.
Following a quarrel between a Kurdistan Alliance MP
and the Parliament's chairmanship, the MPs from the
Alliance and also from the United Iraqi Alliance
withdrew from the session.
During the ordinary session 31, Parliament Speaker
Mahmoud al-Mashhadani proposed the withdrawal draft
timetable that was already signed by many MPs. The
reaction was mixed.
MPs Bahaa Al-A'raji said that a joint committee had
been formed from the Committee of Security and
Defense, the Legal Committee and the Committee of
Foreign Affairs to study the issue.
"Last week they concluded a proposal on the issue,"
he added. |
Iraq's Parliament |
Head of the Sadrist parliamentary bloc, MP Nassar Al
Rubaii, referred to "proposing a withdrawal
timetable as a historical event." MP Mahmoud Othman,
warned against "a sudden withdrawal of the mutli-national
forces."
MP Ganan Al-Obeidai said that the extension issue
rested with the Iraqi government for the absence of
a relevant law.
There is urgent need for an integrated program and a
favorable political climate before dispensing with
the foreign forces, Hameed Majeed from the Iraqi
Communist Party said .
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