Kerry after meeting Najafi showing his fear of the collapse of democracy in Iraq

Kerry after meeting Najafi showing his fear of the collapse of democracy in Iraq



Term Press / Baghdad

New House Speaker Osama Najafi, Sunday, confirmed that the decision to postpone the elections in the provinces of Anbar and Nineveh "political and illegal", and stressed that the faltering tracks political and slow democratic transition and breaking conventions "caused a rift in the national unity", while expressed U.S. Secretary of State fears from the collapse of democracy in Iraq.

Said House Speaker Osama Nujaifi said in a statement received (range Press), a copy of which after meeting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry today in Baghdad that "the decision to postpone the elections in the provinces of Anbar and Nineveh is a breach legally inconsistent with the Constitution", again emphasized that "the reasons that have been whereby the postponement were not convincing. "

According to the statement, "Najafi told Kerry that the postponement decision was political par excellence that security conditions in Baghdad this period witnessed an unprecedented deterioration, but the decision to postpone the long-only Nineveh and Anbar."

Nujaifi stressed that "stumbled tracks the political process and the slow democratization and breaking political agreements between partners caused a rift evident in the national unity and troubled in the march of the partnership."

The statement quoted U.S. Secretary of State saying that he was "worried and afraid of the collapse of what has been built from the foundations of democracy."

He called John Kerry, according to the statement, "all Iraqi parties to cooperate in order to complete the national partnership and overcome the crisis," pointing out that "the United States remains committed to Iraq as part of the strategic partnership between the two countries."

The statement issued by the Office Nujaifi that "the two sides discussed the latest political developments in the Iraqi scene and ways out of the current crisis and taking into account the constitutional and legal standards."

Arrived and U.S. Secretary of State, on Sunday, to Baghdad on a visit unannounced is his first since he took office, replacing Hillary Clinton, after hours of conducting meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

He was U.S. secretary of state John Kerry chain positions today carried criticism of the Iraqi government in various topics, he criticized the "leniency Iraq with arms transfers to Iran and said that administration officials are following closely crossings aviation Iranian airspace Iraqi to help the Syrian regime to stay , and between those wondering "how our allies in Iraq and allowed to happen?" calling in this regard Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to help the departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from office and not keep it.

He also criticized Kerry Iraqi government's decision to postpone the elections in the provinces of Nineveh and Anbar, and appealed to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to reconsider the decision, and stressed that the United States sees the need everyone's participation in the elections, stressing that "justification" the Iraqi government to postpone the elections "not convincing."

He criticized Kerry as well as opponents of the political Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and "angry" him because of their withdrawal from the government, and urged them not to abandon the new system, and stressed that the United States continues to respect its support for Iraq in accordance with the strategic framework agreement, while he stressed that Iraq faces significant challenges in several areas despite being the fastest growing economy in the region during 2012

Kerry's visit comes to Iraq, hours after holding meetings with Prime with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, in an attempt to revive the peace process in the Middle East in preparation for a new peace summit between the two parties.

The visit Kerry to Iraq, his first since taking office in (January 31 2013) to replace Hillary Clinton, and the first senior U.S. official for several months, especially since the outbreak of the demonstrations taking place in a number of Iraqi provinces since (December 21, 2012), which U.S. administration fully committed to its silence towards the joints, although things portend sectarian conflict in Iraq also warns the government and several other parties.

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According to the statement, "Najafi told Kerry that the postponement
decision was political par excellence that security conditions in
Baghdad this period witnessed an unprecedented deterioration, but the
decision to postpone the long-only Nineveh and Anbar."

AH YEAH!!

OS: duck2000 may be right and Maliki tells him to take a hike too... :(

Nijaifi, Kerry discuss Iraqi, regional political situation


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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) -The Speaker, Osama al-Nijaifi, and the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, discussed the Iraqi and the Regional political situation.
A statement by Nijaifi’s office received by IraqiNews.com cited “During his meeting with Kerry, Nijaifi confirmed that the decision of postponing the elections in Nineveh and Anbar provinces violates the constitution and the democracy.”
“Nijaifi stressed that deviation in the political process, the slow democratic changes and neglecting the political agreements among the partners negatively affected the national unity,” the statement added.
“For his part, Kerry expressed his concerns over democracy in Iraq, calling all sides to cooperate to accomplish national partnership and to overcome crises,” the statement continued.
“He also emphasized the US Administration’s commitment to support Iraq under the strategic partnership between the two countries,” the statement concluded.

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More and More i watch this on TY about it all and the Syria deal, I just do not know. I believe that the program rate has to be lifted with the lifting of VII but, I just have some serious doubts on how a Country can give value and be on the Shiittee list too. Just a little confussed right now...

Neno wrote:More and More i watch this on TY about it all and the Syria deal, I just do not know. I believe that the program rate has to be lifted with the lifting of VII but, I just have some serious doubts on how a Country can give value and be on the Shiittee list too. Just a little confussed right now...

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