Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Statement calling for Iraq vote delay signed by 68 political,tribal

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Statement calling for Iraq vote delay signed by 68 political,tribal

    Statement calling for Iraq vote delay signed by 68 political, tribal groups

    Quds Press news agency, London
    6 Dec 04

    Text of statement issued 5 December by 68 Iraqi entities urging
    postponement of general elections; published by Quds Press web
    news agency

    Baghdad, 6 December: Following is a joint statement issued by 68
    Iraqi political parties, political movements and tribal groupings
    proclaiming a united stand in calling for the postponement of the
    Iraqi elections scheduled to be held on 30 January 2005.

    Text of the statement: In the name of God, the most Merciful, the most
    Compassionate. With God's blessings, the political forces and entities
    included in the attached list and registered at the Independent
    [Higher] Election Commission [in Iraq] (IEC) [English acronym as
    published] met in the Babil Hotel in Baghdad on 5 December 2004,
    corresponding to 23 Shawwal 1425 AH, and agreed on the following.

    1. All the conferees continue to believe that there are certain
    objective and strong reasons that necessitate the postponement of the
    elections from their scheduled date of 30 January 2005 for a period
    of not less or about six months.

    2. The conferees fully realize that there are no guarantees that
    the security and political situations will be better on the proposed
    alternate date. However, they agree that real action can be taken
    in various fields that would provide a better environment to hold
    the elections are a later date, while working to bring about the
    participation of forces that reject the electoral process and calm
    the situation in the hot areas.

    3. The desire of the conferees to postpone the elections stems from
    purely nationalist considerations pertaining to the interests of all
    the various political, ethnic and religious currents of the Iraqi
    people or their future. The conferees strongly denounce the local
    and foreign media outlets that have portrayed our desire as a wish
    to realize the interests of one sect over another. The presence
    of the various sects in this conference attests to this fact. The
    conferees call on the Iraqi brethren that are not convinced of the
    usefulness of our call to sit at the negotiating table in order to
    hold consultations and discussions on the proposed topic.

    4. The conferees appeal to all the neighbouring countries not to
    meddle in Iraq's affairs and not to exploit the state of division
    that unfortunately took place due to a dispute on the date of the
    elections. The conferees call on the neighbouring countries to leave
    this matter for the Iraqis to decide upon freely.

    5. The conferees decided to send urgent letters to the US
    Administration and its allies, the Iraqi government, the secretary
    general of the United Nations, the secretary general of the Arab
    League, the secretariat of the Muslim Conference Organization, the
    secretariat of the European Union, and the Gulf Cooperation Council
    to convince them of the usefulness of the proposed postponement and to
    urge them to exert pressure to postpone the elections to a later date.

    6. The conferees pledge commitment to what has been agreed upon. They
    pledge to educate the people on the informational level and in all
    aspects in the usefulness of the call to postpone the elections.

    7. A non-postponement would mean the potential holding of the elections
    under bad circumstances that may prevent many Iraqis from freely
    and safely reaching the ballot boxes. Thus, the lack of general and
    comprehensive participation would mean the emergence of a council
    that would not enjoy full participation and would thus lack legitimacy.

    8. The conferees have agreed to present a number of political
    projects to be adopted as an alternative to the elections during the
    postponement period.

    9. The conferees agreed to form a follow-up committee consisting of
    representatives from the political parties and movements.

    The Signatories: 68 political parties and movements and tribal
    groupings, as follows:

    1. The Iraqi Islamic Party.

    2. The Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc.

    3. The Iraqi National Movement.

    4. The Grouping for Iraq.

    5. The Arab Socialist Movement.

    6. Prince Ahmad Taha Ahmad Yasin Mahmud.

    7. The Islamic Kurdistani Union.

    8. The Unity Party.

    9. The National Salvation Party.

    10. The National Front for the Unity of Iraq.

    11. The Al-Ummah Party.

    12. The Iraqi National Grouping.

    13. The Arab Democratic Front.

    14. The Iraqi National Liberation Movement.

    15. The Democratic Iraqi Current.

    16. The Joint Action Front.

    17. The Iraqi National Coalition.

    18. The Tribes of Al Bu-Sultan.

    19. The Turkoman Nationality in Iraq.

    20. The Independent National Front.

    21. The National Front for the Tribes of Iraq.

    22. The National Front of Independents.

    23. The Iraqi National Bloc.

    24. The Democratic Centre.

    25. The General Secretariat of United Iraq.

    26. The Armenian Democratic Grouping.

    27. The National Forum of the Sons of Iraq.

    28. The Iraqi People Grouping.

    29. The Al-Fudul Party of the Tribes.

    30. The Tribes of Iraq Coalition.

    31. The Council of the Al-Jubur Tribe.

    32. The Iraqi Elections Organization.

    33. The institutions of civic society.

    34. The General Federation of Labour Unions.

    35. The National Liberation Movement.

    36. The Leadership of the Tribes of Iraq Rally.

    37. The esteemed council members and elders of the Al-Harbah tribe.

    38. The council of the tribal shaykhs of
    Al-Ubaydi/Al-Shuhada/Al-Shamma'iyah.

    39. The esteemed council members and tribal shaykhs of Sab-al-Bur.

    40. The Union of Honourables (Al-Fallujah).

    41. The Central Council of the shaykhs and elders of the Al-Zahra
    Tribes.

    42. The Constitutional Movement for the Monarchial Coalition.

    43. The United Council of shaykhs and elders of Iraq's Tribes
    (Al-Sha'b).

    44. The League of the Al-Ahwar Tribes.

    45. The Al-Mandani Al-Sa'ibah sect.

    46. The Central Council of Elders of Iraqi and Arab Tribes.

    47. The General Federation of Farmers and Peasants.

    48. The League of the Medical Staff in the Al-Tib [Medical] City.

    49. The Youth Freedom Organization.

    50. The Diyala Federation of Teachers in Diyala.

    51. The National Union of Iraqi Students.

    52. The National Council of Iraq's Tribes.

    53. The Society of Iraqi Parliamentarians.

    54. The Democratic Popular Front.

    55. The Bara'im al-Iraq Organization.

    56. The National Alliance of Political Forces.

    57. The Islamic Union for Sufism.

    58. The Society of Independent Women (Mosul).

    59. The Council of the Arab Tribes Coalition (Mosul).

    60. The Federation of Farmers, Diyala Branch.

    61. The Union of Teachers in Mandali.

    62. The Shams al-Duha Society.

    63. The Welfare Society of the retired.

    64. The Central United Alliance of the Tribes of Iraq.

    65. The Al-Sadah al-Ulwiyyah Society in Iraq.

    66. The League of Turkoman Tribes (The Independent Democratic
    Grouping).

    67. The General Federation of Iraqi Women.

    68. The Union for Iraq.
Working...
X