State of Law bloc leader advises Iraqi List to reconsider it

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State of Law bloc leader advises Iraqi List to reconsider its policies

BAGHDAD, Jan.2 (AKnews)- A member of the State of Law Coalition (led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki) advised Iraqiya List leaders to reconsider their policies towards their members instead of accusing others.

Recently some members of the Iraqiya List (led by Maliki’s elections’ rival Ayad Allawi) in Wasit, Basra, Najaf and Babel provinces withdrew from the List on the ground that “the List has deviated from its original political agenda.”

Iraqiya held SLC for the splits, accusing SLC of putting pressure on Iraqiya members.

Khaled al-Assadi, SLC leader, told AKnews that the Iraqiya leaders all have to reconsider the nature of their policies in treating the general issues of the country and in treating the components of the List “which has led many withdrew from Iraqiya.”

“We like Iraqiya to stay the big bloc it was,” Assadi said, because such withdrawals from the List will set hurdles for holding dialogues.

“Iraqiya should seek real solutions for the issues with its members instead of accusing others,” he added.

Iraqiya lawmakers and ministers have boycotted session for more than two weeks in protest to what they described as “unilateral ruling” in Iraq and “lack of real partnership in political process.”

SLC and Iraqiya tensions strained further after the court issued an arrest order for an Iraqiya prominent leader, Vice President Tareq Hashemi, on terrorism charges.

Hashemi has denied the charges, accusing Maliki of politicizing the case and the security of fabricating evidence. He has now fled to Kurdistan region and demanded his trail be transferred to Khanaqin, in Diyala province. Baghdad has rejected the demand and order to confiscate his assets.

Maliki also sacked Saleh Mutlaq, his deputy who is also an Iraqiya leader. The order came after Mutlag described PM as “like a dictator”. Mutlag does not recognize the order.

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