SORRY.. MP calls for early elections to change parliament, government
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 06 /03 /2008 Time 6:11:06
Baghdad, Mar 6, (VOI) - A lawmaker from the Islamic Fadhila party on Thursday called for an early election to change the parliament and the government.
“The parliament needs some changes because of its failure to supervise the government’s performance,” Bassem Sherief told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI), noting that there are several parliamentary blocs that support that opinion.
He called to enact a new election law as soon as possible based on open list election.
The MP also called for a complete reshuffle which will include Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki himself, calling on all Iraqi politicians to agree on the necessity of changing the government.
“These changes will improve the government’s performance,” he also said, stressing that the ministers should be selected on partial basis.
The legislative also doubted al-Maliki’s ability to make the reshuffle as some political blocs refuse to come back to his government.
Regarding the recent visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Baghdad, the lawmaker said its too early to evaluate this visit and we await its practical results.
“Fadhila party received an official invitation to the Iranian president but technical reasons hindered the meeting,” Bassem Sherieff highlighted.
The Fadhila party is a Shiite party with 15 seats out of the 275-seat parliament. Last year it withdrew from the Unified Iraqi Coalition (UIC).
Ahmadinejad left Iraq on Monday, wrapping up his historic visit, during which he held talks with Iraqi officials and signed memorandum of understandings to boost economic relations.
The Iranian president arrived in Baghdad on Sunday morning on a two-day official visit, the first of its kind for an Iranian president since the Islamic revolution in 1979.
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