Barzani and Allawi in talks over Legal Commitee

[Jimsdandy]

Barzani and Allawi in talks over Legal Commitee

Monday, January 24th 2011 1:25 PM

Sulaimaniyah, Jan. 24 (AKnews) – The President of the Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani is in talks with the leader of the al-Iraqiya list Ayad Allawi to resolve the leadership of a parliamentary committee, a Kurdish deputy in the Iraqi Parliament says.

The Kurds and other Iraqi political factions in parliament, in particular, the al-Iraqiya list have been deadlocked over the chairmanship of the legal committee since the new Iraqi government was sworn in on December 21. Both the Kurdish Blocs Coalition (KBC) and al-Iraqiya claim the right to chair the committee.

“The dispute over the legal committee… is ongoing” said Mahmoud Othman of the KBC, but now Barzani and Allawi are in talks to resolve the dispute.

“The Kurds have a greater chance of chairing the committee” said KBC spokesman Moayyed Tayyib, “because the Shia factions in parliament support the Kurds’ bid for the committee’s leadership”

The Kurds who already hold five of the 26 parliamentary committees, are pushing for the post in order to secure a strong position in parliament on legal matters in a bid to maintain the current status quo in Iraq.

The Kurds have threatened suggesting to put the issue to vote in parliament if the position was not settled in their favor, in which case the majority of parliament, in particular Mr Maliki’s National Coalition (NC) bloc, may vote in favor of the Kurds after the Kurds lent their support to Maliki in his bid to head the new government.

“If the Shias, who form the majority of parliament, side with the Kurds, then the position is resolved in favor of the Kurds” says Tayyib.

Reported by Dilshad Saifaddin

Ry/Ka/AKnews

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/213002/

[gregp]

nice post. may the kurds win. now let's move on. we are soo close.