Maliki: Iraq Political Reconciliation “Has Become A Fait Accompli”
Baghdad, Jan 26, (VOI) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki received a delegation from the Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF) on Saturday, stressing that reconciliation among all groups of the Iraqi people “has become a fait accompli”.
“Reconciliation is not a decision issued by high-level officials. Politicians of all blocs have to realize what is actually taking place on the ground and to contribute seriously and effectively to cementing national reconciliation,” the prime minister’s office quoted Maliki in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
“Iraq’s current security stability has helped bringing views closer and achieving more cooperation and coordination among the political blocs, which is per se giving the impression the impression that Iraq is proceeding in the right direction,” said Maliki.
The Iraqi premier discussed with the IAF delegation all the “issues and challenges facing Iraq as well as the possibility of the bloc’s return to the government and means to create the favorable atmosphere for enhancing national unity.”
The IAF, the third largest bloc in the Iraqi parliament with 44 out of a total 275 seats, had quit the Maliki government in August 2007, hinging its return on participation in the decision-making process and the release of Iraqi detainees.
Statements were made by the IAF during the past few days about its possible return to the government after the latter responded to the front’s demands.
The IAF is composed of three main Sunni organizations: Vice President Tareq al-Hashimi’s Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP), the IAF leader and legislator Adnan al-Dulaimi’s Iraq People’s Congress and MP Khalaf al-Alyan’s National Dialogue Council (NDC).
The front had occupied six ministerial portfolios in the Maliki government, in addition to the vice president post.
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