Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BAGHDAD600
2006-02-25 16:01:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Baghdad
Cable title:
IRAQI OFFICIAL REPORTS TALABANI WILL NOT CONVENE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 000600
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2016
TAGS: PGOV IZ
SUBJECT: IRAQI OFFICIAL REPORTS TALABANI WILL NOT CONVENE
THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES SOON
Classified By: Political Counselor Robert S. Ford
for Reasons 1.4 (B) and (D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 000600
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2016
TAGS: PGOV IZ
SUBJECT: IRAQI OFFICIAL REPORTS TALABANI WILL NOT CONVENE
THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES SOON
Classified By: Political Counselor Robert S. Ford
for Reasons 1.4 (B) and (D)
1. (C) Presidency Council Chief of Staff and
President Talabani's aide Kamran Karadaghi told
PolOffs on February 24 that Talabani does not plan
on convening the Council of Representatives (COR) on
February 25. Karadaghi claimed that since the Iraqi
Government was still operating under the
Transitional Administrative Law (TAL),vice the
Constitution, it is Talabani's prerogative to delay
calling the COR into session.
2. (C) Having said this, Karadaghi privately
admitted that he had remonstrated both Talabani and
Deputy President Adil Abd al-Mahdi for not releasing
a press statement to explain this decision to the
Iraqi public. He noted that most of the people
believe that the Constitution is in effect and calls
for the convention of the COR no later than February
25 (the 15-day point after the verification of the
elections results). Neither Talabani nor Abd al-
Mahdi were willing to be bound publicly to a
specific date for convening the COR, however, and
refused to address the public directly on this
issue. According to Karadaghi, both Talabani and
Abd al-Madhi believe that issuing a public statement
about an extension would draw unwanted attention to
the fact that they have not set a date. Karadaghi
felt this to be a grave mistake, and would present
precedence issues for successive Iraqi governments.
KHALILZAD
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2016
TAGS: PGOV IZ
SUBJECT: IRAQI OFFICIAL REPORTS TALABANI WILL NOT CONVENE
THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES SOON
Classified By: Political Counselor Robert S. Ford
for Reasons 1.4 (B) and (D)
1. (C) Presidency Council Chief of Staff and
President Talabani's aide Kamran Karadaghi told
PolOffs on February 24 that Talabani does not plan
on convening the Council of Representatives (COR) on
February 25. Karadaghi claimed that since the Iraqi
Government was still operating under the
Transitional Administrative Law (TAL),vice the
Constitution, it is Talabani's prerogative to delay
calling the COR into session.
2. (C) Having said this, Karadaghi privately
admitted that he had remonstrated both Talabani and
Deputy President Adil Abd al-Mahdi for not releasing
a press statement to explain this decision to the
Iraqi public. He noted that most of the people
believe that the Constitution is in effect and calls
for the convention of the COR no later than February
25 (the 15-day point after the verification of the
elections results). Neither Talabani nor Abd al-
Mahdi were willing to be bound publicly to a
specific date for convening the COR, however, and
refused to address the public directly on this
issue. According to Karadaghi, both Talabani and
Abd al-Madhi believe that issuing a public statement
about an extension would draw unwanted attention to
the fact that they have not set a date. Karadaghi
felt this to be a grave mistake, and would present
precedence issues for successive Iraqi governments.
KHALILZAD