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France24 (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
The head of Iraq's parliament, Iyad al-Samarrai, announced on Friday that a general election would most likely be held in March. Failure to pass an electoral law means the poll cannot be held by January as required by the country's constitution.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Iraq's faltering election will likely be held in March, the speaker of the nation's parliament said on Friday, the latest date yet mooted by a senior official. Iyad al-Samarrai's remarks come as politicians continued to seek a breakthrough over a stalled electoral law, without which an election cannot be held. "The (election) commission announced it would be held on January 16th,...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Iraqi MPs will meet again on Sunday to try to break the deadlock on a stalled electoral law which has left the country's planned January general election in doubt. "The vote is postponed until tomorrow," parliament speaker Iyad al-Samarrai told reporters on Saturday, after a further day of meetings failed to resolve a dispute on a key provision in the law which will govern...
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
"The vote is postponed until tomorrow," parliament speaker Iyad al-Samarrai told reporters on Saturday, after a further day of meetings failed to resolve a dispute on a key provision in the law which will govern the national poll.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... Khalid al-Atiya, who chaired Sunday's marathon session because the speaker of the parliament, Iyad al-Samarrai, was attending an international conference, praised parliamentarians for their "great efforts" to approve the law. Iraqi Kurdish member of parliament Khalid Shuani, speaking to the German Press Agency
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... must take place by the end of January. A law must be passed 90 days before voting begins. Iyad al-Samarrai, the speaker of the Iraqi parliament has been meeting with representatives of the various parliamentary blocs in a new effort to strike a compromise. The election law's appearance on the parliament's agenda followed an apparent softening of each side's position. Kurdish lawmakers...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Baghdad - Iraqi lawmakers on Wednesday said that they expected to consider an election law in their afternoon session, suggesting a compromise on voting in the northern city of Kikuk might be at hand. Iyad al-Samarrai, the speaker of the Iraqi parlia...
Gorillas Guides (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Baghdad (dpa) An Iraqi Christian member of parliament on Tuesday asked the speaker to request an international inquiry into the killing and intimidation of Christians in Iraq. Yonadam Kanna, an Assyrian Christian from northern Iraq, petitioned Sunni Muslim parliamentary speaker Iyad al-Samarrai to formally request the inquiry, al-Samarrai’s Iraqi Accord Front (al-Tawafaq)...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Baghdad - An Iraqi Christian member of parliament on Tuesday asked the speaker to request an international inquiry into the killing and intimidation of Christians in Iraq. Yonadam Kanna, an Assyrian Christian from northern Iraq, petitioned Sunni Muslim parliamentary speaker Iyad al-Samarrai to formally request the inquiry, al-Samarrai's Iraqi Accord Front (al- Tawafaq) reported...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... be at hand. The issue has repeatedly forestalled a vote on the elections law in recent weeks. Iyad al-Samarrai, the speaker of the Iraqi parliament, on Wednesday morning met with representatives of the various parliamentary blocs in a new effort to strike a compromise. The election law's appearance on the parliament's agenda followed an apparent softening of each side's position....
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Iraq's parliament speaker on Sunday called for a suspension of executions until after elections set for January, to ensure that political parties do not use them as issues during the election campaign. Iyad al-Samarrai put the request in to the justice ministry after receiving a letter from the head of parliament's legal committee, Baha Hussein al-Araji, who was concerned that Iraq's ruling parties...
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
In this handout image made available by the Iraqi President office, President Jalal Talabani (2nd L) holds a meeting with Vice President Adel Abdel Mahdi (3rd L), Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi (4th R), Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) and speaker of Parliament Iyad al-Samarrai (3rd R) at Baghdad's al-Salam Palace.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... of Kirkuk. "The delay in reaching an agreement is a loss for everyone," Speaker of the parliament Iyad al-Samarrai said before the decision was announced. "No one benefits from the status quo."Iraq's Political Council for National Security will try to arrive at a compromise solution to present to the parliament before Sunday, al-Samarrai said. The council is made up of President...
