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Iraqi parliament meets Sunni demands to end constitution boycott
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-25 19:31

The Iraqi parliament said in a statement on Monday that it has agreed on demands by Sunni groups to end their boycott of the constitution drafting committee.

"All of the demands presented by our brothers have been met," said the statement, signed by parliament speaker Hajemal-Hassani, following a week-long Sunni walkout triggered by the murder of three colleagues.

Earlier on Monday, a spokesman of the Iraqi Council of the National Dialogue, a Sunni body, told Xinhua that Sunni Arab members of the committee have ended their boycott.

"We have just finished our meeting with the presidency of the National Assembly (parliament) which approved all of our demands, and we expect a statement from the parliament in this respect," said Salih al-Mutlak.

He added that the final decision of ending the Sunni boycott to the constitution writing will be "acknowledged by the General Panel of the National Powers Conference, which will convene Tuesday to discuss the results of today's meeting."

Mutlak also expressed his hope that the Sunni panel would approve the return of the Sunni Arab members to the constitution committee soon.

Last Tuesday, Mejbil al-Sheikh Issa, Aziz Ibrahim and Dhamin Hassan al-Ubaidi were gunned down in central Baghdad.

The three were among the 17 Sunni Arab members in the 71-member committee tasked with drafting a permanent constitution by Aug 15.



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