Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabaniis an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the sixth President of Iraq from 2005 to 2014. He was the first non-Arab president of Iraq, although Abdul Karim Qasim was of partial Kurdish heritage. He is known as "Mam Jalal" meaning "uncle Jalal" among Kurdish people...
NationalityIraqi
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 November 1933
CountryIraq
against constitution democracy iraqi people struggled written
I want to congratulate our people who struggled against dictatorship for democracy and freedom, ... This constitution is a first of its kind, written by representatives of important Iraqi factions.
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we will never surrender to the terrorists who despise democracy and distort religion. Never.
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First, we insist on democracy, they on dictatorship. Then there is the matter of the continuous ethnic cleansing policy in the Kurdish areas under the control of the Iraqi government.
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We cannot have any laws not in keeping with the tenets of Islam and of democracy.
build democracy iraqi state
build the new Iraqi state on democracy and freedom.
approve democracy draft everybody people
but everybody had reservations. This is part of democracy. If the people do not approve it, we will draft another constitution.
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I think the Iraqi minister of human rights wanted to show them which kind of democracy now we have,
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I think we will be able to be the model of democracy and prosperity in the Middle East,
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My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.
fighting forgiving democracy
Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight.
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Indeed, we do not seek to export our political ideas or experiences, a practice that has too often led to instability in the Middle East.
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In any place in the world, when the country is facing difficulties, beside the army, the people depended on the militias and the partisan groups.
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Efforts have been made to reach agreements, but this is a historic issue that needs more study, ... We need more time.
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Efforts are being made to reach a consensus over the draft constitution during the coming hours,