Mahmoud Othman
Mahmoud Othman
Mahmoud Ali Othmanwas a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq. A Kurd and Sunni Muslim, Othman was a member of the Political Bureau Kurdistan Democratic Party. He then founded the Kurdish Socialist Party. He was also the Chief Negotiator in the 1970 agreement with the Baath Party. He is now a leading member of the Iraqi National Assembly...
addressing cannot capable issues prime repeat successful year
He cannot make a successful prime minister. We experienced ... a year in which he was not capable of addressing the issues of Iraq. Why should we repeat this failure?
double
I think it's a double standard, and it's unfair.
blood decision foreign himself iraq last left minister official outside pool prime share situation visit wrong
He doesn't share his decision with others, like his last visit to Turkey, which was wrong because he didn't tell his deputy, the president, the minister of foreign affairs. It was a decision he made by himself without going back to the government. Iraq is in a pool of blood and the prime minister left to visit Turkey, while in such a situation there shouldn't be any official outside the country.
explained progress stance sticking
There is no progress. We are sticking to our stance and they explained their stance.
favor
When it's in your favor, you say 'voters.' When it's not in your favor you say 'eligible voters.'
difficult discussing problem
The problem is that they started discussing the most difficult issue.
act afford country decision fragile grasp lead progress quickly running seem situation wisely worse
We are quickly running out of time. We are making very little progress in our negotiations. The situation is fragile and not one where we can afford to be divided. What the politicians don't seem to grasp is that if we don't act wisely and quickly, our decision could lead the country into even worse chaos.
against change changed choice finally happy help political process
We have nothing against this choice and we are very happy that finally they have changed their candidate. This change will help the political process and very much help the formation of the new government.
leave problems solve
It would be more appropriate if they would leave us alone. Let us solve our problems by ourselves.
lose
Any day that passes, we lose a day of work.
side somewhere
We should not be with one side or the other, but somewhere in the middle.
goodwill
If there is goodwill from everybody, there could be more concessions,
alliance face government might position
If the position of the Shiite alliance is final, then things will be more complicated and the formation of the government might face delays.
agree decision delay key parties political session supported until
The nation's political parties supported the decision to delay the session until all parties agree on all the nominees for the key posts.