IIP delegation to visit Ninewa to work out solutions to power sharing

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leader on Tuesday said that a party delegation will soon visit Ninewa province to propose solutions to the conflict between al-Hadbaa and Ninewa lists. “We have worked out a number of suggestions to solve the problem between the two lists,” Saleem al-Juburi told IraqiNews.com news agency. Tension has escalated between al-Hadbaa and Ninewa Fraternal lists after the first announced forming the Ninewa provincial council, while the Kurdish list announced their withdrawal from the council in protest of the move. On April 12, al-Hadbaa List distributed all key positions in Ninewa’s provincial council among its representatives, who secured 25 votes. The final results of the Ninewa provincial council elections, held on January 31, 2009, saw al-Hadbaa list winning 19 seats, followed by the Ninewa Fraternity list with 12 seats and the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi three seats as well as one seat for each of the Christians, the Shabaks and Yazidis. Al-Hadbaa has set three conditions to allow the Ninewa list to take part in the management of the province. SS (P) 1