Shalah: 2013 year of finding solutions for political crises in Iraq

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP Ali al-Shalah of the State of Law Coalition expected that 2013 will witness reaching solutions to address the current political crisis.

Shalah stated to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) “The Iraqi people started to realize the size of the crisis and the sides standing behind it, therefore I think by the launch of the upcoming local elections things will change for better, also I think the sectarian politicians will not succeed in those elections.”

It is worth mentioning that 2012 ended with many crises in Iraq where the most prominent one was the attempt to withdraw confidence from the Premier, besides the issuance of death sentence against the Vice President, Tariq al-Hashimi, in addition to the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil about the oil fields and running the security file in the disputed areas.

The last crises were that of arresting the guards of the Finance Minister and the reactions against the offensive statements of the MP Khalid al-Alwani against the Shiites.