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participating in the conference to send delegations to Iraq to publish reports on Iraq and
support the Iraqi people's struggle for reconstruction, prosperity, and the eradication of
terrorism.
[Asharq Al Awsat] The crucial subject in Iraq these days is the formation of the
government and its future configuration to end the more than eight-month crisis. My
first question is: Has the misunderstanding between you and the Al-Iraqiya List - the
majority of its deputies walked out from the parliament session that elected the Iraqi
president - ended?
[Talabani] The misunderstanding is over; the brothers in Al-Iraqiya returned to the
parliament, including the speaker. A delegation of senior Al-Iraqiya leaders visited me to
offer their congratulations and affirmed to me that the misunderstanding is over and
that they are serious in participating in a genuine national partnership government.
[Asharq Al Awsat] Is there a misunderstanding between you on the interpretation of the
agreement that the major political entities signed according to which you were reelected
and will designate Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the prime minister whose term
has ended, to form the new government?
[Talabani] The problem was that Deputy Muhammad Tamim, one of the brothers from
the Al-Iraqiya List, proposed that the parliament should debate the annulment of the
Debathification process (of three deputies from the Al-Iraqiya). He was told that this
subject should be raised in parliament at another time, particularly since the three
leaders (Kurdistan President Masud Barzani, Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki, and
former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi) have signed an agreement to solve all these
problems. This needs time; it needs judicial action. Moreover, an amnesty should be
issued by the president of the republic and the prime minister. In fact, the speaker (who
is from Al-Iraqiya) agreed. After the deputies (53 deputies) who refused to accept this
logic walked out, they said that there was a misunderstanding.
[Asharq Al Awsat] Is this subject over?
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