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"en.20130116.39.3-455-000"2
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"Mr President, I had prepared a speech this afternoon, but this morning I received a letter from the Council of Representatives in Iraq, signed by two committee chairmen and five Members of the Iraqi Parliament.
Let me read that letter:
‘It was with great dismay and shock that we learned that the European Parliament is about to adopt a resolution on Iraq in the coming week in Strasbourg which seems completely out of touch with the real situation and everyday challenges on the ground.
‘According to draft texts that we have seen on the European Parliament website, the resolution applauds the government on many points, including providing security and safety to the Iraqis. Its main focus seems to be on boosting trade and endorsing the Maliki Government, which to us is completely incomprehensible.
‘In a time when our country faces one of it major political crises, with our country’s Vice-President sentenced to death in absentia and the home and office of a Minister raided by government forces and his computer and personal belongings confiscated without any justification, while the number of executions has reached record high levels and the masses are outraged in daily protests over arbitrary incarceration and mistreatment of women in Iraqi prisons, with several provincial governments calling on Maliki to go, we would have expected the House of Democracy of the European people to be more attentive to the human rights and democracy which are wearing thinner every day.
‘There is no mention of any of these major concerns in this resolution and it gives the impression that it is designed to boost the oppressor instead of defending the victims and those who are oppressed. Even if the EU governments might lean towards putting business and trade over human rights, the European Parliament, which represents the people, should blow the whistle and raise the flag of human rights and the universal human values that are equal to all of us, no matter our differences in culture, race or religion.
‘We therefore strongly urge you not to adopt this resolution, which would only be used as a tool of further suppression of our beleaguered people.’"@en1
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