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SLUG: 2-303950 Iraq Politics (S-O)
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DATE= 6/3/2003 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=IRAQ / POLITICS (S-O) NUMBER=2-303950 BYLINE=GREG LAMOTTE DATELINE=BAGHDAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A leading opposition group in Iraq says it will hold its own national assembly to plan the country's future government, after the chief U-S administrator decided to delay his plan for an Iraqi political convention. V-O-A's Greg LaMotte has the story from Baghdad. TEXT: Iraq's main opposition group, the Iraqi National Congress, says it will go ahead with plans to hold a national assembly and elect Iraq's new government without U-S participation. The announcement was in response to a decision by the U-S-led Coalition Provisional Authority that it would appoint a new advisory group of 25-to-30 prominent Iraqis. The decision effectively postponed indefinitely a coalition-sponsored convention to elect a new government. Originally, the coalition authority said a convention could be held in mid-July. The spokesman for the Iraqi National Congress, Entifadh Qanbar, said an Iraqi convention is not an American issue. It remains to be seen whether the coalition will allow such a meeting to be held, or whether it would accept its results. (SIGNED) NEB/GL/AWP/RAE/FC |
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