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Mon 30 Jul, 2007 12:34 pm
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament went into summer recess for a month on Monday after political leaders failed to agree on a series of laws that Washington sees as crucial to stabilizing the country.
Lawmakers said the government had yet to present them with any of the laws. The parliament had earlier signaled its intention to go into recess in August after cutting short its summer break that normally starts in July.
"We do not have anything to discuss in the parliament, no laws or constitutional amendments, nothing from the government. Differences between the political factions have delayed the laws," Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman told Reuters.
The parliament is due to reconvene on September 4, just two weeks before the top U.S. general in Iraq, General David Petraeus, and Washington's envoy to Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, are due to report to Congress on the success of U.S. President George W. Bush's new Iraq strategy and make recommendations.
The recess leaves Bush with little to show Americans after sending nearly 30,000 more troops to Iraq to give Iraqi leaders breathing space to reach a political accommodation.
Quote:"We do not have anything to discuss in the parliament, no laws or constitutional amendments, nothing from the government."
maybe the iraqis don't know how lucky they are - as far as having a government that takes no action .
in the canadian parliament things often get discussed over and over again - but no actual decisions are being made . when they are ready to act , often an election will be called , the government changes and the old priorities have been forgotten .
having seen our LEADERS in action (or inaction
) often makes me wonder what they are being paid for - it seems that the real seat of power is the CIVIL SERVICE (as seen in : "yes , minister !" .
hbg
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