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Younadam Kanna complains about the exclusion of the ADM from the Northern Iraqi Government May 16, 06 Translated by Fred Aprim Mr. Younadam Kanna: The Principle of Organizational Monopoly and Exclusiveness of Power are not in Harmony with Democracy in the New Iraq. Mr. Younadam Kanna, the representative of the ChaldoAssyrian Suryani Christians in Iraqi Parliament (National Assembly) and Secretary General of the Assyrian Democratic Movemnt (ADM), asked Mr. Nuri al-Maliki and the parliamentarian blocks to facilitate the formation of the new government. He stressed that the government must reflect genuine participation of Iraqi groups while taking into consideration election deservingness and vindication. He stressed guaranteeing the rights of all the small groups to select their own representatives to the Iraqi cabinet since they are vital and authentic Iraqi components. Mr. Kanna stated on the peripheral of the fourth meeting of the Iraqi parliament: We stress our natural rights as a main and authentic component of the Iraqi people to select our representative to occupy a ministerial position. He explained that democracy does not mean the exclusion and marginalization of the lesser ethnic groups. He added: it is not fair to deal with us as a number. He continued to state: the principle of organizational monopoly and exclusiveness of power are not in harmony with democracy in the new Iraq. Answering a question about the nomination of a minister from the Kurdistani Slate to the new Iraqi cabinet, Mr. Kanna stressed that the issue does not concern us. He added, we are asking for the rights of Rafidain Slate to occupy a ministerial position because of its ethnic and religious uniqueness. He criticized what took place in the formation of the Iraqi Kurdistan region government when Rafidain Slate that truly represents our people was marginalized and the will of our people to select their own representative and consideration to election deservingness were not honored. The population of the ChaldoAssyrian Suryani Christians in Iraq is about one million. They are spread in the northern Iraqi governorates and in Baghdad, Anbar, and Basra. They were represented through the independent "Rafidain Slate" (in addition to other smaller slates) that won a seat in the Iraqi National Assembly. In the latest elections, the Rafidain Slate won the overwhelming majority vote of the ChaldoAssyrian Suryani people in the governorates of Arbil, Dohuk, in Iraq as a whole, and out-of-country voting as it competed against those other smaller slates. However, the "Rafidain Slate" was marginalized and excluded from participating in the Iraqi Kurdistan region government. The ministerial positions in the said government were assigned to ChaldoAssyrian Suryani individuals who are members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) or others who are supporters of the KDP. Assyrian Democratic Movement Central Information and Cultural Bureau Weekly Address Tuesday, May 16, 2006 The above is an un-official and un-authorized translation from the Arabic. ----

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