Al-Hakeem   Meets National Democratic Institute Chief

17-11-2008

Badrtimes - His eminence Sayed Ammar Al-Hakeem, on Monday afternoon November 17, 2008, in the special office of His Eminence Sayed Al- Hakeem, Head of the Iraqi Islamic Supreme Council and Leader of the United Iraqi Alliance bloc in Baghdad, received Ms. Francesca Benda, Chief of National Democratic Institute (NDI).

During the meeting, the elections and mechanisms to support the Iraqi voter and candidate have been researched. Ms. Francesca has confirmed the need to have a joint document between the political parties to determine the commitment to the professionalism of democracy in the electoral process, referring that the survey data made recently proved that there is a significant change in priorities and demands of the Iraqi citizen as envisaged by the   security improvement and stability of the situation that the Iraqi arena witnessed.

His eminence Sayed Ammar Al-Hakeem, from his side, stressed that the understanding of democracy varies between peoples due to the conditions and phases that they do through, hoping that the upcoming elections would be free of fraud and use of violence because they are contrary to the democratic process in Iraq, stressing the importance of submitting different programs for parties as an electoral propaganda and that the competition should be in the framework of these programs.