Salah al-Din province continues constitutional procedures on the region question, Governor

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Salah al-Din‘s deputy governor stressed today that the provincial council is continuing with the constitutional procedures, waiting the 15-day time table to finalize consultations on this question. Sabhan al-Janabi clarified to IraqiNews.com that “the issue has the support of the people and it is difficult to change their opinions at this stage”. He added that the Council will try to explain the justifications and reasons for such decision to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during his coming visit to the province. Janabi denied any sort of inciting sectarianism or establishing a region controlled by the Baathists. He confirmed that the final decision shall be to ballot boxes. Earlier, Salah al-Din Provincial Council voted to changing the province into a region. RM (TS)/SR 71