Will use legal authorizations to degrade pact – Sadrist MP

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Lawmaker Aqeel Abdulhussein of the Sadr bloc said on Thursday that the entity will use all its constitutional and legal authorizations to degrade Parliament’s vote on the Iraqi-U.S. security pact that took place earlier today, explaining that no one is committed to the pact but those who voted on it. “What happened violates international traditions and Iraq’s constitution,” Abdulhussein said in a press conference in Baghdad that was attended by IraqiNews.com. “We have started the mandate stage, not the withdrawal,” he added. “Occupation forces will remain in Iraq for a long time, not until 2011,” he noted. “The pact will allow occupation forces to practice violations, steal Iraqi funds, and to disseminate principles that eliminate Islam,” he asserted. The Sadr bloc occupies 29 out of 275 seats in Iraq’s council of representatives. MH (P)/SR 1