Deputy premier, SRSG mull political situation after elections

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s Deputy Premier, Rafeaa al-Eissawi, on Monday received in Baghdad the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG), Staffan de Mistura, with whom he discussed the political situation in Iraq after the local elections. “ The premier asserted the Iraqi government’s support of the UN’s efforts to play a bigger role in Iraq and to implement programs to serve the Iraqi people,” said a statement of al-Eissawi’s office received by IraqiNews.com news agency. The statement gave no more details. Last January 31, 14 Iraqi provinces witnessed the provincial council elections, in a news experiment described by observers as successful. SH (P)/SR   1