Sadrist MP accuses Maliki of Defending Ba’athists

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Jawad al-Shihaili, of al-Ahrar bloc within the Sadr Trend accused the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki, of supporting and defending the Ba’athists.

He stated to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) “I challenge Maliki if he opposes the Ba’athists to prove that he does not support them and employ them in his office.”

“Maliki released about 10 thousand prisoners and we do not know whether they are not guilty or not and why there were arrested,” he added, noting that “There is a duality in dealing with the procedures of the Justice and Accountability Commissions where he claim that he is defending the rights of the Iraqi people and at the same time defend those who are included in the Procedures of the J&A Commission.”

“By forming the committee tasked to discuss the demonstrator’s demands headed by the Deputy Premier, Hussein al-Shihristani, Maliki wanted to go away from the Shiite’s side and submit concessions to the Ba’athists to say that the Committee released the Ba’athists prisoners form the Iraqi prisons,” he concluded.