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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani revealed that US officials pressured Iraq’s Parliament and political powers to approve the election law.
In a press conference he held at Sulaymaniya airport, which Alsumaria News attended, President Talabani affirmed that US Ambassador Christopher Hill put great pressure on Parliament and senior officials to approve the election law in what serves all parties interests.
Kurdistan Leader Massoud Barazani received three phone calls from US Vice President Joseph Biden ahead of election law ratification urging him to find quick solutions thereto, Talabani said.
Iraqi President said he approved the election law after Kurds representatives approved it in Parliament.
Iraqi Vice President Tarek Al Hashemi’s decision to veto the law is a constitutional right, he added.
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