Adnan Pachachi
Adnan Pachachi
Adnan al-Pachachi or Adnan Muzahim Ameen al-Pachachiis a veteran Iraqi politician and diplomat. Pachachi was Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1959 to 1965 and foreign minister of Iraq from 1965 to 1967 during the Six-Day War with Israel; he again served as permanent representative to the UN from 1967 to 1969. After 1971, he spent a long period in exile. Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Pachachi has been an important figure in Iraqi politics, often described...
NationalityIraqi
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 May 1923
CountryIraq
We found him tired, haggard, and obviously a spent force,
If we can elect a speaker tomorrow then the Parliament can start functioning normally. People feel they have been let down and that is eroding their faith in the whole political process.
Leaders of political parties have agreed to postpone parliament. There are still some issues that have not been resolved yet.
The security forces are perceived by many Iraqis as being under the influence of these militias. There seems to be empirical evidence that especially the Interior Ministry have been infiltrated by these forces, no doubt.
And we hope that the new assembly will invite those parties that have not taken part in the election in joining us in writing the constitution. This will pave the way for a far more inclusive election... at the end of this year.
People have to be convinced that these two men are in fact killed and are no longer a threat to the peace of the country,
has been far greater than we had expected.
It is in our interest to expedite the whole process.
the election of the members of the transitional council will have to be ended by the end of May.
The two main issues are security and the necessity for an inclusive election.
He seemed to be unrepentant, and there was no remorse or even sometimes there was a hint of defiance. Sometimes, he wasn't very coherent.
We were disappointed, naturally, because of the very small, low turnout in many areas, ... It made it impossible for us to be represented on the National Assembly.
We found him obviously tired and haggard, unrepentant, even defiant, justifying crimes saying he was a just but firm ruler, our answer was that he was unjust ruler responsible for death of thousands of people.
There are other volunteers who take turns, up to 50 of us here.