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Baath Party to have sole right to operate Armed Forces

Iraqi parliament okays multi-party system
BAGHDAD. July 5: The National Assembly passed a law Thursday that for the first time will penult opposition parties to operate, but they will not be able to amass much power, reports AP.
The assembly speaker said the law eventually will lead to national presidential elections.
However, the law has a few catches.
For one. any new party must'appreclate the achievements’ of Iraq's 1968 "revolution." the coup d'etat that brought the ruling Baath Party and Saddam Hussein to power.
The law forbids members of any party but Baath from joining the military and Saddam's much-feared security police. Most security police are already believed to be Baath
The so-called multiparty law also given Saddam's Cabinet the right to dissolve
any party that"undermines the security of the state . . . and national unity" — a clear reference to the Kurds and Shi'ite Muslims who rebelled following the Gulf War.
Although the new law promises limited change, it represents Saddam's latest effort to quell discontent following the Gulf War and uprisings by Kurds and Shi'ite Muslims.
In recent weeks, the Iraqi president has held conciliatory talks with delegations from rebellious Shi'ite towns, boosted food rations and opened government storehouses to poor people's cooperatives.
Analysts believe another key reason for the law's passage is to legitimize the now-illegal Kurdish parties of the north, a region still partly occupied by allied troops.
As part of his effort to persuade the United Nations to lift 11-month-old trade sanctions, Saddam has been trying
to negotiate semi-autonomy for the Kurdish rebels. That could wed them to his regime and convince the allies to leave.
The agreement, however, has reportedly been held up by Kurdish resistance to Iraqi demands, including recognition of Baath Party supremacy.
The multiparty law was passed by a show of hands in a scene filled with the statecraft of democracy; a large domed chamber, camera lights and even some vigorous debate.
The debate had its limits, however. One assembly member who described herself as independent, Rajaa Al Shawl, insisted in an interview that the new law does not require allegiance to the Baath Party.
But she added stonily: "The Baath Party is the party of all the Iraqis and all the Iraqis love the Baath Party. Those people who want to form a new party democratically should follow what is done by the Baath Party."
Sadi Mehdi Saleh, speaker of the assembly, said the law will "allow parties that oppose the Baath Party" and which can nominate presidential candidates. although he excluded the exiled opposition parties now in Damascus. Syria.
The president will be elected directly by the people and not through the parliament" for a term of six or
seven years, said Saleh.
He added that Iraq "will be happy to Invite" International election monitoring groups. He would not say when such an election might be held.
New political parties will be allowed to publish newspapers and magazines and own property. They can even criticize Saddam, said Saleh.
There Is nothing legally to prevent people from criticizing the president." he said.
The new law also outlaws religious parties.