Iraq's vice-president to rule on election law - 3 Dec 2009

Tariq al-Hashemi, an Iraqi vice-president and member of the presidential council, is expected to announce whether he will accept or veto an amended version of Iraq's election law.

MPs initially passed the law, which sets out the process for general elections scheduled for January, on November 8 after months of political wrangling.

But Hashemi, a Sunni Arab, rejected the first version of the law saying it had failed to give sufficient voice to Iraqis living abroad, many of whom are Sunni Muslims who fled the country during sectarian fighting after the US-led invasion in 2003.

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• Zeina Khodr
• Iraq
• election