Iraqi local election law rejected

By IRNA

Baghdad : Iraqi government leaders have rejected a draft law paving the way for provincial elections, a setback for the process of reconciling Iraqi factions.

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The legislation will now be sent back to parliament, which passed it earlier this month after weeks of delays.

The Iraqi presidential council, made up of the president – a Kurd – and Shia and Sunni vice-presidents, said there had been “no agreement” on it.

But the three leaders backed the budget and an amnesty law for detainees.

IRNA reporter in Baghdad said that the three laws were approved together as a package on February 13, after a period of sectarian violence.