Bayati denies government's intention to impose state of emergency

10/06/2014 10:04:00

BAGHDAD / NINA / A member of the parliamentary Commission on Security and Defense MP, of the State of Law coalition, Abbas al-Bayati denied the government's intention to impose a state of emergency in the country, after the fourteenth of this month, against the backdrop of recent security incidents in Anbar, Mosul and Samarra.

Bayati said in a statement to the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / "The news regarding to this is baseless, on the grounds that the government does not need to impose a state of emergency and martial law in the country because the security forces in Baghdad and its edges are enough to repel any possible attack by terrorists." pointing out that" the terrorists blow up car bombs and roadside bombs in Baghdad and its edges, and this does not require the imposition of a state of emergency in Baghdad. "

Bayati added,: "After the fifteenth of this month, we will head to the first session of the new parliament and form a government, after the Federal Court approved the names of the winners of the election."

He explained, "The aim of this news about imposing a state of emergency or martial law in the country is to disrupt the talks on forming a new government and dialogues between the blocs."

It is mentioned that news indicated that the government is intending to declare a state of emergency after June 14, in certain regions and provinces, after the serious deterioration of security in those areas. / End

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