Statement of the Political Bureau: About Recent Events
The recent tragic and grave developments, which have taken place during the
past few days in several cities in Iraq and resulted in hundreds of people
killed and wounded, have only intensified the suffering of Iraqis and
deepened their already sore wounds.
It is quite clear that these developments do not serve, in any way, the
country’s stability, and will not help to resolve any of its numerous
problems, but rather will lead to further deterioration of conditions on all
levels: political, security and social. If this course of events is
persistently maintained, the people will then find themselves in a vortex of
violence and violations of the law with unpredictable consequences and an
extremely negative impact on the current main objective of Iraqi people: to
take control of power from the occupation forces on 30 June.
We condemn violence and terror in all forms and shades leading to bloodshed
of innocent people as well as destruction of national assets. At the same
time we call upon everybody to maintain peace, exercise self-restraint and
handle issues wisely and prudently. Law must be respected as the arbiter in
all spheres of life. Furthermore, the discourse of democratic dialogue must
be adopted as civilised effective means for resolving existing problems and
settling differences and conflicting opinions, rather than extremism,
bigotry and pressures to impose unjust diktat.
It is imperative to arrive at speedy sensible solutions for the current
crisis in order to avert the harmful political repercussions and
consequences on security, thus eliminating convenient ground for external
hostile forces, terrorists and criminals among supporters and beneficiaries
of the dictatorial regime. Only then can the Iraqi people direct their
efforts to achieve the central task: to prepare for taking their affairs
into their own hands at the end of next June, accelerate the elimination of
the vestiges of dictatorship and build a democratic peaceful federal Iraq.
Political Bureau of the Central Committee
Iraqi Communist Party
Baghdad 7-4-2004
http://www.iraqcp.org
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