Baghdad Mar 19 (VOI) – The three-member Presidential Council on Wednesday withdrew its objection to a law calling for provincial elections, temporarily defusing a dispute that erupted last month.
The move came two days after U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney visited Baghdad to press Iraqi leaders to overcome their differences and take advantage of a lull in violence to further political progress.
The implementation of the law, passed with high-pitched celebrations in early February, was delayed by the council on February 27, due to the objections raised by one of the council's members, Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi, a member of the powerful Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC).
In any event, the development continues Iraqs moves toward political success of the surge.
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