Sadr: Ready for National Dialogue based on clear conditions

Leader of the Sadrist Trend, Muqtada al-Sadr, expressed readiness to join a National Dialogue within the Cabinet under clear conditions. This came in response to the US Secretary of State's call on the Prime Minister to cancel his decision of postponing elections in some provinces. Sadr commented that this is an interference in Iraq's affairs, expressing his readiness to join a National Dialogue within the Cabinet, without cancelling the postponement but under clear conditions, including forming a concerned security committee, but not neglecting the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC). Sadr called for enacting a bylaw for the Council of Ministers to avoid dictatorship. He pointed out the need to fulfill the protestors' legitimate demand and for reconstitute national unity. Sadr condemned the US State Department's interfering in Iraq's affairs, pointing out that most Iraq forces rejected postponing the elections, including the religious authority.