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UN asks Marje` Sistani for Iraqis full participation in vote
By: Ismail Zabeeh
HOLY NAJAF, Iraq: The United Nations Special Envoy to
Iraq, Ashraf Qazi, held a meeting with Al-Marje’ Al-Aa`la Grand
Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Al-Husseini As-Sistani on Thursday asking him to
encourage Iraqis to vote in general election scheduled on 15 December.
"It's the third time that I have met Sayyed Sistani, to whom I
conveyed the greetings of the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan," Ashraf
told reporters following his talks with the leader.
Qazi said he asked Sistani to "bless and encourage the participation
of all Iraqis in the political process and elections free from
violence".
"The Marjaya (Iraq's religious leadership) blessed the work of the UN
and encouraged us to go forward to help a new peaceable Iraq emerge,"
he added.
Some 15.5 million Iraqis are eligible to vote in the next week polls
for the first four-year parliament after dictator Saddam ouster.
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