Iraq Christians' council concerns
Updated on 09 November 2008
Iraq's presidential council signed off on legislation giving Christians and other religious minorities fewer guaranteed seats on provincial councils than the UN and some political groups had recommended.
The council, which includes President Jalal Talabani and the two vice presidents, said in a statement that it wished parliament had approved the UN proposal, which would have given the minorities a total of 12 of the 440 seats on ruling councils in Iraq's 18 provinces.
Instead, parliament last Monday gave minorities a total of six seats distributed among three provinces.
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