Iraqi CP Leader Receives Delegation of Unions and Associations
Hamid Majid Mousa, the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Iraqi Communist Party, received a delegation of the Unions Co-ordinating Committee on 7 February 2006.
The delegation, which represented 39 federations, unions and associations, explained the implications of Decree No. 8750, issued by the Council of Ministers, and its negative impact on the work of unions and NGOs. This decree has been deplored as interference by the government in the affairs of non-governmental organisations whose leading bodies draw legitimacy from their general assemblies. Comrade Mousa expressed his solidarity and understanding for this position, stressing the need to raise this issue in the new Parliament and call for abolishing Decree 8750.
This visit is part of a campaign by the Unions Co-ordinating Committee aimed at winning the support of leading political and parliamentary bodies and mobilizing the public opinion in order to halt government interference in the affairs of unions and NGOs.