Jawad al-Maliki Quotes (36 Quotes)

The door is open for dialogue with our brothers and partners because we believe that Iraq cannot stand up without its main components.

We hope they will review their position, because if they do not, it will damage the atmosphere of unity we have in this critical time.

We, the United Iraqi Alliance, were surprised by the results. We were expecting more seats. The opponents have made it clear through their statements and warnings that they stand alongside the terrorists.

I think we'll be able to overcome the differences, I hope we'll do it before the next deadline, during this week,

An agreement between the Shiites and the Kurds has been reached,

They have stated that what they call 'resistance' has protected the ballot boxes in their areas. This is a confession that rigging has happened.

Those who are complaining have made clear by their remarks that they stand with the terrorists and abide by their demands.

The Alliance calls for a rapid restoration of (control of) security matters to the Iraqi government.

What's left is the voting. It's up to them (the Sunnis). They either object, vote against it or accept it.

Arms should be in the hands of the government. There is a law that calls for the merging of militias with the armed forces.

The government needs to act quickly to take control of the security issues and keep it all under the Iraq's control.

We didn't say a week randomly. We thought a week was enough to solve the problems.

Dialogue has started between us and between the slates that won in the elections. Our goal is to form a broad-based national unity government.

Weapons should be only the hands of the government.

We have achieved our first mission, to nominate the alliance candidate for prime minister. We must now move ahead with the nest step, which is the formation of the new government.

We suspended today's meetings to discuss the formation of the government because of what happened at the al-Mustafa mosque.

We are not seeking 100 percent consensus -- the most important thing is that the people of Iraq accept (the constitution) in a referendum.

He told the alliance today that it was up to it to decide. Now it will be the alliance which will decide.

Talks with the Kurdish Alliance and the Accordance Front might begin tomorrow or after tomorrow.

I demand a full investigation of this crime.

His eminence stressed two points first, the importance of the Alliance, its survival and its unity, and second, the necessity of adhering to the decisions that came out of the Alliance.

We need to protect Iraq and the world against terrorists.

There will be no re-vote of the elections.

When the government is able to exercise its control and provide security, then we will be able to work out the mechanism of how we can dissolve these militias. The presence of these militias will add to the tension and to the danger of the civil war in Iraq.

He is definitely not going to step down. He is the only candidate and will continue to the end.

We do not accept to be blackmailed. For those who say to us, if you don't give us what we want, the terrorism will not stop, we will stop the negotiations for a long time.

We are working for the sake of a national unity government. All the different groups that are in government must have the right to participate in making decisions.

The Shiite alliance and the Kurdish coalition have reached an agreement over the draft.

The great thing will be if I succeed in cementing national unity and regaining security, stability and services. We have been able to accomplish several things today, and with these accomplishments we shall complete the building of the new Iraq on the basis of freedom, equality, plurality for all.

We reached today the final limit beyond which we can't move any further.

We weren't really surprised by these attacks. They prove that the terrorism which rages in Iraq has also become a real threat to other countries, including those which have closed their eyes on what is going on in our country.

When we penned the changes, we did not give consideration to the opposition by these groups. These people are not going to succeed in bringing down the constitution.

The weapons must be in the hands of the state. Their presence in the hands of others (militias) will be the start of problems that will trigger a civil war.

If we can reach unity between all the components of the people, the canals of terrorism will dry up.

I believe that in the next 15 days we can have a new government and present it to parliament.

We cannot ignore the facts on the ground. Democracy means accepting the opinion of the majority. They should accept the other and the outcome of the ballot boxes. The Sunnis need to take this into consideration.