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Saddam To Declare Candidacy For Iraqi Elections
Tue Sep 28, 2004 00:15
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Saddam To Declare Candidacy For Iraqi Elections
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Overthrown Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who was arrested by US forces
last December, reportedly plans to run as a candidate in the Iraqi
elections scheduled for January 2005.

Saddam's lawyer Giovanni di Stefano told Denmark's B.T. newspaper that
Saddam decided during one of their discussions that he would declare his
candidacy for the elections.

Stefano said that there was no law that prevented Saddam from appearing
on the ballot. He added that Saddam hopes to regain his presidency and
palaces via the democratic process.

Contrary to the statements of Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi,
Stefano claims, "Saddam has no chance to be tried before the elections.
Moreover, no international law prevents him from coming forward."

Saddam's lawyer defends that the ambiguity in Iraq will favor Saddam at
the polls. Stefano remarked that a recent Gallup poll indicates that 42
percent of the Iraqi people want their former leader back.

Meanwhile, evaluating the conditions of Saddam in jail, Allawi said that
Saddam had asked him for mercy.

Hasan Cucuk
Copenhagen

http://www.zaman.org/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20040921&hn=12424

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