2005-01-13,+Communique+on+Iraqi+Communist+Party+Congress

=**Communiqué**=

=The Iraqi Communist Party Holds its 6th Conference (Party Assembly)=

The Iraqi Communist party held its 6th Conference (Party Assembly) in Baghdad during the period 23-24 December 2004. More than 250 party leaders, cadres and members attended the Conference, representing the bodies of "Kurdistan Party - Iraq" and party organisations in all the provinces of the country, as well as central bodies of the party. The delegates also represented various sections of the Iraqi people: workers, peasants, intellectuals, government employees, students, employers and others, including men and women of all age groups.

The Conference was given the name of the Party's martyr, comrade Sa’doun (Wadhah Abdul Amir), member of the Political Bureau of Iraqi CP, who had been assassinated in the previous month at the hands of remnants of Saddam's intelligence apparatus.

The delegates began their deliberations with a minute in silence in respect for the memory of comrade Sa’doun and the other 15 party martyrs who had fallen with the bullets of agents of dictatorship and extremist reactionary forces since the collapse of Saddam's despotic regime.

In an atmosphere characterised with a high sense of responsibility, thorough dialogue and democracy, the delegates discussed the current difficult conditions in the country and the fundamental issues faced by the Party and the patriotic political forces in general. The Conference dealt with the tasks that the Party and its organisations need to carry out, in order to achieve the people's aspirations in regaining full independence and sovereignty, establishing a federal democratic regime in a unified Iraq, and launching the process of reconstruction and development.

All these issues and various aspects of the current situation were discussed on the basis of four reports presented to the Conference: Political, Economic, Organisational and Election Campaign reports.

The contributions made during the Conference stressed the need for completing the stages of the political process and fulfilling the tasks of the transitional phase, through ensuring security and stability, eradicating the onerous legacy of the ousted regime, and tackling the urgent issues related to the lives and well-being of citizens. The latter is connected to providing security and stability and combating terrorism, acts of sabotage and corruption, as well as a speedy solution to the crisis of fuel and electricity. In addition, discussions focussed on problems concerning wages, reinstating employees expelled for political reasons, unemployment, food rations, the public, municipal and other services, the need for economic revival, and efforts to hold general elections on the specified date.

The Conference called upon the Party organisations, friends and supporters to participate actively in the election process, work to ensure their fairness, and mobilize forces to ensure the broadest participation by the electorate, to get to the ballot boxes, and to cast their votes for "Ittihad Al-Shaab" (People's Unity) Election List.

The "Conference of Martyr Sa’doun" concluded its work by endorsing the four reports, including the Political Report, after being enriched with contributions and amendments during thorough discussions over the course of the two days.


 * 27 December 2004**


 * From: http://www.iraqcp.org/members2/0050110konf6.htm**