44 Quotes by Mahmoud Othman

He cannot make a successful prime minister. We experienced ... a year in which he was not capable of addressing the issues of Iraq. Why should we repeat this failure?

I think it's a double standard, and it's unfair.

I think that their interference is bad, and it further complicates issues because this is an Iraqi matter.

I think we will resume talks in a few days. We will also try to calm things down and get the (Arab) Sunnis again to sit at the table with everyone.

Really, we are disappointed with that. It seems like the Americans want to have a constitution at any cost,

The Americans say they don't intervene, but they have intervened deep. They gave us a detailed proposal, almost a full version of a constitution. They try to compromise the different opinions of all the political blocs. The U.S. officials are more interested in the Iraqi constitution than the Iraqis themselves, because they promised their people that it will be done August 15.

The Americans say they don't intervene, but they have intervened deep.

When it's in your favor, you say 'voters.' When it's not in your favor you say 'eligible voters.'

We have nothing against this choice and we are very happy that finally they have changed their candidate. This change will help the political process and very much help the formation of the new government.