The 3rd. Congress of the Left
Worker-communist Party of Iraq - LWPI Successfully
Concludes in Baghdad
The third congress of the Left
Worker-communist Party of Iraq concluded its proceedings in Baghdad with great
success. The congress started Saturday December 22, 2012, with the majority of
party members in Iraq and abroad, in addition to a group of guests attending,
from labor leaders and activists in Iraq.
The congress started with the
International anthem followed by a minute of silence to the memory of those who
sacrificed their lives for socialism followed by congress approving the presence
of the majority of party members. The congress steering committee then was
elected. After the vote on the constitution and the agenda, comrade Samir Noory
delivered the opening speech. In his speech he confirmed that the third congress
is held at a time different from the past whereas revolutions escalating in the
region and the world, and that the party has got good potential to intervene
effectively and play a key role in strengthening the front of the masses in the
face of the front of the bourgeoisie which is suffering from crisis and total
lack of horizons at every level. Comrade Hamid Taqvaee, the leader of the Worker
Communist Party of Iran then delivered a short speech in which he congratulated
the party members for their congress and stressed the importance and role of the
Left Worker Communist Party of Iraq in strengthening worker-communism in the
region and its outlook on the issue of revolutions sweeping through the region
and the need to draw our conclusions in accordance with these facts and stressed
that the Left Worker-communist Party of Iraq and the Worker communist party of
Iran possess correct perceptions with respect to current events and focused on
the need to conclude the right tasks in accordance with these perceptions and to
play a strong role. Afterwards, comrade Issam Shukri delivered his report as
Secretary of the Central Committee for the previous period followed by
discussions.
After a short break Issam Shukri
introduced a draft resolution named "the political situation in Iraq and the
tasks of the party." The draft resolution stressed the characteristics of the
current situation, where revolutions are erupting while conflicts within the
ruling powers are deepening. The draft resolution drew a number of tasks that
emphasize the need to struggle against all sectarian and nationalist parties
especially between those of the government of Nuri al-Maliki and the nationalist
Kurds. It stressed the need to save the masses from a devastating ethnic war
that could be the result of their policies, to increase party involvement with
radical and revolutionary forces in the region, and to increase struggle for a
secular non-religious, non-nationalist state in Iraq. The congress approved the
draft resolution unanimously.
Comrade Samir Noory then presented a
draft resolution named "regarding the working class, the revolution, and
political power." He confirmed that
this stage is a stage of revolutions, both locally and globally. He stressed the
importance of the role of the working class in these revolutions and also their
role in the production process which gives it a great ability to decide the fate
of these revolutions and to direct them in favor of the masses. Among
the recommendations of the resolution was that the working class should consider
the party an instrument of struggle, and to strengthen the socialist tendencies
within the class. He also stressed the importance of labor leaders as society
leaders and to struggle against the plots of the Iraqi government, which
campaigns to subjugate the working class especially with regards to the proposed
Labor law and other former Baathist anti-workers laws. The congress also
endorsed the draft resolution unanimously.
Then comrade Sardar Abdullah presented
the draft resolution named "The Current Conditions in
Due to time constraints the congress
approved to forward the draft resolution to the next politburo for its
discussions and approval. The congress also agreed to assign the new politburo
the last draft resolution on the agenda named "on the Palestinian Question” for
approval.
The elections of the Central Committee
resulted in electing the following comrades; Jalil Shahbaz, Khabat Majid,
Khalifa Jabr, Sargol Ahmed, Sardar abdallah hama, Samir Noory, Susan, Raji Sahl,
Sabah Ibrahim, Taha Hussein, Abbas Kamel, Issam Shukri, Awfi Madhi, Fateh
Bahrami , Kawa Omer, Mariyam Jamil, and Ma’an Shamali.
Issam Shukri delivered the closing
speech in which he stressed the success of the congress and thanked the members
for their contribution, enthusiasm, and the prevailing positive atmosphere, and
all the guests who are formed of labor leaders and radical activists in Iraq. He
acclaimed the importance of the resolutions approved by the congress for the
current situation, indicating that the party has a significant opportunity to
progress in the light of the revolutionary situation where for the first time
the masses are descending to the streets to shape their own future.
At the end, the International anthem
concluded the Third Congress amid an atmosphere of comradeship and willingness
to fight for socialism. The Central Committee held its 7th.Plenum
immediately after the congress to elect a secretary of the Central Committee.
Comrade Issam Shukri was elected as secretary of the Central Committee
unanimously. 6 members in the new Politburo were also elected: Khabat Majeed,
Sardar Abdullah, Sargul Ahmed, Samir Noory, Abbas Kamel, and Awfi Madhi.
The Third Congress of the Left
Worker-communist Party of Iraq - LWPI
Baghdad in 22/12/2012