RCC Unanimously Re-nominate President
Hussein for Presidency Post

IRAQI NEWS AGENCY (State-run)

August 17, 2002

According to the provisions of Paragraph (A) of Article (57) of the Constitution, the Revolution Command Council (RCC) held a meeting Thursday chaired by President Saddam Hussein.

The Council again unanimously decided to nominate President Saddam Hussein for the post of President of the Republic of Iraq.

“The President’s leadership of the Revolution and the country within the leading responsibilities he undertook was the assured guarantee to preserve Iraq’s sovereignty, independence and dignity… and to go on the process of building, development and progress despite the imperialistic-Zionist plots and their offensive policies and the unjust sanctions imposed on the Iraqi people,” the members of the Revolution Command Council said at the meeting.

In this regard, a Republican Decree was issued calling on the National Assembly to hold an extraordinary meeting to consider the decision taken by the Revolution Command Council.