BAGHDAD — In the first sign that Iraq’s leaders may yet halt a sectarian political crisis that has raised fears of civil war, Sunni leaders said Sunday that they would end their boycott of Parliament.
The Iraqiya coalition, a largely Sunni-backed group of lawmakers that won the most seats in the 2010 parliamentary elections but was unable to build a governing coalition, will return to Parliament, a spokeswoman said.
The move does not signal the end of Iraq’s political crisis in which the Shiite-dominated government is accused of trying to sideline Sunnis from power. Those underlying issues have not been resolved.
But the decision eases tensions and paves the way for the political leadership to hold a national summit to discuss reconciliation among Iraq’s three main ethnic factions — Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.
Denver Post wire services
