 The Islamic Virtue Party governor of Basra has expressed support for a Region covering Basrah and its only its two neighbouring governorates of Maysan and Dhiqar.The Sadrist Movement supports a stronger central government, saying that federalism should not be applied to the south "while Iraq is still under occupation".The National Dialogue Front has asked that the de-Baathification provisions be reworded to ""be fair to those that have suffered under this article"".