04/05/2010
National Coalition and the rule of law officially announce merger
Baghdad 4 May (Akaniwz) - The legs of the Iraqi National Coalition and a coalition of state law, on Tuesday evening, for a formal merger in an effort to form a parliamentary bloc, the largest within the Council of Representatives.
The leader of the Movement for National Reform Abdul Razzaq al-Kazimi, a joint press conference included leaders of coalitions and attended by Agency correspondent in Kurdistan News (Akaniwz) The "coalition of the state of law and the Iraqi National Coalition agreed to form a parliamentary bloc through their alliance, and that this alliance is an essential step to open up to the rest of the Iraqi national forces. "
He explained that "the new alliance is determined to provide all the requirements of the success of the political process at all joints and the most important building a parliamentary system effective at both the legislative and regulatory framework."
Kazimi said that "the coalition agreed to form an Iraqi government in accordance with national standards of efficiency, and abide by the Constitution and the government's program of co-writing all the political forces."
And got a list of coalition rule of law, led by Prime Minister Nuri outgoing Nuri al-Maliki on 89 seats out of 325 seats, while I got a list of the Iraqi National Coalition 70 seats in the elections held on 7 March last year.
While stressing the Iraqi List led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said the Iraqi law and the Constitution authorizes the formation of the government due to their access to the highest votes in the elections on the basis of Article 76 of the Iraqi Constitution, which referred to the president assigns the president of the largest faction to form a government.
Negotiations have stalled between the list of coalition rule of law and the Iraqi National Alliance two weeks ago against the backdrop of refusal of the state law to nominate a candidate to replace al-Maliki as prime minister, but returned recently and resulted in the integration declaration after their meeting today.
