Monday, May 24th 2010State of Law says it names PM as soon as assigned with forming cabinet
Baghdad, A leader in the State of Law Coalition led by the outgoing Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki denied on Monday that there were any major problems that hindered the ongoing talks between the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) and State of Law, saying they will name PM as soon as they have been assigned with forming the new government.
"State of Law coalition and the INA are investigating mechanisms to form the next government," Khaled al-Asadi said Monday, before adding that "talking about a delay or hindrance before the negotiations between the emerged coalitions is not true"
The merger Shiite coalition will announce its candidate to head the next government as soon as they have been assigned, by the president elect, to form the next government, Asadi said.
"What is happening currently is forming coordinating committees between the two parties (INA and State of Law) to finish the mechanisms for selecting a candidate who will be the next Prime Minister" Al-Asadi added.
A number of political leaderships in Iraq blamed the delay in the formation of the new government on the INA and State of Law attributing the issue to differences between the two blocs which has made it difficult for them to name their candidate for the PM office.
The delay in the formation of the government led to security and political gaps as well as a new surge of violence.
A manual recount of votes this month did not back Maliki's claims of fraud in Baghdad's 2.5 million votes, confirming the victory of the Iraqiya list led by Ayad Allawi with 91 seats to 89 seats by the rival Maliki's State of Law.
Iraqiya list insists on the forming the next government basing their claim on the interpretation of the Iraqi constitution's Article 76 which vaguely entitles the winning list to form the government after the elections, while Maliki's bloc emphasizes the term "largest parliamentary bloc" as stipulated in the article means any majority list in the parliament whether a stand-alone or a merger of more than one lists, rather than a top vote-getter.
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