Monday, June 7th 2010
State of Law: "Maliki, our only candidate for PM post; time left indicates no agreement."
Baghdad, State of Law coalition insists on nominating the outgoing Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki only for the PM post and the negotiations are continuing with the Iraqi National Alliance (INA), but the candidate might not be named before the first parlimantary session," a leader in State of Law said on Monday.
"State of Law is convinced that Nuri al-Maliki is the appropriate candidate since he was the prime minister for four years and has the experience to hold the post again," Abbas al-Saedi said, adding that "State of Law has no alternative candidate other than al-Maliki so far."
"The negotiations between State of Law and INA are continuing, but reaching an agreement about the next prime minister may not be achieved before the first parliamentary meeting," Saedia stressed.
According to the Iraqi Constitution, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani can call for convening the first session of the new parliament within 15 days after the court ratifies the results; then the members have 15 days to elect a speaker for the parliament and 30 days to elect a new president.
"The first parliamentary session will be opened after the completion of the ongoing negotiations between all political blocs to give enough time for the new political map to be drawn," he added.
State of Law and INA announced their alliance on May 4, after the alliance have 159 seats, 4 seats less than the majority needed to form the government, including 89 for the State of Law and 70 for the Iraqi National Alliance.
State of law insists on nominating Nuri al-Maliki for the PM post, but this was objected by the INA blocs, especially by the Sadr movement, led by cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, while the INA nominated informally the former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and the outgoing Vice-President of the Republic, Adel Abdul-Mahdi for the post.
The Iraqi scene has witnessed, after announcing the results of the public poll, a broad political mobility, especially among the winning blocs, in order to form a parliamentary bloc that can form the new government, or at least agree on naming the prime minister, thing that resulted in the merger of State of Law coalition, led by outgoing Prime Minister, Nuri Al-Maliki and INA, led by Ammar Al-Hakim.
The debate now is over: Who is authorized to form the next government, while Al-Iraqiya bloc confirms its right, based on Article 76 of the Constitution, while the two Shiite alliances insist on this right based on the interpretation of the Federal Court.
According to the interpretation of the Federal Court of the term "the largest parliamentary bloc," which will be assigned to form a government, as in Article 76 of the Iraqi Constitution, it is either the bloc that was formed after the elections by one electoral list and had participated in the elections in a certain name and number, and had earned the largest number of seats, or the bloc that was made by allying two or more than two electoral lists, which participated in the elections with different names and numbers and then united in a single bloc with a single entity in the Parliament .
Violence has escalated in Baghdad under the stalled formation of the Iraqi government and the warnings of political leaders that the delay in forming the government will affect negatively the security situation.
http://www.aknews.com/
State of Law: "Maliki, our only candidate for PM post; time left indicates no agreement."
Baghdad, State of Law coalition insists on nominating the outgoing Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki only for the PM post and the negotiations are continuing with the Iraqi National Alliance (INA), but the candidate might not be named before the first parlimantary session," a leader in State of Law said on Monday.
"State of Law is convinced that Nuri al-Maliki is the appropriate candidate since he was the prime minister for four years and has the experience to hold the post again," Abbas al-Saedi said, adding that "State of Law has no alternative candidate other than al-Maliki so far."
"The negotiations between State of Law and INA are continuing, but reaching an agreement about the next prime minister may not be achieved before the first parliamentary meeting," Saedia stressed.
According to the Iraqi Constitution, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani can call for convening the first session of the new parliament within 15 days after the court ratifies the results; then the members have 15 days to elect a speaker for the parliament and 30 days to elect a new president.
"The first parliamentary session will be opened after the completion of the ongoing negotiations between all political blocs to give enough time for the new political map to be drawn," he added.
State of Law and INA announced their alliance on May 4, after the alliance have 159 seats, 4 seats less than the majority needed to form the government, including 89 for the State of Law and 70 for the Iraqi National Alliance.
State of law insists on nominating Nuri al-Maliki for the PM post, but this was objected by the INA blocs, especially by the Sadr movement, led by cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, while the INA nominated informally the former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and the outgoing Vice-President of the Republic, Adel Abdul-Mahdi for the post.
The Iraqi scene has witnessed, after announcing the results of the public poll, a broad political mobility, especially among the winning blocs, in order to form a parliamentary bloc that can form the new government, or at least agree on naming the prime minister, thing that resulted in the merger of State of Law coalition, led by outgoing Prime Minister, Nuri Al-Maliki and INA, led by Ammar Al-Hakim.
The debate now is over: Who is authorized to form the next government, while Al-Iraqiya bloc confirms its right, based on Article 76 of the Constitution, while the two Shiite alliances insist on this right based on the interpretation of the Federal Court.
According to the interpretation of the Federal Court of the term "the largest parliamentary bloc," which will be assigned to form a government, as in Article 76 of the Iraqi Constitution, it is either the bloc that was formed after the elections by one electoral list and had participated in the elections in a certain name and number, and had earned the largest number of seats, or the bloc that was made by allying two or more than two electoral lists, which participated in the elections with different names and numbers and then united in a single bloc with a single entity in the Parliament .
Violence has escalated in Baghdad under the stalled formation of the Iraqi government and the warnings of political leaders that the delay in forming the government will affect negatively the security situation.
http://www.aknews.com/
