Sunday, August 15th 2010
State of Law: Talks with Kurdistan Blocs Coalition and Iraqiya to nominate al-Maliki
Baghdad, A member in the State of Law coalition (SOL) said on Sunday that his list is intensifying its current talks with the Kurdistan Blocs Coalition (KBC) and al-Iraqiya list over Maliki's nomination to head the next government, denying the intention of the State of Law to provide an alternative candidate.
Haidar al-Jurani, a member in State of Law coalition told (AKnews) that the Kurdish leaders confirmed to the SOL they don't have red lines or veto to renew Maliki's mandate: "we still negotiate with them to form the next government led by Nouri al-Maliki ".
"The news spread by some media outlets over the agreement of SOL or the Islamic Dawa Party to change its candidate nominee, is untrue and inaccurate news, because our coalition has made its mind and had no intention to change the candidate, as it did not convene a meeting during the past period, and what was circulated was meant to confuse the National Front”, said Jourani.
Some media reported from informed sources that members of Dawa Party voted unanimously to select a new candidate for the prime minister post, instead of the outgoing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Some close sources to the National Alliance (SOL and National Coalition) said, "Voting was done in the presence of Dawa Party leader, Nouri al-Maliki, and for the first time he showed clear flexibility to the request made by members in Dawa”.
The sources did not disclose the name of the alternative candidate, but said that it would be exclusive from the members of Dawa Party.
However, some leaks indicated that among the names mentioned in Dawa, are Haider al-Abadi and Ali al-Adeeb.
A heated conflict over the formation of the government is taking place after nearly five months of the elections, while fears arise of a deteriorating security situation, particularly after the announcement of the high death toll of violence actions last July, exceeding the number of victims of other months since May 2008.
Many Iraqis were hoping that March elections would result in a government that works to improve the lost security and services.
The crisis of forming the Iraqi government emerged among the winning political parties by the majority of the parliament seats after March 2010 polls, especially between al-Iraqiya bloc (91 seats) and the State of Law bloc (89 seats) .
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