September 22, 2010
Abdul mahdi: Al-Iraqiya to become largest bloc if INA failed to choose nominee
Baghdad, Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul mahdi said on Wednesday that if the National Alliance failed to agree on one candidate to head the new government, al-Iraqiya List will become the largest bloc.
“Al-Iraqiya will become the largest bloc in case the INA failed to choose its nominee to lead the government,” Abdulmahdi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, commenting on the possibility of al-Iraqiya to form the new government.
Al-Iraqiya List senior official Usama al-Nujaifi had denied on Tuesday reports saying that al-Iraqiya ceded its right to form the government.
The recent statements of al-Iraqiya senior official Tareq al-Hashemi expressed his personal views, al-Nujaifi said.
Al-Hashemi’s statements were misinterpreted, he added stressing that al-Hashemi said al-Iraqiya is willing to cooperate but not to cede its right, he argued.
Differences among political blocs reached their zenith between the main two blocs, al-Iraqiya and the State of Law, with the first obtaining 91 out of the new parliament’s 325 seats while the second obtained 89.
The State of Law formed a coalition with the Iraqi National Alliance, or INA, to garner the largest number of seats in the new parliament. This claim was rejected by al-Iraqiya bloc, which argued that it had been the winner of the largest number of seats in the parliament and that it has the right to form the new government.
SH (S) http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=137087
Abdul mahdi: Al-Iraqiya to become largest bloc if INA failed to choose nominee
Baghdad, Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul mahdi said on Wednesday that if the National Alliance failed to agree on one candidate to head the new government, al-Iraqiya List will become the largest bloc.
“Al-Iraqiya will become the largest bloc in case the INA failed to choose its nominee to lead the government,” Abdulmahdi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, commenting on the possibility of al-Iraqiya to form the new government.
Al-Iraqiya List senior official Usama al-Nujaifi had denied on Tuesday reports saying that al-Iraqiya ceded its right to form the government.
The recent statements of al-Iraqiya senior official Tareq al-Hashemi expressed his personal views, al-Nujaifi said.
Al-Hashemi’s statements were misinterpreted, he added stressing that al-Hashemi said al-Iraqiya is willing to cooperate but not to cede its right, he argued.
Differences among political blocs reached their zenith between the main two blocs, al-Iraqiya and the State of Law, with the first obtaining 91 out of the new parliament’s 325 seats while the second obtained 89.
The State of Law formed a coalition with the Iraqi National Alliance, or INA, to garner the largest number of seats in the new parliament. This claim was rejected by al-Iraqiya bloc, which argued that it had been the winner of the largest number of seats in the parliament and that it has the right to form the new government.
SH (S) http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=137087
