Friday, December 31st 2010Sistani’s representative lambastes way of choosing new ministers
Karbala, The representative of the Shia religious authority Ali al-Sistani in Karbala criticized Friday the new government’s way of choosing the new ministers saying it lacked professional standards to choose the appropriate ministers.
Ahmed al-Safi said during the Friday prayers that the criteria used in selecting candidates for the ministries was not better than the experience of the previous government which he described as a “failure” because non-competent persons assumed ministerial office.
Iraq’s political blocs shared the government posts based on a power-sharing deal. Each bloc that had won ministerial portfolios would send the CVs of three candidates to Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki could study them and choose the best.
