January 3, 2011Draft-law of National Council for Strategic Policies completed, former PM Allawi says:
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The preparations and the draft-law of the National Council for Strategic Policies (NCSP) have been completed and the draft-law would be presented to the Parliament for approval later this month, the Leader of al-Iraqiya Coalition and former Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, said today.
“The agreement that took place between me, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the Chairman of the National Reform Trend, Ibrahim al-Jaafary, had facilitated the acceleration of preparing the NCSP’s draft-law,” Allawi told Baghdad’s al-Zaman daily newspaper.
The NCSP’s draft-law gives its Chairman “the rights, privilages and considerations, enjoyed by the Prime Minister; and grants him the right to appoint any person to act on his behalf in the event of his absence for any reason, as well as calling any high-ranking official to attend its meetings, including the Chairman of the Judiciary, Chairman of the Federal Court, the Ministers and the High Army Commands.”
In a related development, the Leader of al-Iraqiya Coalition had announced the formation of a new leadership for the National Accordance Movement he leads, comprising 70 members, adding that the Movement “is witnessing a new framework for its organization, through the election of its political-executive council, comprising a number of women among its members.”
Al-Iraqiya Coalition comprises 7 political blocs, namely the National Accordance Movement, led by Iyad Allawi, the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, led by Deputy Prime Minister, Saleh al-Mutlaq, the Iraqiyoun Group, led by Parliament’s Speaker Usama al-Nujeifi, al-Hal (Solution) Movement, led by Jamal Karbouly, the Renewal Movement, led by Vice-President Tareq al-Hashimy, along with the Future Trend, led by Finance Minister, Rafea al-Issawi and the Rafidain Sons Movement, led by Salam al-Zoba’e.
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