Sunday, January 9th 2011
Maliki expected to assign his remaining ministries next week
Baghdad, Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is expected to call a special parliamentary meeting next week to vote on his cabinet’s remaining ministries.
Maliki’s government includes 42 ministries out of which 10 ministries have not been assigned due to lack of women candidates for the ministerial portfolios. Maliki said he wanted more women candidates therefore suspended the announcement of 10 ministries.
Among the ministries remaining unassigned, since Dec. 21, are the so-called security ministries (The defence, interior, and the national security ministries) that Maliki said he would take his time to make the best choices for those ministries due to their importance and sensitivity.
“The process of naming the remaining ministers in the government has reached a tipping point," said a member of the National Coalition (NC) led by Maliki, Abbas al-Bayati, "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's cabinet will call next week on the presidency of the Council of Representatives (Iraqi Parliament) to vote on them."
But the security ministers will not be part of Maliki’s plan to be announced next week. Instead, they "Will be named at a later stage until a final agreement has been obtained."
The issue of the security ministries is not only about making right choices or women candidates; but a political issue.
Maliki’s bloc and the rival Sunni-backed list al-Iraqiya have been claiming those ministries and have not reached a final agreement about who will hold which of the three ministries.
Al-Iraqiya claims at least one ministry and Maliki’s bloc two, while the Kurds want to have a share in those ministries as well. This point of the Kurds is also supported by the al-Iraqiya list.
Arif tayfur, Iraq parliament speaker's second deputy - a Kurd, stressed Sunday that they have passed an official request to Mr Maliki through Rozh Nuri Shaways, Maliki deputy.
The Iraqi parliament is expected to resume sessions Sunday after 10 days of recess.
http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/208921/
Maliki expected to assign his remaining ministries next week
Baghdad, Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is expected to call a special parliamentary meeting next week to vote on his cabinet’s remaining ministries.
Maliki’s government includes 42 ministries out of which 10 ministries have not been assigned due to lack of women candidates for the ministerial portfolios. Maliki said he wanted more women candidates therefore suspended the announcement of 10 ministries.
Among the ministries remaining unassigned, since Dec. 21, are the so-called security ministries (The defence, interior, and the national security ministries) that Maliki said he would take his time to make the best choices for those ministries due to their importance and sensitivity.
“The process of naming the remaining ministers in the government has reached a tipping point," said a member of the National Coalition (NC) led by Maliki, Abbas al-Bayati, "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's cabinet will call next week on the presidency of the Council of Representatives (Iraqi Parliament) to vote on them."
But the security ministers will not be part of Maliki’s plan to be announced next week. Instead, they "Will be named at a later stage until a final agreement has been obtained."
The issue of the security ministries is not only about making right choices or women candidates; but a political issue.
Maliki’s bloc and the rival Sunni-backed list al-Iraqiya have been claiming those ministries and have not reached a final agreement about who will hold which of the three ministries.
Al-Iraqiya claims at least one ministry and Maliki’s bloc two, while the Kurds want to have a share in those ministries as well. This point of the Kurds is also supported by the al-Iraqiya list.
Arif tayfur, Iraq parliament speaker's second deputy - a Kurd, stressed Sunday that they have passed an official request to Mr Maliki through Rozh Nuri Shaways, Maliki deputy.
The Iraqi parliament is expected to resume sessions Sunday after 10 days of recess.
http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/208921/
