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Iraqi Parliaments session begins to vote on new cabinet
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Iraqi Parliaments 14th session was opened on Tuesday afternoon, with the attendance of Prime Minister Designate, Nouri Al-Maliki, to vote on his new cabinet, a media source in the Parliament said.The Session began, after citing verses from the Holy Quran, with a speech by former Prime Minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, to be followed by another speech by al-Iraqiya Leader, Iyad Allawi, and Kurdistan Coalitions Representative, Fuad Maasoum, and the citing of the report of the special committee, asigned to prepare the new cabinets rogram and then PM Designate Malikis call on his cabinets candidates for voting on them; and after that the new cabinet members would read the constitutional oath. The PM and the Parliaments Speaker will deliver their speeches, the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Prime Minister Designate Maliki had announced that he would site the names of his new cabinet ministers and his governments program to the Parliament session for voting on Tuesday, saying that he had managed to present the names of his candidate ministes for the Parliaments Speaker on Monday night, within the defined constitutional period. Posted by: Steve White 2010-12-22 |
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