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| Iraq |
| Al-Iraqiya insists on its toadies for Defense, Electricity Ministries |
| 2011-01-03 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Al-Iraqiya Coalition, led by former Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, insists on the nomination of its candidates for the posts of Defense and Electricity Ministers, Falah al-Naqib and Ziyad al-Dharb, its Legislature, Kadhim al-Shimmari said on Sunday. “Al-Iraqiya is insisting on its candidates Falah al-Naqib for the new Defense Minister’s post and Ziyad al-Dharb for the Electricity Minister’s post,” Shimmary told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, but admitted that his Coalition had did not nominate any woman candidates for the remaining ministries posts. Noteworthy is that Legislature Hassan al-Suneid of the National Coalition, had stated on Saturday that Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, “insists” to assign the remaining ministerial posts that were not filled till now for women candidates, charging that the political blocs have failed to present any women candidate for the remaining ministerial posts, that were not filled till now. The above development is taking place at a time when the Women Members in the Iraqi Parliament have protested for the absence of any women candidates in the new Iraqi cabinet, and the Spokeswoman, Ala Talabani, told a recent Parliament session which had passed the new cabinet, that such a measure was considered a “constitutional violation,” demanding the Parliament to settle the issue. As regards to the legitimacy of the Prime Minister’s delay of assigning the leading security ministers in the new cabinet, Shimmary said that the Federal Court had granted the Prime Minister the right to present some of the cabinet’s candidates and to keep the remaining posts to be announced after the formation of the cabinet. |
| Posted by:Steve White |