Two weeks given for al-Iraqiya and State of Law Coalitions to present their candidates for Defense, Interior Ministries
8/3/2011 12:38 PM
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister, Roz Nouri Shawes, has defined a two-week period for al-Iraqiya and the State of Law Coalitions to present their candidates for the Defense and Interior Ministers posts, according to a Presidential statement on Wednesday.
“Shawes had read a Presidential statement, after the meeting of the Political Leaders on Tuesday, saying that, in order to implement Kurdistan President, Massoud Barzani’s initiative, agreement had been reached that al-Iraqiya to present its candidates for the Defense Ministry and the National Coalition for the Interior Ministry, within 2 weeks, according to CVs, to be agreed upon by the leading three blocs,” the statement reported.
It stressed that agreement had been reached on the “formation of a ministerial committee to study the results of Arbil Agreement about the internal system of the Council of Ministers and the draft-law on the National Council for Strategic Policies (NCSP), that would be passed to the Parliament for its approval.”
Among other result of the meeting, according to Shawes, had been “the formation of a committee by Deputy Prime Ministers, to define through cooperation with the Secretariat-General of the Council of Ministers, the setbacks in the Constitutional balancing, on the level of director-general and above in different ministries, along with the security ministries, within 2 months.”
“The committee shall be based on the results of the surveillance, through laying down of a suitable mechanism to put an end to the setbacks, in such a way that won’t affect the specific administrative frameworks and specifications,” Shawes said.
The Leaders of Iraq’s Political blocs have held a closed meeting, called for by President Jalal Talabani, with the presence of Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, Parliament Speaker, Usama al-Nujeify and Leader of al-Iraqiya Coalition, Iyad Allawi, along with all other Political Leaders.
