Halbousi, Hakim review talks about government formation
Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi has reviewed
with the head of the Reform and Reconstruction Alliance Ammar al-Hakim the current
negotiations to complete the formation of the new government in a meeting on
Tuesday.
During the meeting, Halbousi and Hakim discussed the
developments in the political situation of the country and the means to support
the government to help implement the governmental program, and strengthen state
institutions, a statement by Halbousi's office read.
Prime Minister Adil Abd
al-Mahdi has worked on completing the formation of his government since he took
post last October.
On October 24, Abd al-Mahdi
managed to get the parliamentary approval on 14 out of 22 ministries. However
disagreement between political blocs especially on security ministries have
thwarted Abd al-Mahdi's efforts to complete the cabinet in a short time.
While Fatah Alliance
has frequently tried to force the others to accept Fayadh as the interior
ministry candidate, Muqtada al-Sadr affirmed his rejection to Fayadh and
other partisan candidate for interior ministry.
Sadr said that he
would instead support the nomination of military leaders who fought against ISIS
during Iraq's fight to rid the country of the terrorist group's caliphate.
In February, Fatah
Alliance MP Mithaq al-Hamedi said that his alliance has agreed with Saairun to
nominate another candidate for the Interior Ministry instead of Fayadh.
National Wisdom
Movement MP Asaad al-Morshedi said that former Interior Minister Mohamed al-Ghabban
is the most likely to get nominated for the post.