Abadi, Maliki to run in local elections on one list: source
Iraq's
Islamic Dawa (Call) Party member on Sunday said that the party's secretary-general
Nouri al-Maliki, the country's former prime minister accused of corruption, and former PM Haidar al-Abadi will run for the upcoming local elections on one list.
Dawa
Party decided that Maliki and Abadi will run for the upcoming local elections on one list, "but
the two sides have postponed the issue and do not want to announce it to the public now," said a leader in the party, who spoke in condition of anonymity.
Maliki
and Abadi welcomed this decision, the source said, expecting that such decision
will be announced soon.
This
comes although Nasr (Victory) Alliance, led by Abadi, has denied Saturday the intention to merge
with the State of Law Coalition led by Maliki to run for the upcoming elections.