Saturday, April 9, 2011

Concerns over Iraqi shadow government

Karbala, April 9 (AKnews) - An Iraqi MP in State of Law Coalition (SLC) led by the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday that those who want to form a "shadow government" must leave the entire political process.

This comes after a statement published by local media that revealed about the existence of efforts to form a shadow government that brings together the head of National Congress Party, Ahmad Chalabi, Iraqiya leader former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, and leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Adel Abdul Mahdi.

Abdul-Mahdi al-Khafaji from SLC told AKnews how could a shadow government be formed and the parties that want to form it participate in the current government. This is true even if they didn't participate primarily in the government of Mr. Maliki.

According to analysts, the attempts to form a "shadow government", if confirmed, is a reaction to the comments of close persons to al-Maliki in which pointed to the tendency to form a government of political majority.

"If some political parties wanted to form a parliamentary opposition and there was a work that benefit the Iraqi people as a whole, then we support it in SLC and there is no objection to it."

The Iraqiya coalition and the ISCI and some blocs state that the SLC marginalized them in the government formation.

Maliki's government is still incomplete, while there are disputes about the candidates for the security ministries that are currently run by al-Maliki.


Reported by Hassoun al-Haffar
RN\GS AKnews
http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/230780/

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