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Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq’s cabinet is
expected to be completed after the Eid Al-Adha holiday on May 27, either
through an emergency parliamentary session or following the end of the
legislature’s recess, an Iraqi lawmaker told Shafaq News on Saturday.
According to Amer
Al-Fayez, the head of the Tasmeem Alliance, which is part of the Shiite
Coordination Framework (CF), political blocs and parties are currently holding
internal meetings to discuss candidates for the remaining cabinet positions
based on their political entitlements, noting that meetings of the CF have been
suspended until after the Eid holiday.
Meanwhile, political
forces whose nominees failed to secure parliamentary approval are reviewing
dozens of alternative candidates, with blocs expected to submit three names for
each vacant ministry to Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi, who will select the preferred
nominee before presenting the candidates to parliament for a vote, a source
told our agency.
Earlier, a separate
source informed Shafaq News that the CF had agreed to grant the prime minister
authority to choose candidates for the Interior and Defense ministries from
lists containing 10 security and military figures, adding that names currently circulating
in the media are inaccurate.
On May 14, the Iraqi
parliament approved Al-Zaidi’s government and ministerial program,
granting confidence to 14 ministers out of 23, while nine ministries remained
vacant due to disputes over candidates and political quotas, including the Interior,
Defense, Higher Education, and Planning ministries.
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