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Shafaq News- Baghdad<\/p>\n
Political factions that withdrew from the Reconstruction and Development
\nbloc, led by former Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and aligned with the
\nState of Law Coalition headed by Nouri al-Maliki, are preparing to form a new
\nalliance under the name \u201cStrongman Alliance,\u201d a political source told Shafaq
\nNews on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Iraqi politician close to the Shiite Coordination Framework, Abu Mithaq
\nal-Masari, noted that the alliance would be formally launched once
\nconsultations among its leadership are completed, adding that the bloc aims to
\n\u201crestore balance\u201d to the political process and prevent factions close to Prime
\nMinister Ali al-Zaidi from dominating decision-making without broader
\ncoordination with other political forces.<\/p>\n
Characterizing the allocation<\/a> of the Oil and Electricity ministries to \u2018\u2019That imbalance prompted some allied factions to withdraw from the bloc
\nal-Sudani\u2019s bloc as a \u201cmajor imbalance,\u201d he argued that sovereign ministries are
\ntypically valued at no more than 14 points or parliamentary seats under the
\npolitical quota system, while the two ministries together accounted for more
\nthan double that figure.<\/p>\n
\ndue to concerns over their political and electoral shares,\u2019\u2019 he maintained.<\/p>\n