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\nBaghdad<\/p>\n
Prime
\nMinister-designate Ali al-Zaidi has informed leaders of the Coordination
\nFramework of his intention to present his ministerial cabinet on May 9, with
\nparliament scheduled to hold a confidence vote the following week, according to
\na member of the parliamentary Services Bloc (Khadamat).<\/p>\n
“Al-Zaidi
\nhas the constitutional time required to finalize his government lineup and
\nsubmit it to the Council of Representatives within the designated period,”
\nMP Mohammed al-Shammari told Shafaq News on Monday. Intensive political efforts
\nare underway, he added, to resolve all remaining ministerial appointments
\nbefore the confidence session.<\/p>\n
Cabinet
\nportfolio allocation remains incomplete, with negotiations still active across
\npolitical blocs. The incoming government, according to the source, is set to comprise 22 ministries,
\ndistributed as follows: 12 for the Shiite Coordination Framework factions, six
\nfor Sunni blocs, and four for Kurdish parties.<\/p>\n
On the Sunni
\nside, the Ministry of Higher Education is set to go to the Taqaddum Party \u2014led
\nby Mohammed al-Halbousi, who holds 27 parliamentary seats\u2014 while the Defense
\nMinistry is slated for the al-Azm Alliance, led by Muthanna al-Samarrai, which
\nholds 15 seats, according to a political source who spoke to Shafaq News
\nearlier this week.<\/p>\n
Al-Zaidi is
\nexpected to meet with Sunni leaders, including al-Halbousi, whose party has
\nraised<\/a> the ceiling of its cabinet demands, a development, the source revealed, that has generated
\nfriction in political backchannels as Sunni portfolio negotiations enter direct
\nbargaining, the sources said.<\/p>\n