BAGHDAD / Mohammad Sabah
After more than a year to form a government Abadi, in full National Alliance to "summit meeting" included the poles of the most prominent Shiite blocs. The meeting comes after just one day of the return of the two leaders of the Shiite Tehran.
Tzbzt and the National Alliance meetings, over the past year, so that its leaders have never met, but a month after the fall of the gray mid-May last. And threw differences over the presidency of the National Alliance shadow over the meetings, which has become intermittent limited presence on the second line leaders or third.
The extraordinary meeting in light of the escalation of demonstrations that have received a clear impetus from the support of the religious authority and that prompted Prime Minister Abadi strongly for repairs pack.
Despite the leak differentiated News on the resolution of the presidency of the National Alliance for the benefit of Ammar al-Hakim, head of the Islamic Supreme Council, but the limbs several denied this, attributing it to focus the meeting on the priorities of supporting the reforms and meet the demands of the demonstrations, and discuss developments in the war on Daash, as well as the financial crisis in the country.
But the parties It asserts that "the presidency of the coalition" was on the agenda of the meeting, but time constraints prevented discussion.
A statement from the office of the President of the National Alliance Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the latter "chaired a meeting of the leaders of the coalition presence of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and president of a coalition of state law, Nuri al-Maliki, and President of the Council Top Islamic al-Hakim, and the Secretary General of the Badr Organization, Hadi al-Amiri, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Hussain al-Shahristani. "
In effect, says Prince Kanani, leader of the Liberal bloc, "The meeting of the National Alliance, which was held Thursday evening at the home of Prime Alliance Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and attended by the leaders of the front row, took up the cause of the battles fought by the popular crowd by hosting some of its leaders. "
Kanani said, in a statement to (range), that "the leaders of the coalition discussed with the leaders of the movements of the popular crowd in the areas of Anbar and Salah al-Din and what you need of support to face combat action against organizations Daash. "
He said the leader of the Liberal bloc by saying that "the coalition meeting touched on the reforms taken by the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and considered by the National Alliance, a step to the establishment of state institutions able to correct past mistakes package."
confirms Kanani said that "the meeting also discussed the demands of the demonstrators and the need to achieve, as well as meeting addressed Alaqsadah crisis faced by the past and the current period of Iraq and the need to find ways to address them. "
And on the plans that the government will follow to address the economic crisis, a leader of the Sadrist says that "the prime minister Haider al-Abadi expressed concern for the leaders of the Alliance the continuing crisis, the fall in world oil prices and their impact on the economic life of the country, "pointing out that" al-Abadi will give him the new salary, commensurate with the economic crisis Law, taking into account the justice between all state employees. "
Kanani said that "the new salary scale provides for the grading to reduce the salaries Supreme, "stressing that" the details of this new law is left to the government that will put forward during the next Council of Ministers sessions we have no knowledge to detail. "
denies leadership rib to be the meeting touched on the presidency of the National Alliance, which revolve around strong differences led to Shell's biggest Shiite bloc. He says Kanani said that "coalition meeting did not touch not from afar and from close to the subject of the presidency of the National Alliance," asserting that "the things that touched her is with regard to the new situation."
turn confirms the MP for the coalition of state law, Abbas al-Bayati said "the priority of the National Alliance is support Abadi of the reforms he has made in the last period. "
He said al-Bayati, said in an interview with the (range), said that "resolving the issue of the presidency of the alliance is no longer a priority for all national components of the coalition and now the focus is on the success of the reform process which began Abadi implemented."
The attention of Attorney a coalition of law to be "the last few years saw a decline of blocks of the National Alliance to discuss and resolve the presidency of the National Alliance after the departure of the demonstrations that accompanied the start of the implementation of the reforms package before Abadi."Confirms al-Bayati said "discuss and resolve the issue of the presidency of the alliance between its components will not last long and will be phased."
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