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Kurds warn Maliki over planned government slim down
23/06/2011 19:35
Baghdad, June 23 (AKnews) – The Kurdish Blocs Coalition spokesman (KBC) Moayyed Tayyib warned on Thursday Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Naliki against "creating a political crisis" slimming down the government on the expense of other blocs who have earned their shares in the government through elections.
The Kurdish position came hours after Maliki presented his assessment report of government ministries following the end of a 100-day period that he had set for cabinet to improve performance.
Earlier this month, Baghdad witnessed protests calling on Maliki to step down because a promise he made to the Iraqi people to improve services in the 100-day period had not been met. There were calls that Maliki should slim down his 42-ministry cabinet.
Tayyib said the country had already been plagued by other crises, therefore, Maliki should be careful about government minimization. “The slimming down of the government must not be on the expense of electoral entitlements.. Such reductions are rejected”
Maliki said today in his report that “it was necessary to slim down the government, and which has been met with conditional acceptance from the leader of the Sadr Current – cleric Moqtada al-Sadr”
“The KBC sees that it is better to leave the government as it is with the current number of ministries” said Tayyib, “to avoid creating political problems in the country”
A statement from al-Sadr’s office said following the Maliki report that the slimming down has to include all government positions, describing the plans as “good” and “useful” which were supported by the cleric.
Reported by Haidar Ibrahim
RY/AKnews
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23/06/2011 19:35
Baghdad, June 23 (AKnews) – The Kurdish Blocs Coalition spokesman (KBC) Moayyed Tayyib warned on Thursday Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Naliki against "creating a political crisis" slimming down the government on the expense of other blocs who have earned their shares in the government through elections.
The Kurdish position came hours after Maliki presented his assessment report of government ministries following the end of a 100-day period that he had set for cabinet to improve performance.
Earlier this month, Baghdad witnessed protests calling on Maliki to step down because a promise he made to the Iraqi people to improve services in the 100-day period had not been met. There were calls that Maliki should slim down his 42-ministry cabinet.
Tayyib said the country had already been plagued by other crises, therefore, Maliki should be careful about government minimization. “The slimming down of the government must not be on the expense of electoral entitlements.. Such reductions are rejected”
Maliki said today in his report that “it was necessary to slim down the government, and which has been met with conditional acceptance from the leader of the Sadr Current – cleric Moqtada al-Sadr”
“The KBC sees that it is better to leave the government as it is with the current number of ministries” said Tayyib, “to avoid creating political problems in the country”
A statement from al-Sadr’s office said following the Maliki report that the slimming down has to include all government positions, describing the plans as “good” and “useful” which were supported by the cleric.
Reported by Haidar Ibrahim
RY/AKnews
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