On: Friday 15/7/2011 7:22
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A source close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the prime minister sent on Thursday a request to the House of Representatives requesting the feminine ministries, having convinced al-Maliki that there should be government Mrhqh the number of ministries from (16 and 18) or (20) at a maximum.
The Iraqi sources in the direction of merging with the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources in one ministry and the Ministry of Health and the environment in one ministry, and the integration of the Ministry of Transport and Communication in one ministry,
And oil and electricity in the Ministry of Energy, in addition to the abolition of all government ministries.
The source of the Agency by news that the "al-Maliki sent a request yesterday to the House of Representatives and copies of it to the masses politics to begin the process of Limbering, where he will present this Limbering on the political blocs and the House of Representatives after the end of his visit to the Republic of China, which will start by next Monday. "
and the source added: "The demand to ensure elimination of all government ministries that do not have a law in the first phase, and then the integration of other ministries as a second phase."
and the source noted that al-Maliki called for in his application to the need for cooperation blocs and convince the ministers to abandon their posts for the sake of the country.
For his part, MP for the National Alliance on Alfalh The feminine ministries will be professionally purely and will apply to all ministers, regardless of political affiliation, calling on all the blocks to help the prime minister in the feminine government.
The Alfalh that "feminine ministries and through the words of the Prime Minister will be professionally strictly apply it professional mechanisms apply to the Minister all the blocks away from the political nature," noting that he "should not get to the number of perfect as it is in mature democracies, but also I hope to be the size of Limbering size befitting word Limbering. "
He Alfalh "We hope that all the blocks to help Mr. Maliki in the feminine ministry and understand the positions of the blocks, but we hope to be able to feminine this government to be a government worthy of Iraq, Bechtel politically mature," indicating "In the dialogues of daily sensed from some colleagues that they have an understanding of the One of the colleagues in the Kurdistan Alliance, told me that they do not make reservations on the principle of Limbering."
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has hinted at earlier his intention to reducing its government, after the expiration of the percent on the case proven defective in some joints of his cabinet, he may ask the feminine ministry and merging some ministries with each other, pointing at the same time there is a problem in the concept of quotas.
At an earlier meeting of the National Alliance in Baghdad, headed by its leader, Ibrahim al-Jaafari and the participation of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and representatives of all the blocks Political internalized in the coalition discussed the whole political proposal Maliki Petrhik government building on the experience of percent on the reform announced by last February, and follow-up to the work of ministries, "taking into account the positions of other political blocs and consultation future with it."
After the meeting, announced that the political body of the alliance agreed unanimously on a proposal feminine government through the elimination of the Ministries of State and assign deputy ministers to take over a bag of specific Without prejudice to the balance between the political blocs participating in the government.
He said that since adopting this proposal, "Itusm blocs of other political and participation in the formation of this government to the positive interaction and consultation to enable the proposed service to the political process and raise government performance to rank high. "
For his part, Maliki said the actions taken to feminine ministries, he put a structure to the government through the merger of some ministries, so that reduced the number to 25, the Ministry instead of 42, as is the case with this government now, which was formed in late last year. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]