Interesting older article:
Maliki emphasizes during the meeting of the National Alliance, his insistence on the nomination of al-Dulaimi and Yasiri for defense and internal
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s insistence on the nomination of Saadoun al-Dulaimi, the Ministry of Defense and Tohfik Yasiri of the Ministry of Interior.
The MP said the National Alliance, Qasim al-Araji told all of Iraq [where] that “the National Alliance held evening meeting attended by representatives and leaders of the coalition and the presence of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was during the meeting to the Prime Minister briefed on the assessment of a percent on a final.”
“The Prime Minister touched on the subject of the security ministries vacant, and said his insistence on candidates who have submitted to the House of Representatives earlier and are Saadoun Dulaimi, a candidate for the Ministry of Defense and Tohfik Yasiri candidate for the Ministry of the Interior.”
Araji said that “during the meeting emphasized the need to continue dialogue with the masses Alassayash was emphasized that the National Alliance will remain an ongoing dialogue with the Iraqi List and accept any invitation in this regard.”
The evening of the National Alliance held a meeting at the home of President Ibrahim al-Jaafari to discuss developments in the political arena.
The meeting comes ahead of a meeting of the political blocs on Monday at the headquarters of President Jalal Talabani, which aims to bridge the gap in views between the political blocs.
The leader of the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi, formally apologized to attend this meeting, for reasons he said her health, said in a letter to President Ktalbani he would send one of his associates to represent him at a meeting of political leaders.
The political scene strained after accusing the existing Iraqi President Iyad Allawi for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of lying and hypocrisy and dependence on foreign access to power.
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