Iqbal Iraq officially submitted four candidates for the Ministry of Defence to Maliki
Thursday, August 11 / August 2011 15:24
Deputy for the Iraqi List, provide the names of candidates for the post of defense minister formally to the Prime Minister.
The MP said Mohammed Iqbal, told all of Iraq [where] on Thursday, said: "Iraq officially submitted to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the names of candidates for the post of defense minister according to the agreed political blocs in its last meeting at the presidential headquarters to provide the candidates within two weeks."
"The candidates for the position of two civilians and two military", rejecting at the same time "to reveal their names or affiliations."
A source in the list of Iraq has told all of Iraq [where] on Wednesday said: "The Iraqi List, agreed at its meeting on Tuesday the first to submit three names of new candidates to fill the position of the Ministry of Defense."
"The three candidates are Hamid Dawoud al-Obeidi, Midhat al-Obeidi, and Louay Naji Tbakjla been nominated for the position exclusively affiliated to the Accord coalition, the Iraqi List led by Iyad Allawi, head of the list"
The security ministries are vacant because of an incompatibility of the political blocs on the names of candidates for those ministries that currently run by the Acting Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
And leaders of political blocs agreed at the meeting held under the auspices of President Jalal Talabani on Tuesday to provide the Iraqi National Alliance for their candidates for the ministries of security during the period of two weeks.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has been nominated both for the Ministry of Tawfiq al-Saadoun al-Dulaimi, the Interior and the Ministry of Defence, but this nomination is not accepted some of the political blocs, especially the nomination of the Iraqi al-Dulaimi, was considered a coup against the agreement Erbil / End 5 - p.
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