The List Of Candidates For Al-Kazemi’s Government Arrives In Parliament !

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Iraqi parliament expected to meet quorum to vote on Iraq's PM-designate Kadhimi's cabinet: Deputy Speaker

3 hours ago

 

Zhelwan Z. Wali
 

 

 

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — A senior Kurdish official in Baghdad is optimistic that Iraqi parliament will meet the mandated quorum to vote on prime minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi's proposed cabinet Wednesday night. 

"It is expected that the parliament will meet quorum and Kadhimi's cabinet will be voted on," Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Bashir Haddad told Rudaw TV just hours before the scheduled vote.

Iraqi parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi called on MPs on Monday night to head to Baghdad for an emergency session to decide on Kadhimi’s proposed cabinet at 9 pm on Wednesday. 

Haddad does not expect the entire list to be approved, but says that Kadhimi can still be given a vote of confidence if just over half his list passes. 

"It is not necessary for the entire cabinet to be approved. We have received the names of 20 ministers. Even if we are able to approve 12 to 13, it is constitutional. The cabinet can pass if more than half of the ministers are approved," added Haddad, who noted that they are yet to receive the names for the foreign and oil minister positions.

Kadhimi's proposed cabinet includes 12 ministers from the Shiite parties, six from the Sunnis and three from the Kurds, and one from a minority group, according to Dana Katib, a Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) member of parliament in Baghdad. 

"The Christians are likely to receive a ministry dedicated to the minorities," Katib told Rudaw English on Wednesday.

Kurdish leadership has already unanimously thrown their support behind Kadhimi, with the deputy speaker calling it “unwavering.”

Haddad says it remains unclear as to which ministerial posts Kurds will receive.

The Kurds, predominantly represented by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), have held three ministries in the outgoing Abdul-Mahdi's government, including the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities, and Public Works, and the Ministry of Finance.

Session to be delayed?

Fatih Alliance MP, Mohammed Baldawi, is less optimistic that tonight’s session will be held, claiming that "no final agreement has been reached between the political parties to give confidence or refrain from voting on Kadhimi's proposed cabinet," earlier on Wednesday at a press conference.

"Therefore, I expect that today's session to vote for Mustafa Kadhimi's cabinet will be postponed to tomorrow," he added.

A member of Iraq's largest parliamentary coalition, Sairoon, has already cast serious doubt over Kadhimi's ability to form the country's next cabinet. 

Appointed as PM-designate by Iraqi President Barham Salih early last month, former intelligence chief Kadhimi's 30-day deadline to compose and present a cabinet to Iraqi parliament will expire on May 9. He needs more than 165 MP votes for his cabinet to be passed.

Having already announced their rejection of Kadhimi's cabinet, some Shiite political coalitions - including former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition  and former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's al-Wataniyah coalition - have decided to boycott the parliament session in which Kadhimi will present his cabinet for approval.

With Kadhimi's deadline fast approaching, Iraqi parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi on Monday night called on MPs to head to Baghdad for an emergency session at 9 pm on Wednesday.  

The PM-designate has already suffered one rejection of a proposed cabinet, with a list of candidates rejected by a majority of parliament's Shiite coalitions last month. However, Shiite political parties granted Kadhimi another chance to put a cabinet together. 

Failure to pass a cabinet will prolong Iraq's lack of a fully-functioning government, initiated when mass protests forced then-Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi to resign in December after just a year in office. Shiite political parties have since wrangled over who should replace him and form the next Iraqi cabinet.

His appointment initially looked more promising than that of his two PM-designate predecessors – former communications minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, then three-term Najaf governor and Nasr parliamentary bloc leader Adnan al-Zurfi – both of whom failed to get a selected cabinet approved.

 

https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/060520201

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The President of the Republic meets with Fouad Hussein and the delegation of the regional government, and they discuss two files

 

6th May, 2020

 

President of the Republic Barham Ahmed Saleh held a meeting on Wednesday with members of the Kurdish blocs in the Iraqi parliament, and Finance Minister Fuad Hussein, the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government negotiating for Baghdad.

A source of Shafaq News said, Saleh met with parliamentarians, Hussein, and a delegation of the provincial government headed by Talabani at his home in Baghdad.

The source added that the meeting discussed the latest developments regarding the passage of the government of Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Al-Kazemi and the issue of the budget share and salaries of the Kurdistan Region.

 

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Last minute deal ... partial passage of Al-Kazemi's booth

 

 

6th May, 2020

 

A parliamentary source revealed on Wednesday that political forces had reached an agreement to pass 12 candidates in the booth of Prime Minister-designate Mustafa al-Kazimi

The source, who asked not to be named, told Shafaq News that the political forces supporting Al-Kazemi from the various Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish blocs agreed during the last hours to pass 12 ministers in the cabinet that Al-Kazemi presented to Parliament

Al-Kazemi had sent to Parliament a list of candidates to fill 20 ministerial portfolios, except for the candidates of the Ministry of Oil and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Parliament is scheduled to hold the session to consider whether to give confidence to the Al-Kazemi government or not today, Wednesday, at nine in the evening.   The source said that "there are observations by some political blocs on the remaining candidates, including four accused of corruption and two others who have lawsuits with the Supreme Judicial Council. The source pointed out, "There are political dialogues and negotiations still taking place between the parliamentary blocs to resolve the ministerial cabinet in today's meeting or postpone it to another session

For the government to obtain the confidence of Parliament, an absolute majority (50 percent + 1) is required for the number of members present (not the total number) to grant confidence

Meanwhile, a deputy for the Al-Fateh Coalition, Mithaq Al-Hamedi, said in an interview with Shafaq News that "there is a possibility that the voting session for the new government will not be held due to the lack of final agreement on the cabinet, as discussions about it continue until this moment. Al-Hamidi added that "the session may not take place due to the breaking of the quorum with some political parties and representatives, and this is highly expected and forthcoming

For his part, the deputy of the Bloc of Raiders Riyad Al-Masoudi told Shafak News that "most political forces are not enthusiastic about the issue of granting confidence and forming the next government, and this may postpone today's session until another time

Al-Masoudi said that those who support the passage of the Al-Kazemi government occupy about 60 percent of the parliament’s seats. He continued by saying, "The political differences between the blocs are not only on the designation of ministries, but some blocs refuse to assign Al-Kazemi and others that do not want to form a government in the country

The constitutional deadline for Al-Kazemi to pass his government in parliament expires on May 9 this year amid the expansion of the circle of opponents to pass his government in the past few days, after he was initially supported by the vast majority of political blocs. In the event that Al-Kazemi obtains confidence from the parliament, the new government will succeed the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, who resigned in early December 2019 under pressure from popular protests calling for the departure and accountability of the political class accused of corruption and waste of state funds

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Partial Passage equals a small fart. 

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14 minutes ago, horsesoldier said:

Partial Passage equals a small fart. 

Did you really expect anything more?

[ChuckFinley]

This gets done today either way.  

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43 minutes ago, ladyGrace'sDaddy said:

Did you really expect anything more?

 

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[NoviceInvestor]

It looks like it was another non event day????

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They just started vote.. after 3 hour delay..

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11 minutes ago, Stabstones said:

They just started vote.. after 3 hour delay..

What the heck time is it there?? I thought it was 12:30 am! Are they really doing this now?

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12 minutes ago, Stabstones said:

They just started vote.. after 3 hour delay..

DJ Umbertino - Cue The Hold Music !  

 

     

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Iraqi parliament kicks off session to vote for Kadhimi cabinet with quorum met

21 minutes ago

Rudaw


 

 

 

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - After hours of delay, Iraqi Parliament has begun its emergency session with 233 members of parliament present to vote on Prime Minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi's government cabinet, according to Halkawt Aziz, a Rudaw reporter on the scene.

Each of Kadhimi’s cabinet members will need 165 votes in order for his cabinet to be approved by lawmakers, Amin Bakir, a legal adviser to Iraqi parliament speaker, told Rudaw TV.

Kadhimi's proposed cabinet includes 12 ministers from the Shiite parties, six from the Sunnis and three from the Kurds, and one from a minority group, according to Dana Katib, a Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) member of parliament in Baghdad.

 

https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/060520202