Lawmaker urges reducing PM's authorities to facilitate govt. formation

[nathan1606]

Lawmaker urges reducing PM's authorities to facilitate govt. formation

Tuesday, August 31st 2010 10:50 AM

Sulaimaniya, Aug. 31 (AKnews) – An Iraqi lawmaker stated on Monday that to expedite the formation of the new Iraqi government the authorities of the next prime minister should be diminished.

What hampers setting up the next government is the mania of the Iraqi blocs for the authorities that the Iraqi prime minister enjoys, Bakir Hama-Sadiq from Kurdistan Blocs Coalition (KBC) to the Iraqi parliament told AKnews.

The KBC is the fourth largest parliamentary bloc in the Iraqi parliament with 57 seats.

The three top winners of the March parliamentary elections, successively al-Iraqiya, the State of Law Coalition (SLC), and the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) still debate over who should take the prime minister’s position.

Hama-Sadiq believed that the current political tension in Iraq is the result of the intransigence of the leading blocs in claiming the post.

"The privileges of the prime minister’s post has tempted the outgoing prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki to state that the country will get in trouble if he is not elected for a second term," he added.

Commenting on Hama-Sadiq's views, Saman Fawzi, another member of KBC maintained that the reduction of the authorities may settle only part of the disputes.

However, he said “it is still impossible to reduce the privileges at the present time.”

Fawzi noted that Iraq is governed by a parliamentary system which entails that the parliament enjoys most of the authorities.

"Therefore, for any reduction of prime minister’s authorities the leaders of the blocs should agree to curb the privileges after the government is formed. This also means that the Constitution has to modified," he added.

Asked about the efforts towards forming the government, Fawzi replied in the past two months no progress has been achieved.

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/178405

[Jac]

Nathan...

In looking over all these quotes and articles where the list members or Iraqi leaders speak and drop words of wisdom, I get the sense that this is certainly is an educational experience for them.

Thank yoiu for the post.

Jac

[woookiee]

Thanks for the post