Shiite Sadrist Group plans to get deputy PM’s posts

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Shiite Sadrist Group plans to get deputy PM’s posts

December 9, 2010 - 12:54:51

MISSAN / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s Ahrar (Liberal) Sadrist Group, led by Shiite Cleric Ammar al-Hakim, intends to get 7 cabinet posts and the third deputy prime minister’s post in the new government, according to the Sadrist Legislature, Mushriq Naji, on Thursday.

“Our Ahrar (Liberal) Sadrist bloc is striving to get 7 cabinet posts in the new government, in addition to the post of the Third Deputy Prime Minister,” Naji told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Naji noted that the Ministries his bloc would like to get are the ministries of transportation, education, justice, health, housing, electricity, and a ministry of state.

He said that the official announcement of the new cabinet would take place next week, as the formation of the government shall take place before its assigned date, following the settlement of the cabinet posts for the leading ministries, to be occupied by the large blocs, thing that had delayed the formation of the new government.

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