PM Maliki to present his cabinet for Parliament’s approval on Monday:

[krmayo]

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s Prime Minister Designate, Nouri al-Maliki, is scheduled to present his new cabinet’s candidates to the Parliament later today (Monday) for ratification, amid expectations that he would occupy the security cabinet posts, i.e the Defense, Interior and National Security Ministries by himeself, on acting level, till an agreement would be reached among different political blocs on those posts.

“Maliki will attend the Parliament’s session today to present his new cabinet, and he is expected to explain that some ministries need what he termed as ‘national consensus,’ such as the Security Ministries, assignment of which would be postponed for another time, pending the achievement of an understanding by different political blocs on those ministries,” Legislature of Maliki’s State of Law Coallition, Ali al-Allaq, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Allaq pointed out that the Iraqi Constitution “allows the Prime Minister to hold the remaining cabinet posts, including the Defense and Interior Ministries, on an “acting minister’s position.”

Iraq’s President, Jalal Talabani, had officially assigned Nouri al-Maliki on 25/11/2010 to form the new Iraqi government.

Different Iraqi political blocs have been preoccupied to nominate their candidates for leading government posts, including the vice-presidents and deputy prime-ministers, along with the new cabinet posts, amid a serious competition to gain some leading posts, scheduled to be distributed according to the number of their parliament seats and the so-called “points system.”

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Edited December 20, 2010 by krmayo

[whatsfordinar?]

this is the 'present' I wanted for Christmas.....................GO RV!!!!!...................

[unclegeek]

Wouldn't surprise me if s held up the closer until all positions were done. A will likely have a cow too.

[Twincougars]

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Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki to unveil new government

By Gabriel Gatehouse BBC News, Baghdad

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki (file photo Nov 2010) It will be a delicate balancing act for Mr Maliki

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is due to unveil his cabinet shortly, more than nine months after inconclusive parliamentary elections.

It is expected to include all the major factions, including the Kurds, Shia and Sunni Arabs.

Each of the prime minister's nominations will still have to be approved by the Iraqi parliament.

But it is hoped the move will end a protracted period of political deadlock.

This day has been a very long time coming, and there are still a few potential hurdles ahead.

There are 37 posts in all, and dividing up portfolios among Iraq's diverse and often mutually antagonistic factions has been the focus of the past month's political wrangling.

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Iraq government deadlock

* March: Elections give two-seat lead to former PM Iyad Allawi - not enough to form a government

* June: Parliament meets for 20 minutes, MPs sworn in but delay formal return to work to give time for coalition talks

* August: Iraq's Supreme Court orders parliament to re-convene

* November: power-sharing deal agreed. Shia bloc to get premiership, Sunnis to get speaker plus new role for Mr Allawi. Kurds keep presidency.

* Iraq's great balancing act

* Profile: Nouri al-Maliki

It will be a delicate balancing act for Mr Maliki, who has to reconcile various Shiite groups, as well as the Sunnis and the Kurds, to put together government of national unity that has at least a chance of being able to work together.

It has taken a world-record-breaking nine and a bit months to get this far.

When the government is finally formed, it will be seen as a major breakthrough.

But the real test of this coalition will come when these newly-appointed ministers get down to work, and start to tackle the country's many problems - from neglected and crumbling infrastructure to continuing violence and instability.