Al-Sadr office in Amara begins referendum to choose prime minister

MISSAN /Iraqi News Al-Sadr office in Amara started on Friday the referendum to choose the appropriate figure to assume the prime minister post, according to a member of al-Ahrar bloc in Missan. “In light of the call made by Sadrist bloc leader, Muqtada al-Sadr, organized today a two-day referendum to choose the new prime minister,” Rafia Abduljabar Noushi told Iraqi News, noting that the referendum is being held on five candidates; Nouri al-Maliki, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iyad Allawi, Adel Abdulmahdi, Jaafar Mohammad Jaafar Baqer al-Sadr. “The voting process will be held in 42 electoral centers,” he added. Amara, the capital of Missan, lies 390 km south of Baghdad. SH (P) 2