Iraq’s National Coalition confers to discuss Kurdistan President’s call, with absence of Higher Islamic Council

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: A spokesman for the National Reform Trend has announced on Monday that the Supreme Islamic Council, (led by the Shiite Cleric, Ammar al-Hakim), would not attend a meeting for the components of the National Coalition, allocated discuss the main topics of the “Round Table,” called by the President of north Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani. “The meeting will be held in the residence of the MP representing the National Coalition, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, at 05:00 pm local time on Monday for the components of the National Alliance inside the Green Zone, with the absence of the Supreme Council, he said, pointing out that “the meeting would discuss the main topics of the Round Table, called by President Barzani, the President of Kurdistan Region .Notworty is that the National Coalition had officially announced on Oct. 1, 2010, its selection of the Leader of the State of Law, Nouri al-Maliki, as candidate for the prime minister’s post, with the presence of Sadrist Trend’s members and absence of the Supreme Islamic Council and the Shiite al-Fadeela Party, whilst al-Iraqiya Coalition announced its abundance of its constitutional right for the prime minister’s post, for Vice-President, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, provided certain political and economic reforms be achieved by the future government The said source refused to give further details, but said “that the meeting would be chaired by Jaafari and attended by high-ranking personalities of the National Alliance Kurdistan Region’s President, Massoud Barzani, had proposed during a meeting with memers of the Kurdistan Blocs Coalition on 16/9/2010 in Erbil, an intiative to settle the crisis of forming the new government, by dividing authorties and laying down basis for a national accordance, with the participation of all blocs that won the March 7th elections in a government of national-partnershiip. calling on leaders of all political blocs to attend a meeting to settle the current crisis. SKH 1