Iraq’s 3 leading presidencies follow “Points System”

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The three leading posts in the presidency, namely the president, the cabinet, and the parliament, were achieved based on a points system, according to a statement released by the Kurdistan presidency. “The blocs have agreed in principle that the assignment of the three presidencies shall be based on a points systems. The agreement has granted 10 points for each of those posts,” Ali al-Allaq told IraqiNews.com news agency. The points system has been clarified for all, and “we are expecting a joint session to be held to discuss the ministerial posts,” he continued. Al-Iraqiya bloc, led by former Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, had expressed hope that the topic of the three presidencies won’t be based on the points system for each bloc, expressing their wish that al-Iraqiya gains the largest number of ministerial posts in the new government. Several mass media sources had quoted Izzat al-Shabandar, the leader in the State of Law Alliance, led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, as having described al-Iraqiya’s Leader, Iyad Allawi, as being “unsuccessful,” shouldering him with “responsibility for dividing members of his bloc, due to what he termed as his following the “impersonation,” of al-Iraqiya bloc. “The statements of legislatures, here and there, won’t affect the course of dialogues among different political blocs. The blocs have their own policies, stemming from the Constitution,” Allaq noted. SKH/SR 1