Cancelled ministries should be given to provinces – MP

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: A Sadrist affiliated al-Ahrar bloc MP called today to cancel some ministries and hand over their authorities to their corresponding provinces.  The Political Authority of the Sadrist Trend issued a statement today which reported that MP Jalila al-Sa’idi said “we need to cancel some ministries and hand over their authorizations to the provinces.”  “We still support the trimming of similar ministries,” she added.  Premier Nouri al-Maliki sent a suggestion to the parliament last Sunday calling to trim down the government from 42 ministries to 29 at most.  On Monday last, the Iraqi Parliament approved in principle the trimming down of the government, but postponed the vote until the coming sessions. There are expectations that there will be differences among the political blocs and their shares in the new formation.  RM (TS)/SR   411