Batiekh: Signatures for withdrawing confidence from Maliki gathered in Qatar, KSA, Turkey

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The White bloc confirmed that “The signatures for withdrawing confidence from the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki, were gathered in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.”

The Secretary General of the White bloc, Jamal al-Batiekh, stated to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) “All sides know the policy of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, which were essential centers for gathering the signatures,” noting that “The signatures which were not gathered in Baghdad should not be adopted for withdrawing confidence from the government.”

“The demands should come from Iraqi will rather than the foreign interferences which were the reasons behind destabilizing the security during previous stages,” he concluded.

Earlier, the spokesperson of the IS, Maysoun al-Damlouji, stated to IraqiNews.com “We managed to get the required signatures to withdraw confidence from Maliki,” noting that “The MPs’ signatures were collected from all the blocs.”

The spokesperson of al-Ahrar bloc, Mushriq Naji, expected “The President, Jalal Talabani, will submit the request to withdraw the confidence from the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, to the Speaker, Osama al-Nijaifi.”