Lakash: Issue of joining next PCs election as single slate not discussed yet by INA

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Mohamed al-Lakash, of the Citizen bloc assured that the sides of the Iraqi National Alliance did not discuss the issue of joining the next Provincial Council elections yet.

He stated to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) “The INA sides agreed to join Diyala PC elections as single slate.”

“INA sides do not have a clear vision about this issue and it is not sure whether INA sides will reach agreement over joining next PCs elections as a single slate in all the provinces,” he concluded.

Earlier, Al-Dawa Islamic Party headed by the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki, the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council headed by Ammar al-Hakim, the National Reformation Trend, headed by the head of the INA, Ibrahim al-Jaafary and Bader Organization headed by the Transportation Minister, Hadi al-Amiri, decided to join one slate to participate in the upcoming local elections in Diyala province.

The new alliance adopted the slogged “For prosperous, stable and unified Diyala.”

It is worth mentioning that the Council of Minister decided that the local elections for the provinces that are without region to be held on the 20^th of April 2013.