Al-Hakim charges Hamam Hamoudi with forming UIA

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Head of the United Iraqi Alliance, Abdulaziz al-Hakim, Wednesday charged MP Hamam Hamoudi with forming the UIA in the upcoming stage, urging Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to cooperate with him. “Al-Hakim called to the return of the national activity of the UIA and assigned Sheikh Hamam Hamoudi to represent and form it and called on al-Maliki to cooperate with Sheikh Hamoudi in the project of activating the Shiite largest bloc,” according to a statement published on the official website of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC) received by IraqiNews.com news agency. The UIA keeps 83 seats out of the 275-seat parliament. “The parliament’s current term is about to conclude and all political powers look for the coming term and prepare to take part in it effectively,” the statement added. SH (P) 1