Parliament’s session to discuss PM Maliki’s assignment to form new govt. – MP

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: A member of the State of Law Alliance, Mohammed Saadoun al-Seihoud, has said that the Parliament’s Sunday session would discuss the official assignment of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, to form the new government and define the constitutional period for the assignment. “The Parliament’s session shall also discuss the formation of parliament committees, according to their experience, vocation and efficiency, and not on basis of ‘sectarian divisions.’ This was one of the strongest challenges that faced the political process during the parliament‘s previous session,” Seihoud told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The political alliances are expected to agree to form high joint committees, whose mission will be the adjustment of the parliament‘s internal system, in such a way that copes with the future phase. In addition, they will come to an agreement on a clear vision towards the distribution of points on the coalitions, in prelude of distributing the ministerial posts according to the election rights,” Seihoud noted. “The three leading ministerial posts for oil, finance and foreign ministries, are expected to be granted to the National Coalition, al-Iraqiya Coalition and the Kurdistan Coalition, whilst the interior and defense ministries would be granted for two independent personalities,” Sayhoud said. The Parliament’s official spokesman, Umar al-Mash’hadani, had stated early in the day that the Parliament would discuss in its today (Sunday’s) session, the parliament‘s internal system, the distribution of the parliament‘s committees and the mechanism of relationship between the government and the parliament. SKH/SR 1