SLC MP: Four NA components support Maliki
25/05/2012 11:40BAGHDAD, May 25 (AKnews)- There
are" positive positions" resulting from the current talks among the
components of the National Alliance (NA) as some parties stress their
support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, an MP said.
The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), the Badr Organization, the State of Law Coalition (SLC) and the Fadhila (Virtue) Party all support Maliki to continue running his post, said SLC member Salman al-Mousawi.
Mousawi said the NA meets tomorrow to issue its stance over the Najaf meeting letter.
The letter issued this week by four leaders including Muqtada al-Sadr, whose Sadr Current is a component in the NA, demanded the Shiite super bloc to replace Maliki within one week. The deadline ends tomorrow.
Others who signed the letter were Kurdistan's President Massoud Barzani, Iraqiya List leader Ayad Allawi and speaker of the Iraqi parliament Osama al-Nujaifi.
The same leaders earlier met in Erbil on April 28 with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and they issued a two-week deadline for PM to end his "unilateral" ruling or else they will withdraw confidence from his government.
The deadline ended last week and
Sadr denied on Friday receiving any response from the NC to the letter.
The leaders who met in Najaf say PM Maliki did not announce his
intention to implement the points in the Erbil meeting letter and this
shows that he adopts a policy of procrastination in the implementation
of the previous Erbil agreement.
The Erbil agreement proposed by Barzani ended a nine-month dispute
over who should run the government following March 2010's elections. The
deal, which was signed by all the major political party leaders in
Erbil, reinstated Maliki for the second successive term.
Maliki's elections rival, Ayad Allawi, whose Iraqiya List won the
elections, was promised a National Council for Strategic Policies in
return for his concession over the PM post. The council was not formed
and the PM's SLC and Iraqiya began incriminating and accusing each other
of violating the Erbil pact.
Maliki defended himself by saying that the Erbil agreement was fully
implemented by him. He said the remaining part, the National Council
for Strategic Policies, is the responsibility of the Council of
Representatives, whose presidency is held by Iraqiya List.
By Raman Brusk
