Iraqiya will never give premiership to al-Maliki
Baghdad - 22-08-2010
Al-Iraqiya is committed to the nomination of the alliance’s head, Ayad Allawi, to the position of Iraq’s prime minister, and that al-Iraqiya will never make concessions in this regard to the head of the Dawlat al-Qanoon Alliance, Nouri al-Maliki, said the adviser of al-Iraqiya. “The Dawlat al-Qanoon has presented offers to al-Iraqiya regarding other positions than the premiership, but the Dawlat al-Qanoon can keep these offers for its own to participate in the upcoming government as the second winner in the election, because al-Iraqiya will never give al-Maliki the premiership position,” Hani Aashoor, the adviser of al-Iraqiya Alliance, said on Sunday.
He noted that this stance has been repeatedly mediated to the Dawlat al-Qanoon that al-Iraqiya will never make concessions regarding its constitutional right to form the new Iraqi government, and that Allawi is the new prime minister. “Among the reasons that neither al-Iraqiya nor any other bloc has been able to reach an agreement with al-Maliki is that all the blocs refuse to offer him another term in office, because he could not assure the blocs that he will change his approach,” Aashoor explained.
He indicated that al-Maliki monopolizes power for the interest of his party and others around him, and that he uses authority against anyone who opposes him, a matter that the blocs do not want to have for four more years. “Negotiations with Dawlat al-Qanoon Alliance will achieve nothing, unless al-Maliki disregards the idea of being in office for a second term, and accepts other major positions that only al-Iraqiya can guarantee to him and his party,” Aashoor noted.
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