
PM Nouri al-Maliki
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq – Two legislatures, representing the National Coalition, led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, have expressed expectation that Maliki would present the names of the security cabinet ministers to the Parliament on Thursday.
“It is expected that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would attend the Parliament session on Thursday to present the names of the security cabinet ministers,” MP Hussein al-Safi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Safi said that “the National Coalition had supported the nomination of Ahmed al-Chalaby for the Interior Minister’s post and Riyadh Gharib for the National Security Minister’s post, whilst al-Iraqiya Coalition (led by Iyad Allawi), had finalized its decision to nominate Khalid al-Obeidy for the Defense Minister’s post.”
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