07 January 2011
Sulaimaniya - A Kurdish deputy to the Iraqi parliament said next week parliament will discuss filing up the suspended ministerial positions, expecting the allotment of the security ministries may take more than a month. He added his bloc is seeking to change a state ministry to an independent one in order to "allot more executive power to the ministry."
Speaking to AKnews, Mahma Khalil from the Kurdistan Blocs Coalition (KBC) said starting from Sunday parliament will convene to discuss the allocation of pending ministries and parliamentary committees, parliament's internal regulation and policy and the Iraqi general budget for 2011.
The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced Dec.21 part of his 44-member cabinet. Nine ministries, including the Defense, Interior and National Security, were suspended to give "a greater share to females" in the makeup. Only one woman was assigned as state minister for women affairs, but she declined to take over the post.
The Kurdish lawmaker thought the vacant ministries discussion will undergo two stages; the dispute over junior ministries may end within a week but as for the security ministries, the debate may last more than a month.
Khalil mentioned the KBC is seeking to get the approval for changing the title of Iraqi sate ministry for women affairs to the Iraqi ministry for woman affairs, in order to make the ministry be "efficient." Another lawmaker from the KBC, Lana Mohammed told AKnews her bloc has named a woman candidate to take over the ministry.
The KBC includes 49 Kurdish deputies from independent parties to the Iraqi parliament. The third largest parliamentary bloc has so far been awarded seven ministries.
Sulaimaniya - A Kurdish deputy to the Iraqi parliament said next week parliament will discuss filing up the suspended ministerial positions, expecting the allotment of the security ministries may take more than a month. He added his bloc is seeking to change a state ministry to an independent one in order to "allot more executive power to the ministry."
Speaking to AKnews, Mahma Khalil from the Kurdistan Blocs Coalition (KBC) said starting from Sunday parliament will convene to discuss the allocation of pending ministries and parliamentary committees, parliament's internal regulation and policy and the Iraqi general budget for 2011.
The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced Dec.21 part of his 44-member cabinet. Nine ministries, including the Defense, Interior and National Security, were suspended to give "a greater share to females" in the makeup. Only one woman was assigned as state minister for women affairs, but she declined to take over the post.
The Kurdish lawmaker thought the vacant ministries discussion will undergo two stages; the dispute over junior ministries may end within a week but as for the security ministries, the debate may last more than a month.
Khalil mentioned the KBC is seeking to get the approval for changing the title of Iraqi sate ministry for women affairs to the Iraqi ministry for woman affairs, in order to make the ministry be "efficient." Another lawmaker from the KBC, Lana Mohammed told AKnews her bloc has named a woman candidate to take over the ministry.
The KBC includes 49 Kurdish deputies from independent parties to the Iraqi parliament. The third largest parliamentary bloc has so far been awarded seven ministries.
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