Al-Zaydi forms two teams to write the government program and select the cabinet.
On Wednesday, Abu Mithaq al-Masari, a member of the Coordination Framework, announced that the Prime Minister-designate had formed two teams to write the government program and select the cabinet, confirming that al-Zaydi had announced the procedure during his visit to the Secretary-General of the Badr Organization, Hadi al-Amiri.
Al-Masari told Shafaq News Agency that “the assignment of the Coordination Framework to Al-Zidi to form the government is a serious and official assignment, and his visits today to the leaders and commanders of the Coordination Framework confirm his seriousness in expediting the formation of the government.”
For its part, an informed source told Shafaq News Agency that the mechanism for distributing ministries will be based on a specific number of points, with no less than ten seats for service ministries and more than 15 parliamentary seats for sovereign ministries.
The source said that the weight of the independent bodies will be determined in points after the cabinet is completed.
A source within the coordination framework revealed that political and party leaders will hold their first meeting this Wednesday evening with Prime Minister-designate Ali al-Zidi to discuss the formation of the new cabinet.
The coordinating framework had agreed, on Tuesday evening, to grant al-Zidi the freedom to choose his cabinet, a day after he announced his nomination for the premiership following the withdrawal of outgoing Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from the race for the position.
Shafaq.com