Mountain Goat – Dinar Guru So Thursday came and went and still no vote on the remaining two last ministers…the minister of interior and defense… But negotiations are now underway. …President Barham Saleh confirmed the completion of the government formation in accordance with the constitution. We know that Iraq had until Dec 4th to meet the constitutional deadline to form the government. But what about the other 2 ministers for Mahdi’s cabinet? So this news from Saleh is not entirely accurate. But technically they can say it is since Mahdi just uses the “proxy” excuse and assumes the interior and defense ministers himself.