 Aswat al-Iraq - A Member of the Iraqi parliament, representing Al-Iraqiya List, led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, has announced today that the Sadrist movement, led by Shiite Cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr, has expressed support for Dr. Allawi's nomination for the post of prime minister in the next Iraqi government.
"The Sadr Movement has expressed their approval to nominate Dr. Iyad Allawi for the new prime minister's post and the formation of the future government, whilst our negotiations with the Movement have reached advanced phases and their resultss have been positive and fruitful," MP Ziyad Al-Darb told Aswat Al-Iraq News Agency.
Al-Darb said that Al-Iraqiya List's contacts with Al-Fadeela Party, led by its Secretary General Hashim Al-Hashimi and the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), led by Ammar Al-Hakim, "are expected to be settled within one week from now."
The Iraqi political arena is witnessing continuous differences in viewpoints among the main lists that won the nationwide elections that took place in Iraq in March, 2009, particularly regarding their competition to win the new prime minister's post and the formation of the forthcoming government, mainly between the largest two winners in the elections, Al-Iraqiya Bloc and the State of Law Bloc, despite fact that none of the two blocs have achieved the parliamentary majority that assign it to form the new government alone.
The new parliament's sessions have been postponed several times, an event that was considered as "violation of the constitutional period allowed in this respect to elect a new parliament speaker, his two deputies and a new President."
With regards to the nomination of outgoing Prime Minister, Nouri Al-Maliki, for a second prime minister's term, MP Al-Darb said, "The new U.S. Ambassador, Jeffrey, has a new vision that differs from his predecessor, Christopher Hill, towards the political process in Iraq..He wishes to see the unification of Al-Iraqiya bloc with the State of Law bloc in one united coalition to form the new government, whoever the prime minister might be; and he does not oppose the formation of the next government by Al-Iraqiya bloc."
Speaking about the intention of the assignment of the new prime minister's post for the Shiite sect and no other sect, Al-Darb said, "The Constitution had not included a condition that the prime minister's post be assigned for a certain sect..It has reiterated that the winning list of the largest number of votes, in this case being Al-Iraqiya, is to form the new government."
Regarding the situation of the National Alliance between the State of Law and the Iraqi National Alliance, Al-Darb said, "The Alliance had been fragile and it had failed to present a certain candidate for the new prime minister's post."
A source, representing the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council had told Aswat Al-Iraq last Friday that the Sadr Trend had been exerting efforts to convince the nomination of the leader in Al-Iraqiya Alliance, Mohammed Allawi, to hold the new prime minister's post, if both alliances would agree on his nomination. 
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