BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Meeting between the head of the Al-Iraqiya Alliance, Ayad Allawi, and the Head of the Dawlat al-Qanoon Alliance, Nouri al-Maliki, is a pressure card on the National Alliance (NA), said an NA's member.“Dawlat al-Qanoon should not have side meetings alone,' Qassim al-Aaraji told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Monday. He noted that the meeting is a pressure card of the Dawlat al-Qanoon Alliance on other NA's members, to accept the nomination of Nouri al-Maliki to hold the position of Iraq's prime minister.
The Sadr Movement, an important NA's component, does not want Prime Minister Nouri Maliki in office for a second term because he runs the state within a security mentality, and does not trust him because he did not fulfill his commitments to eliminate corruption, the movement's official spokesperson said yesterday.
“Iraq needs a government that relies on mutual trust between all sides,' Sheikh Salah al-Obaidee told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
He noted that the Sadr Movement seeks consensus among political blocs to form Iraq's new government.