Al-Azm submits cabinet nominees to PM-designate Al-Zaidi
Shafaq News- Baghdad
The al-Azm Alliance submitted on Saturday the names of its ministerial nominees to Prime Minister-designate Ali Al-Zaidi, days after its leader, Muthanna al-Samarrai, boycotted the National Political Council session, at which Sunni blocs drafted their unified demands and conditions for the incoming government.
On its nominee selection, al-Azm said candidates were chosen based on” competence and capacity” to manage government institutions and shoulder the responsibilities of the coming phase.
A political source told Shafaq News earlier this week that the Ministry of Higher Education is expected to go to Taqaddum —the 33-seat bloc that secured the parliament speakership— while the Ministry of Defense is expected to be allocated to the al-Azm Alliance, which holds 15 seats.
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