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Baghdad press: Wider cabinet reshuffle in upcoming stages
By Hamid al-Hamrani
Baghdad, May 13, (VOI) â?? Iraqi newspapers on Sunday said a wider cabinet reshuffle is expected in the coming period in an effort to improve the political and security situation in Iraq, adding that Iraqi President Jalal al-Talabani is expecting national reconciliation to take place soon.
Al-Mutamar, a daily newspaper issued by the Iraqi National Congress Party led by Ahmed al-Chalabi, quoted Ali al-Dabbagh, a spokesman for the Iraqi government, as saying "The current nominees for seven ministerial portfolios can be changed," with reference to the portfolios earlier vacated by the Sadrist bloc's six ministers, who resigned last month, and the resignation of former Minister of Justice Hashem al-Shabli from the Iraqi National Slate.
Quoting Iraqi Minister of State Hassan al-Sari, the newspaper said "The issue of the cabinet reshuffle is thorny and complicated. It requires a great degree of understanding between Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and political blocs."
In an opinion article on the mounting violence in Baghdad, Jamal al-Kharsan suggested moving Iraq's capital to another city. "In First World and some Third World countries decision makers establish cities in the manner of the capital to distribute roles and ease the pressure on the capital."
Al-Kharsan explained that the situation in Iraq is totally different, with Baghdad bearing an exceptional burden in the light of an administrative system and laws based on centralization.
The Shiite al-Bayyina al-Jadida, an offshoot of al-Bayyina newspaper, quoted Amir al-Tamimi, a member of the Arab League's Supreme Commission for National Reconciliation, as saying, "A large Iraqi political bloc that aims to rectify the political process and resolve the governing crisis will see the light of day in the next few days."
Commenting on the long-awaited cabinet reshuffle, the newspaper said that the Iraqi people have reached a state of despair because of the stumbling political process and the Iraqi government, which the newspaper said does not know how to respond to the challenges facing Iraqis.
Baghdad newspaper, the mouthpiece of former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's al-Wifaq movement, published a statement made by Allawi in which he stated, "We previously submitted a working paper to the U.S. administration, which was also examined by Arab leaders, suggesting the convening of a regional conference in Egypt."
On the front that the Iraqi National Slate is allegedly seeking to establish, the newspaper quoted Allawi, the leader of the slate, as saying, "The front we are talking about is inside and outside the parliament at the same time." Allawi called on Iraqi politicians of all colors to take part in the Iraqi national project.
Meanwhile, the Kurdish al-Taakhi newspaper quoted Iraqi President Jalal al-Talabani as asserting the government's determination to achieve real national reconciliation and unity within two weeks or a month. "It is an important step that will encourage all Iraqis to be involved in the political process and to isolate al-Qaeda," the newspaper wrote.
Discussing the formation of political blocs and fronts outside the government, al-Taakhi quoted MP Mahmoud Othman from the Kurdistan Alliance as indicating that forming a wide parliamentary bloc of moderate political parties is once again under discussion. "The United States is urging political blocs to form political groups in an attempt to find an early solution to the problems facing Iraq," Othman said
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