A former minister: Corona will keep Abdel-Mahdi in office, and the blocs have been unable to find an alternative

A former minister: Corona will keep Abdel-Mahdi in office, and the blocs have been unable to find an alternative

9/3/2020 15:43

A former minister - Corona will keep Abdel-Mahdi in office and the blocs have been unable to find an alternative[Baghdad-Where]
Former Minister of Youth and Sports and former deputy Jassem Al-Bayati revealed the political blocs ’tendency to keep resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi in power for a longer period after political negotiations faltered, indicating that political and popular efforts are moving towards fighting Corona instead of Formation of government.
Al-Bayati said in a press statement that “the Al-Fateh alliance witnessed a conflict over the leaderships after the failure of the alliance with other parties regarding the passage of the Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi in Parliament.”

He added that “the current negotiations are not serious and the prime minister’s leadership cannot be decided in the specified constitutional date at all, as some people rumor.”

He explained that “the political blocs want Adel Abdul Mahdi to remain in power for as long as possible until the end of fighting against the Corona virus,” noting that “all political and popular efforts are currently focused on facing the virus instead of talking about forming a government.”

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