Abdul Mahdi: Thursday will see the completion of the names of candidates for the remaining ministries

Abdul Mahdi: Thursday will see the completion of the names of candidates for the remaining ministries

2018/12/18 19:28

Abdul Mahdi - Thursday will see the completion of the names of candidates for the remaining ministriesBaghdad today – Baghdad

The Prime Minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, on Tuesday, that the meeting of the Council of Representatives scheduled to be held next Thursday, will see the completion of the names of the remaining ministries.

Abdul Mahdi said during his weekly conference held at the government headquarters in central Baghdad that “the meeting of the House of Representatives scheduled to be held next Thursday, will witness the completion of the names of candidates of other ministries.”

The Council of Representatives voted earlier on Tuesday (December 18, 2018) for the selection of Qusay al-Suhail as Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Abdul Amir Al-Hamdani as Minister of Culture and Nuri Sabah Hameed as Minister of Planning.

The parliament voted for the selection of 14 candidates in the composition presented by Abdul Mahdi, on 24 October last, and postponed the vote on eight candidates, did not agree the political forces to name them

The House of Representatives remains to vote on the candidates of the Ministries of Justice, Education, Immigration, Defense and Interior, which still have a political dispute over the candidates for these portfolios.

baghdadtoday.news