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BAGHDAD, Feb 3 (KUNA) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has Thursday
evening tabled to the Council of Representatives the names of candidates for
the three vacancies in his cabinet.
Speaker of the legislature Osama Abdulaziz Al-Nujayfi received at his
office Al-Maliki who handed him the names of the three candidates for the
portfolios of commerce, electricity and state for woman affairs, according to
a statement issued by Al-Maliki's office.
The statement failed to reveal the names of the would-be ministers.
The meeting reviewed the progress of dialogue among the leading
parliamentary blocs in the light of the initiative of president of the
semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan Masoud Barazani.
The tripartite committee, involving the National Alliance, the Iraqi List
and the Kurdish bloc is striving to remove the obstacles facing the political
process in the country, the statement noted.
Al-Maliki and Al-Nujayfi also discussed the recent rulings of the Federal
Court and the federal budget as well as the political developments on the
local, regional and international arenas, it added. (end)
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