Babel First Political Alliance formed

Babel (IraqiNews.com) The political blocs in Babil province announced the formation of a new coalition called “Babel First” to form the local government in the province.

A spokesman for the Citizen Bloc, Abdul Razaq al-Nasrawi, said to the reporter and of Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) that “The new alliance, which was announced at the headquarters of the political bureau of the Sadr Trend, comprises Citizen bloc, Ahrar bloc, National Unified Iraqiya coalition, Babel Iraqiya coalition, the list of Iraq My Homeland, Dawa Islamic Party/ Iraq Wing, and Civil Babylon alliance to have 16 members of the members of the provincial council out of 31 members.”

Nasrawi added that “The new alliance will adopt the task of forming a local government,” stressing that “The new alliance participates in ending the debate over the issue of forming the local government and distribution of positions in the province.”

For his part, the spokesman for Ahrar bloc MP Awad al-Awadi, told IraqiNews.com reporter that “The door is still open for other blocs to join the new alliance,” noting that “The essential program for the [Babylon First] Alliance is based on a partnership rather than marginalization and exclusion of others.”