IS to hold meeting over Telecommunications Minister’s resignation

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqiya Slate will hold a meeting soon to take a unified decision over the resignation of the Telecommunications Minister, Mohamed Allawi.

The spokesman of the IS, Haider al-Mulla, stated to IraqiNews.com “The Slate will hold a meeting to discuss this issue and to take a unified decision by the Slate.”

Earlier, the Minister of State for Provinces Affairs, Torhan al-Mufti, announced that he assumed the post of the Acting Minister of Telecommunications after approving the resignation of the Minister of Telecommunications, Mohamed Allawi, by the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki.

He stated to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) “I was tasked to assume this post after approving Allawi’s resignation by Maliki,” noting that “We will deal with the defects which accompany the performance of the Ministry till the nomination of the new Minister of Telecommunications.”

“I have received the official document from the Premier office over this task on Monday,” he added.

“Such procedure is a normal step taken by the cabinet to avoid keeping the Ministry without Minister,” he stressed.

The Iraqi National Accord Movement headed by, Ayad Allawi, attributed “The resignation of the Telecommunications Minister, Mohamed Allawi, who is a member in the INAM, to the marginalization of his role in the Ministry.”

“Marginalization of Allawi’s role and neglecting his decisions were behind his resignation which comes to avoid the responsibility of the wrong decisions which are issued by other sides within the Ministry,” the statement of INAM concluded.

The Ministry of Telecommunications denied “The reports over submitting Allawi’s resignation to the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki.”

Some media outlets indicated that Allawi submitted his resignation to Maliki earlier.