Musawi: Talabani rejects Nijaifi’s request to withdraw confidence from Maliki

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Salman al-Musawi, of the State of Law Coalition confirmed that “The President, Jalal Talabani, rejected the request of the Speaker, Osama al-Nijaifi, to withdraw confidence from the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki.”

He stated to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) “Talabani rejected Nijaifi’s request and the Iraqiya Slate is studying this issue well currently.”

“The relations of the SLC with the IS, and the Kurdistani Alliance are historical and such disputes will not affect these relations,” he concluded.

MP, Firhad al-Atroushi of the Kurdistani Alliance revealed “The President, Jalal Talabani, accepted to withdraw confidence from the government of the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki, if the political blocs managed to gather 164 MPs in the parliament supporting this issue.”

“The political blocs announced their readiness to gather 164 votes in the parliament to conduct withdrawing confidence from Maliki,” Atroushi concluded.

Earlier, a statement by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan recieved by IraqiNews.com cited “The President, Jalal Talabani, the President of Kurdistan Region, Masoud Barzani, the head of the Iraqiya Slate, Ayad Allawi, the Speaker, Osama al-Nijaifi, and the Deputy Premier, Salih al-Mutleg, held a meeting at Dokan Resort in Sulaimaniya province of Kurdistan Region.”

A meeting between Talabani and Barzani over the political process has preceded this meeting.

MP, Burhan Mohamed Faraj, stated to IraqiNews.com “The meeting between Talabani and Barzani will discuss the current crisis and the issue of withdrawing confidence from the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki.”

“An extended meeting will start later on Wednesday among the political blocs,” he added, expecting “Sides from the Iraqi National Alliance will join the meeting beside the Iraqiya Slate and the Kurdistani Alliance.”