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The Iraqi parliament will hold a session tonight to vote on granting confidence to the government of Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Al-Kazemi, and the parliament has a list of 20 ministers, amid expectations of voting on 16 ministers from the list. For the government to obtain the confidence of Parliament, an absolute majority vote of 50 + 1 is required. Sources said that an alliance formed of 160 deputies in favor of Al-Kazemi compared to 81 the number of deputies who announced their refusal to vote for the cabinet.
Despite the apathy imposed by the spread of the Corona epidemic on the Iraqi civilian scene, a growing movement is witnessing the political scene, with hopes mounting for Mustafa Al-Kazimi’s government to gain confidence during the parliament session to be held tonight.
Follow-up representative sources said that the Iraqi parliament obtained a list of 20 ministers in the government of Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Al-Kazemi for the purpose of submitting it to the vote of confidence. The source, who did not want to be identified, indicated that parliament members will review the CVs of the ministerial portfolios before the vote-granting vote. He explained that the list was empty of the candidates for the oil and foreign affairs bags because Al-Kazemi did not settle his matter regarding them, expecting to postpone the vote on the name of the two bags in another session.
For the government to obtain the confidence of the parliament, which consists of 329 seats, the absolute majority vote of the session’s attendees is required, i.e. 50 + 1 and not the total number of grants of confidence … Amid the expectation of Iraqi political sources that an alliance consisting of about 160 deputies will vote for Al-Kazemi and thus the government will gain confidence. According to expectations and leaks, Parliament will vote on the ministerial list and give confidence to 16 ministers, which is sufficient for the government to gain confidence, while others are likely to trust only in the name of the designated president.
Within the parliamentary political game, the number of deputies who announced their refusal to vote for the Al-Kazemi government reached 81, they are the solution party led by Jamal Karbouli, the State of Law coalition led by former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the Turkmen deputies and the National Coalition, and the Reform and Development or Iraqi decision coalition led by Osama Nujaifi.In the attitudes, the victory coalition led by former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi revealed that the country’s interest requires that the government move forward to address the many issues in Iraq. In the event that Al-Kazemi obtains confidence from the parliament, his cabinet will succeed the government of Adel Abdul-Mahdi, who resigned in early December 2019.
