Allawi's coalition refuses Al- Kadhimi’s government

Shafaq News / The National Coalition (Al-Wataniya) led by Iyad Allawi announced on Sunday, refusing to vote for Mustafa Al-Kadhimi’s government, as a special session is scheduled to be held this week.

Al-Wataniya coalition has always stressed the need to take into account the national demands made by the demonstration arenas and that there would be representation for demonstrators, unions and professional associations,” A statement of the coalition stated.

"We have worked throughout the past period to achieve this, whether through our dialogues with the assigned Al- Kadhimi or with the various political forces, but unfortunately we have not seen any positive signs of that, in addition to that the mechanism for selecting ministers was vague and unknown, in addition to exceeding popular demands in referring Iraqi killers and protectors to private, public courts. "

"From this standpoint, we announce that we will not give confidence to this government, but rather we will boycott the scheduled parliamentary session and we will be peaceful opponents with all the Iraqi patriots if it is passed."

State of Law coalition led by Nuri al-Maliki which own 26 seats out of 329 parliamentary seats - announced earlier today that it will not vote for Al-Kadhimi government.

The National Alliance bloc has 21 seats officially, before it was exposed to splits, and its members joined other blocs.

For the government to obtain the confidence of Parliament, an absolute majority (50% + 1) is required for the number of members present (not the total number) to grant confidence, but its chances in light of the escalating opposition seem difficult.