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| (Reuters) |
There were two reports about the possible scope and
limitations of Mohammed Allawi when he forms a new Iraqi government.
Middle
East Eye had a story that Allawi’s nomination was agreed upon in a meeting
in Iran between Moqtada al-Sadr and Badr Organization and Fatah Alliance head
Hadi Amiri amongst others. It claimed that Allawi would only be given a limited
mandate to hold elections, remove foreign military forces from the country and
integrate the Hashd further into the government. One politician said that
Allawi would be in a weaker position than outgoing premier Abdul Mahdi because
he wouldn’t be able to deal with any major issues like corruption. That was
contradicted by another piece in
Al Masalah which talked
with a parliamentarian (MP) who attended a meeting with Allawi and other MPs.
The lawmaker claimed Allawi laid out a plan to make a clean sweep of the
government administration by replacing all the deputy ministers, general
managers, special grades, and advisers in the cabinet and prime minister’s
office and tracking the performance of the minister he picked.
