Iraqi parties alliances ahead of elections
The United Iraqi Coalition decided to take part in the next parliamentary elections in December using almost in the same candidates in which it launched the previous elections.
Jawad al-Maliki, the second ranking man in the Islamic Dawa party which is led by the prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said that the coalition will hand over the list to the independent higher commission for the elections.
Member of the Shiite list Abbas al-Bayati said that the coalition will include al-Dawa party and the Higher Council For The Islamic Revolution led by Abdul Aziz al-Hakim and al-Fadila party led by Nadin Issa and Jaberi and al-Dawa party-Iraqi's organization led by Abdul Karim al-Anzi and the gathering of the independent led by Hussein al-Shahrastani and the National Congress Party led by Ahmad Shalabi.
The coalition also include Bader organization, the military wing for the Higher Council Of The Islamic Revolution, Hadi al-Ameri.
The agreement was made by al-Sader trend which is led by the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader on the ground that the trend is to be represented in the list of the coalition by several figures. The list will also include other parties and figures representing the components of the Kurds, the Turkmans, and heads of tribes from southern governorates.
Al-Bayati said that the shares were distributed by a fair mechanism agreed to in a way that guarantees everyone obtaining almost equal shares according to trends they represent.
Iraqi officials had announced that the ruling coalition which is dominated by the Shiite in Iraq renewed support for launching the elections.
Main Sunni political entities announced on Thursday the formation of a coalition in a united list. A statement said that the Islamic party and the Iraqi people conference and the national dialogue council agreed to launch the elections under a united list.
A source in the independent higher commission said that the last period for submitting the final; applications for the political entities of individuals and coalitions will be today afternoon.