Allawi will not meet with political leaders today; Received

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Allawi will not meet with political leaders today; Received no commitment by PM

Baghdad, Oct. 4 (AKnews) – Former Iraqi Prime Minister and leader of the Iraqi National Accord Movement (INA) will not attend today’s meeting of the leaders of the political blocs, since he misses a committment to the Erbil Agreement by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

The leaders of Iraqi political blocs are supposed to meet today for a fourth time to discuss U.S. military presence in the country beyong December 31, 2011.

INA spokesman Hadi al-Dalimy said its party could not see any signs from Maliki’s State of Law Coalition (SLC) that the Erbil agreement will finally be implemented. That is why Allawi considers his presence as “useless” Dalimy said.

The Erbil Agreement ended an eight-months deadlock after no party had been able to win a majority in March 2010′s elections. It meant that Allawi agreed to allow Maliki to stay on as prime minister as long as a new tier of executive powers was created for Allawi.

This was to be in the form of the National Council for Strategic Policies, which would be able to propose laws and ensure “harmony and integration” of policy. However, disputes over its powers have meant that it is yet to be realized, and Maliki finally said that its implementation would be impractical.

Another element to the dispute stems from the fact that the three key security ministerial positions have remained unfilled since the new cabinet headed by Nuri al-Maliki was sworn in on December 2.

There have been crisis talks since al-Iraqiya List withdrew from the power sharing deal after the three month deadline passed in March. The meetings have been overseen by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (a Kurd), but appear to be making little progress.

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