Inter­est­ing speech made by Maliki yes­ter­day say­ing that the Par­lia­ment should be elected, and led by one or two polit­i­cal bloc. This call is directly rejected by many polit­i­cal par­ties (among them Al-Bolani cur­rent Inte­rior Min­is­ter), refused to imple­ment the “Lebanese model” in Iraq.

After a meet­ing a Sistani’s son Muham­mad Ridha Al-Sistani, Maliki announced his ini­tia­tive to “rene­go­ti­ate” join­ing an alliance with INA.

Accord­ing to Hamid Al-Kafai (Spokesman of the for­mer Iraqi Gov­ern­ing Coun­cil) on Al-Hayat:

Maliki wants to give the impres­sion that his deci­sion is Sistani’s desire … If these two (State of Law and INA) join a coali­tion, before or after the elec­tions, then this alliance will be build on a sec­tar­ian base.

Exclu­sive infor­ma­tion from within the Dawa Party, says that the lead­ers are dis­cussing alter­na­tive options. One of these options is to replace Maliki as a can­di­date in case other polit­i­cal blocs refuse Maliki as the next Prime Min­is­ter. Even if the Dawa Party wins the major­ity votes in the new par­lia­ment, polit­i­cal blocs still don’t want to see Maliki in the office for a sec­ond term.

The idea is not new, and it is always blocked by the Party’s “Shura Coun­cil” (sec­ond in rank after the Lead­er­ship Coun­cil), but with recent devel­op­ments and the emer­gence of the new posi­tions by other polit­i­cal par­ties and blocs, both Coun­cils started to accept an alter­na­tive can­di­date for prime minister.

Mut­laq ban development

For some rea­son, the Kur­dish alliance entered the medi­a­tion rally, between the all sides. There are also news says that the par­lia­ment appointed seven judges (to replace the rejected seven par­lia­ment can­di­dates) to review the Jus­tice and Account­abil­ity decision.