Iraq .. Controversy threatens Al-Kazemi's "lineup" and the Hezbollah Brigades question its eligibility

Informed sources said that the Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Al-Kazemi managed to complete the nomination of all the candidates for the ministerial portfolios of his next government, except for the interior and defense portfolios, and that the announcement of the completion of the government formation is coming soon.

Meanwhile, the Al-Fateh coalition announced that it reserves its right to nominate a minister of the interior, while the Hezbollah Brigades considered Al-Kazemi ineligible to take over.

The sources indicated that naming the candidate of the Ministry of the Interior still represents the real obstacle that Al-Kazemi could not resolve, due to the insistence of the Al-Fateh Coalition - led by Representative Hadi al-Amiri - to nominate the candidate for this bag as deserving of his alliance, which Al-Kazemi rejects, which still insists on Nomination of candidates for the defense and interior security ministries will be exclusively by him.

The sources said that announcing the completion of the government formation and submitting it to Parliament with the aim of requesting an appointment for an emergency session to vote on the government formation is a matter for resolving this dispute.

On Wednesday, Al-Kazemi sent his government program to parliament for his study, and he promised to present his government formation within the constitutional deadline set for him, which ends on the eighth of next month.

Accusation
Meanwhile, the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades attacked Al-Kazemi, deeming it ineligible to lead the Iraqi government, and demanded that the politicians who nominated him for the post retract that.

The Brigades, according to its spokesman, Abu Ali al-Askari, said that Al-Kazimi was charged with "a crime that he was not proven innocent of, and that he is much less than responsible", and also accused him of collaborating with the United States.

A new alliance
In a related context, a number of politicians and Sunni Arab representatives announced the formation of a new alliance called the "coalition of liberated city representatives", referring to the cities that Iraqi forces recovered from ISIS control a few years ago.

Representatives in the coalition said that this formation would be led by Khamis al-Khanjar, and would have a parliamentary bloc of 22 members, and would represent a parliamentary force under the dome of Parliament alongside the Iraqi Forces Alliance led by Speaker of Parliament Muhammad al-Halbousi.