BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Wednesday he hoped Iraq's new government would be announced on Thursday, nearly 12 weeks after elections.
"We want to announce it as soon as possible," Talabani told reporters after a meeting with newly appointed Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, former interim prime minister Iyad Allawi and Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of Shi'ite party SCIRI. "We are hoping it will happen tomorrow afternoon," Talabani said.
Much of the squabbling over ministries has focused on the Oil, Interior and Defense ministries. The Interior Ministry is expected to go to a member of SCIRI, the main party in the Shi'ite alliance.
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If the UIA gets the Interior Ministry I bet the Kurds end up with the Oil ministry and Allawi ends up with the Defense ministry.
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