Shafaq News- Baghdad
The Iraqi Prime Minister-designate, Ali al-Zaidi, called onseven police officers from his home province of Dhi Qar to join his office inBaghdad, a security source told Shafaq News on Wednesday.
Among those requested is Brigadier General Ziyad al-Zaidi,head of the Directorate of Tribal Affairs in the province.
On April 27, the Shiite Coordination Framework (CF), thelargest bloc with around 162 of parliament’s 329 seats, nominated al-Zaidi as acandidate for the country’s next premier, ending weeks of political deadlock. Iraqi President Nizar Amedi subsequently assigned him to form a government, aprocess he must complete within 30 days and secure parliamentary confidenceunder Article 76 of the constitution.
