Iraq’s new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is sworn in with only a partial cabinet after lawmakers fail to reach a consensus on key postings, including interior and defense.
Basim Mohammed has been appointed as the country’s new oil minister while Fuad Hussein is being kept on as the foreign minister in the new government, lawmakers tell Reuters.
Parliament approved 14 ministers in the new government but failed to reach consensus on several remaining posts, including the interior and defense portfolios.
The session witnessed heated exchanges among lawmakers after some objected to the approval of the nominee for interior minister, lawmakers say.
“Parliament approved 14 ministries, while nine ministries remain pending. Three of them failed to win parliament’s confidence today,” MP Muqdad al-Khafaji tell Reuters.
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