Shafaq News/ Raad al-Dahlaki, a Sunni MP in the Iraqi parliament, proposed on Monday choosing a Prime Minister to replace resigning Adel Abdul Mahdi, but from a non-Shi'ite component that has monopolized the post since 2003 elections.

"The first threshold of the quota was through the reduction of the candidates of the three presidencies with certain components so is the parties that claims refusing the quotas must apply the things they talk about , they must choose someone from a component other than the Shiite prime minister and leave the option of approving him to the masses away from the political forces. "

"This step is the real message to overcome sectarianism, which was what the Alliance of Forces did when it nominated names from all components for the defense portfolio, This is what we want to see today from the Shiite forces calling for reform and overcoming sectarianism.”

After the fall of Saddam Hussein, the major political forces of the Shiites, Kurds, and Sunnis adopted a quota system for the distribution of positions to the three presidencies: the Prime Minister, the Republic, and the Parliament.

On the other hand, Haider al-Fawadi, head of Attah bloc led by Faleh al-Fayyad, rejected the statements made by al-Dahlaki, describing them as "dancing on the wounds of the central and southern provinces."

 Al-Fawadi was surprised in his response that "the way of offering is to cancel the quota by nominating a non-Shiite figure to the premiership and whether the Shiites are unable to present competent and independent figures."

He said in a statement that "this message was unsuccessful, false slogans and does not address the problems suffered by the people of the country and unfortunately some personalities begin to invest the opportunity to obtain certain gains at the expense of the suffering of the central and southern provinces."

The bloody protests that began in early October in Baghdad and the Shiite-dominated provinces have succeeded in generating public pressure that led to the overthrow of Prime Minister ,Adel Abdul Mahdi and his government.

The demonstrators refuse to see any formation of the forces and parties that have participated in the political process since 2003 and so far a new government in Iraq instead of Abdul Mahdi's government, and insist on proceeding with early elections under the supervision of the United Nations.