Shafaq News / Al-Fateh MP, Mukhtar Al-Mousawi revealed on Monday that his alliance has conducted talks between the Shiite, Kurdish and Sunni powers to choose a substitute for the prime minister-designate, Adnan Al-Zorfi.

"A delegation of Shiite opposition forces, Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zorfi, will hold a series of political meetings and discussions with Kurdish and Sunni forces during the next two days to discuss the issue of cancelling Al-Zorfi’s candidacy by President Barham Saleh," Moussawi told Shafaq News.

He added that "the discussions will also discuss the formation of an opposition front for the nomination and the selection of a consensual , acceptable candidate to the political forces, which will be an alternative to Zorfi in forming the next government."

Yesterday, close source to the Prime Minister-designate, Adnan Al-Zorfi, revealed that the latter is engaged in dialogues with Kurdish and Sunni forces, which he described as positive.

A source close to Al-Zarfi told Shafaq News that discussions with Kurdish and Sunni forces on forming the new government have produced positive results, especially with Al-Zarfi getting increased support to form the government.

He explained that "Al-Zorfi does not intend to apologize for his assignment while he is continuing to form his government, and the dialogues and meetings in this regard are continuing for the past two days till now," stressing that "the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, is still supportive to al-Zorfi."

Al-Zorfi has less than 30 days to present his cabinet formation to parliament to give it confidence, but his mission will not be easy because he is facing rejection from prominent Shiite forces close to Iran, at the head of which is the Al-Fatah coalition led by Hadi al-Amiri and the State of Law coalition led by Nuri al-Maliki.