Shafaq News / The State of Law coalition headed by Nuri al-Maliki announced formally on Sunday, that it would not participate in forming the government of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi and will not vote for it in the parliament.

 “We have made great efforts with the rest of the political blocs to form the new government, in order to address the major challenges facing Iraq in the economic, security and health fields , it was agreed during the negotiations on mechanisms to select new government candidates provided that the Prime Minister-designate deals with all political blocs according to one approach,”" The State of Law coalition said in a statement received by Shafaq News.

"But the process of forming the government began to take a different course from what was agreed upon, which called us to make additional efforts to correct options and nominate candidates with competence, integrity and leadership capabilities from sincere energies in Iraqi society."

"With great regret, our sincere efforts in correcting this path did not cease, so the government formation presented by the commissioner to the political blocs contradicted the aspirations of the Iraqi people, as it includes a number of controversial candidates who did not meet the required specifications of competence, integrity and acceptability,” the statement added.

The State of Law coalition announced that "it did not participate in the formation of this government and did not vote for it in the parliament  , and will leaves the option to the rest of the members of the parliament to take the appropriate decision regarding it."