By NNN-KUNA
Baghdad : Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki said he had called on political leaders to hold talks within the next two days to discuss the political deadlock.
Al-Maliki, who was speaking in a press conference on Sunday, said he would replace cabinet ministers of the “Consensus Front” with other Sunni personalities if the ministers continued to boycott the government.
He said the object of the talks was to discuss the political deadlock and the strategic problems facing the cabinet.
He added that the talks would also cover the items included in the cabinet’s programme, when it was formed and the way they would be implemented.
He predicted that the talks would lead to resolutions including appointing Shiite ministers to replace those (from the bloc loyal to Moqtada Al-Sadr) who pulled out of the cabinet.
He added that he hoped the crisis would be overcome soon without the need for confrontation.
He said his government would survive and would not succumb to the challenges it was facing.