Jawad al-Maliki Quotes on Government (8 Quotes)

The Alliance calls for a rapid restoration of (control of) security matters to the Iraqi government.

Arms should be in the hands of the government. There is a law that calls for the merging of militias with the armed forces.

Dialogue has started between us and between the slates that won in the elections. Our goal is to form a broad-based national unity government.

Weapons should be only the hands of the government.

We have achieved our first mission, to nominate the alliance candidate for prime minister. We must now move ahead with the nest step, which is the formation of the new government.

We suspended today's meetings to discuss the formation of the government because of what happened at the al-Mustafa mosque.

When the government is able to exercise its control and provide security, then we will be able to work out the mechanism of how we can dissolve these militias. The presence of these militias will add to the tension and to the danger of the civil war in Iraq.

We are working for the sake of a national unity government. All the different groups that are in government must have the right to participate in making decisions.