INA-Baghdad Parliament gave yesterday vote of confidence to Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi and 14 ministers. At the beginning of the session, Speaker Mohamed Al-Halbousi praised Iraqis and considered this voting a crucial step in peaceful transfer of power, a statement of the Parliament said. Abdul-Mahdi presented in his speech the new government vision of 2018-2022, which meets most important urgent and strategic needs. He noted some shortfalls of women and other people's classes representation in his cabinet, but he would offset that at other government's offices. The cabinet would provide detailed plan in cooperation with the ministries of first 100 days, as he provided the government's program.
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