Iraq: Maliki, Dawa Party, elections and oil portfolionote

The command of the (Shiite) Dawa Party is said to have turned down a request by its leader PM Nouri Al-Maliki to allow some of his advisers to hold electoral contacts with other Shiite factions. The following 415-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what the Dawa Party command proposed instead. It also tells how the Dawa Party command is approaching the issue of the oil portfolio.