Baghdad Advisory City Council

Baghdad Advisory City Council Selection of Finalists-Baghdad City Mayor Sunday, 18 April 2004 9:00 Check in 10:00 Roll Call 10:10 Remarks – Council Chairman, Khudair Abbas 10:15 Remarks – Deputy Mayor Ibrahim 10:20 Remarks – District Council Chairman 10:25 Remarks – Selection Committee Chairman Sheikh Baqr al-Suheil. Includes description of Committee work, introduction of the candidates. 10:40 Candidate presentations (in alphabetical order). Time per candidate capped at 20 minutes. Each to speak for 10 minutes, then to answer questions for 10 minutes. 10:40-11:00 Candidate 1 – Dr. Ihsan Mohammed Lutf Allah Shirzad 11:00-11:20 Candidate 2 – Dr. Alaa Mahmood al-Tamimi 11:20-11:40 Candidate 3 – Eng. Ali Radhi al-Haidari 11:40-12:00 Candidate 4 – Eng. Omar Rasheed al-Qaraghuli 12:00-12:20 Candidate 5 – Dr. Omar Farooq al-Damaluji 12:20-12:40 Candidate 6 – Dr. Faris Abdul Kareem Kubba 12:40-13:00 Candidate 7 – Dr. Fa’iq Abbas Tawfiq al-Bidhawi 13:00-13:20 Candidate 8 – Dr. Hisham Hameed al-Ani 13:30 Lunch. Council members sequestered in the Mayor’s waiting room and the courtyard to deliberate on the candidates informally. Candidates - and staff familiar with the selection process - will be available for media interviews. 14:25 Call to take seats. 14:30 1st round of voting to select top five. 14:40 Tally 1st round votes. 14:50 2nd round of voting to select top three. 15:00 Tally 2nd round votes 15:15 Three minute speech for each of the top three vote-getters. 15:30 Final round of voting to rank order the top three. 15:40 Tally & count final votes. 15:50 Thanks you speech by the top voter-getter. 16:00 Final remarks by the City Council Chairman. 16:10 Adjournment.