Baghdad (CNN) -- Iraqi politicians offered different opinions Monday over when Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki would make the long-awaited announcement of the country's new government.
The incumbent prime minister is scheduled to present some key members of the Cabinet to parliament when it convenes Monday.
Hasan al-Sneid, a member of al-Maliki's bloc, said the government would still take place, but had been postponed until later in the day.
But lawmaker Mahmood Othman said the country's political limbo, which started after no bloc won enough seats to create a governing coalition in the March 7 elections, could last a few days longer. It will be "at least" Wednesday before the Cabinet is presented, he said.
And members of other blocs also said no final agreement on nominations had been reached.
Al-Maliki has until this weekend to unveil his Cabinet before a constitutionally set deadline to form a government runs out.
The government lineup, according to senior politicians, will be missing the three posts of security ministers (interior, defense and national security) who would control the country's army and police.
Politicians say more time is needed to nominate candidates for these sensitive posts.
But Amir al-Kinani, a member of parliament from radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's bloc, said the bloc would refuse to vote Monday on an incomplete government.
On Sunday former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi indicated that he would take part in the new Iraqi Cabinet that his rival, incumbent al-Maliki, planned to present -- ending weeks of uncertainty about whether he would participate.
Last month, Allawi walked out of parliament and declared power-sharing dead. CNN
