Head of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, confirmed his continued support for tribal support councils and his encouragement to absorb more of them, calling at the same time for commitment and respect for their privacy. Al-Maliki said in a press statement yesterday, Saturday, "We took the initiative years ago to form tribal support councils in most of Iraq's governorates, from influential tribal and clan leaders and figures, who contributed with a great and charitable effort to social, security and political stability, and were a support for the state's agencies, especially the security agencies in the areas of their presence, and assumed a legitimate and national responsibility in difficult stages that Iraq went through after 2003 and to the present day." He added, "We are still strongly supporting these councils due to the importance of their role, and we will remain by their side, work to spread them, and encourage the inclusion of more honorable faces within their framework," stressing that "e veryone has the right to open up to this active segment of our society, but the support councils have their own working mechanism and connection, since their establishment," calling for commitment and respect for this privacy. Source: National Iraqi News Agency