BAGHDAD - 
A source close to Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Wednesday that all the names put forward for the defense and interior ministries were "mere speculations." 

The source said in an interview with Alsumaria News, that "will be soon to submit the names of candidates to take over the ministries of justice and education in the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi." 

In a related context, drew the source, who asked not to be named, to "postpone the resolution of the Ministries of Interior and Defense at the moment because of the lack of consensus on the names."