Eight months after the March 7 elections, a deal has been struck allowing Parliament to vote, leading to the re-election of Jalal Talabani as President and his subsequent appointment of Nuri al-Maliki as Prime Minister. Due to a falling-out over part of the deal, ‘Iyad ‘Allawi's Iraqiyya bloc has walked out of Parliament (though their candidate was awarded the Speakership), but at least the deadlock has been broken.
For more details see the always essential Reidar Visser here; also see Juan Cole here.
Friday, November 12, 2010
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