The biggest bloc must form government and not the winning bloc in the elections ...
02 June, 2010
Federal Supreme Court: the possibility of winning lists alliance between them to form the largest parliamentary bloc
The president of the Federal Court Judge Medhat al-Mahmoud on the formation of the government, that paragraph 76 of the Constitution provides that the president assigns the candidate of the parliamentary largest number to do so.
He added that the winning lists can be allied or form a coalition or merger, including after approval, when the first meeting of parliament are each list to serve as a unified bloc, or merge with others.
Permit the President of the Federal Court Judge Medhat al-Mahmoud - (the following video explains this thoroughly...)
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The New Alliance Is NOT Sectarian and Call On All The Lists To Join ...
~snip from UN pdf file link above (relief web) ~
14. In parallel, on 25 March the Federal Supreme Court issued a non-binding opinion on a petition lodged by the State of Law coalition concerning the proper interpretation of article 76 of the Iraqi Constitution, which provides for the largest bloc in the Parliament to nominate the Prime Minister.
In its opinion, the Federal Supreme Court stated that the “largest bloc”, as stipulated in the Constitution, either refers to a list before the elections or to a coalition holding the largest number of parliamentary seats during the first session of the Council of Representatives.
Once the election results are ratified by the Supreme Court, the new President will be elected with a required two-thirds majority of Parliament, and, in accordance with the Constitution, will subsequently ask the largest bloc in the Council of Representatives
