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Additional info. added from an article dated June 15th, Radio Free Europe ~ "How Long Will It Take To Form An Iraqi Government?
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2010/06/iraq-100615-rferl01.htm
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"I think the issue now is purely legal," Kurdish Alliance parliamentarian Mahmud Uthman told RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq on June 13. "If the legal experts, including the Higher Court, decide that Allawi's Al-Iraqiyah bloc is still the largest, and they don't recognize the new [National Alliance] as such, Then the matter will be under consideration. But if they say that the new bloc is the largest , then the picture is changed, and we cannot yet give a final opinion."
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**Disinformation - from radical religious sites, unofficial biased web sites and ... the just plain uninformed, are trying to create instability within Iraq.
Beware of the propaganda and disinformation in the news. Unreliable news sources and biased news sources. Remember everyone has their own agenda and will do and say whatever will promote disarray. Those who cannot accept defeat will continually be a problem until the new government is seated. An example of promoting disarray would be the fictional article that was circulated condemning Prime Minister Maliki for the death and destruction that occured on Sunday at the CBI. The article titled "Nuri Al-Maliki Ordered The Burning Of Foreign Exchange Archive Iraq’s Central Bank", is Completely False. If the article was even remotely true, it would have been "breaking" news.
Note: The constitutional court has not been formed but will be formed after parliament has been seated. As of now, the Higher court is similar to our (U.S.) supreme court and they have ruled in favor of the National Alliance.
Monday, June 14th 2010
National Aliance biggest bloc entitled to form government, MPs said Monday
Baghdad, A new bloc "National Alliance" between the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) led by Ammar Al-Hakim, and the State of Law coalition led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, was formally announced which allows them to cobble together a majority bloc in the parliament and to name the next PM, MPs of the new bloc said Monday.
The National Alliance bloc has 159 seats in the parliament being the largest bloc to be sworn in during the first session of the parliament today, and is entitled to form the new government and name the next Prime Minister, Khaled al-Atiyah of the new alliance said in a press conference held at the convention palace in Baghdad on Monday.
Regarding the interpretation of Iraq's supreme court about the majority bloc, al-Attiyah, said no bloc can be considered as the biggest one before being sworn in in the parliament and the "National Coalition was sworn in today and the issue of the biggest bloc is over"
The Federal Court decides about any dispute on the issue of forming the government and the biggest bloc,Hadi al-Ameri of the National Alliance said, before adding that "the Federal Court delivered its word regarding the biggest bloc and the National Alliance is the majority bloc and has the right to form the government."
In case there was a larger bloc, it will have the right to the government makeup, al-Ameri noted.
"The political process needs compromise to achieve agreement between the blocs, as well as security and services that are factors which push for speeding up the formation of the government." he added.
The Iraqi parliamentary elections were held on the 7th of March, and the results of the elections were announced on March 26 which showed the progress of Iraqiya list led by former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, by gaining 91 seats, trailed by the State of Law Coalition led by Maliki with 89 seats, while the INA won 70 seats and Kurdistan Alliance in fourth place with 43 seats.
The Federal Court has interpreted article 76 of the Iraqi constitution which stipulates that the "the largest bloc" can form the government as: either the bloc that was a stand-alone list in the elections and gained the largest number of seats or the bloc that was formed by merging more than one electoral list after the elections to put together a majority.
Under the Federal Court's interpretation, the alliance between the State of Law and the INA has a better opportunity to form the government, thought it is still four seats short of a majority bloc which is 163 out of the 325-seat parliament which is still four seats shy of a majority to form the next Iraqi government.
AKnews
