August 6, 2010Kurdistan blocs delegation in Baghdad on Saturday
Arbil, A delegation of the Kurdistan blocs will arrive in Baghdad on Saturday to start officials negotiations with the Iraqi blocs to from the government, a well-informed source said on Friday.
“The delegation will return to Baghdad on Saturday (Aug. 7) to start official negotiations with al-Iraqiya Alliance, Dawlat al-Qanoon and the Iraqi National Alliance to form the new government,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
The political chessboard in Iraq has been experiencing non-stop differences among the key blocs that won seats in the March 2010 legislative elections over the premiership and the government formation, namely between Maliki’s Dawlat al-Qanoon (State of Law) and former Premier Iyad Allawi’s al-Iraqiya bloc.
Several parliament sessions were postponed while the set constitutional deadline to election a new speaker and a president of a republic was breached.
The elections saw al-Iraqiya winning 91 seats, followed by Maliki’s State of Law with 89 seats, the Iraqi National Alliance (INA), which comprises Ammar al-Hakim’s Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), Muqtada al-Sadr’s Movement and Fadila (Virtue) Party, with 70 seats and the Kurdistan Alliance (KA) with 57 seats.
The results prompt coalitions of several parties to guarantee a required majority at the 325-seat parliament in order to form a government.
