Nov 11, 2010 3:23 PM EST
Iraq president asks al-Maliki to form government
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's President Jalal Talabani has named Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to form a government after a dramatic walkout by members of a Sunni-backed coalition.
The parliament session Thursday was then adjourned.
Al-Maliki now has 30 days with which to form a new government.
His efforts to include significant Sunni support in the new government took a beating after the walkout by members of the Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc.
Iraqiya lawmakers had demanded that before parliament vote on the president, it vote first to formally reverse decisions by a De-Baathification program barring three of their members from holding government positions.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE
BAGHDAD Iraqi lawmakers have elected Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as president despite a dramatic walkout by a Sunni-backed bloc.
Talabani was immediately sworn in.
Talabani's election was part of a deal hammered out by Iraqi lawmakers to end an eight-month deadlock over who would lead the new government.
The Sunni bloc's lawmakers had demanded that before parliament vote on the president, it vote first to formally dissolve decisions by a De-Baathification program purging former members of Saddam Hussein's ruling party which had barred three of their members from taking part in government positions.
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Iraq president asks al-Maliki to form government
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's President Jalal Talabani has named Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to form a government after a dramatic walkout by members of a Sunni-backed coalition.
The parliament session Thursday was then adjourned.
Al-Maliki now has 30 days with which to form a new government.
His efforts to include significant Sunni support in the new government took a beating after the walkout by members of the Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc.
Iraqiya lawmakers had demanded that before parliament vote on the president, it vote first to formally reverse decisions by a De-Baathification program barring three of their members from holding government positions.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE
BAGHDAD Iraqi lawmakers have elected Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as president despite a dramatic walkout by a Sunni-backed bloc.
Talabani was immediately sworn in.
Talabani's election was part of a deal hammered out by Iraqi lawmakers to end an eight-month deadlock over who would lead the new government.
The Sunni bloc's lawmakers had demanded that before parliament vote on the president, it vote first to formally dissolve decisions by a De-Baathification program purging former members of Saddam Hussein's ruling party which had barred three of their members from taking part in government positions.
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