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AFP
Baghdad
Iraq’s divided parliament on Thursday postponed a confidence vote for the government of premier-designate Mohammad Allawi over lack of quorum, plunging the country deeper into political uncertainty.
The vote has been a key demand of Allawi as well as well populist cleric Moqtada Sadr who had threatened to organise mass protests outside parliament unless lawmakers backed the government in a vote this week.
After multiple meetings between parliamentary groups and key officials, including Allawi, parliament speaker Mohammed Halbusi postponed the session until Saturday.
The political wrangling coincides with unprecedented protests since October 1 in the capital and Iraq’s south, demanding a complete government overhaul.
Prompting objections from protesters, political parties nominated Allawi as a consensus candidate this month, after President Barham Saleh threatened to unilaterally choose a premier if they failed to agree.
Baghdad
Iraq’s divided parliament on Thursday postponed a confidence vote for the government of premier-designate Mohammad Allawi over lack of quorum, plunging the country deeper into political uncertainty.
The vote has been a key demand of Allawi as well as well populist cleric Moqtada Sadr who had threatened to organise mass protests outside parliament unless lawmakers backed the government in a vote this week.
After multiple meetings between parliamentary groups and key officials, including Allawi, parliament speaker Mohammed Halbusi postponed the session until Saturday.
The political wrangling coincides with unprecedented protests since October 1 in the capital and Iraq’s south, demanding a complete government overhaul.
Prompting objections from protesters, political parties nominated Allawi as a consensus candidate this month, after President Barham Saleh threatened to unilaterally choose a premier if they failed to agree.
