Maliki’s most likely to form a government is unlikely to win a majority of seats
Maliki’s most likely to form a government is unlikely to win a majority of seats
05/04/2014
Palm – considered the British newspaper The Guardian, said Friday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is the favorite to form a coalition government, excluded winning a majority of seats in the next parliament.
The newspaper said in its news analysis on the Iraqi parliamentary elections, Iraqis cast their ballots in an atmosphere clouded by nervousness in an election seen as a referendum on security issues. ”
The capital, Baghdad and the provinces, the first on Wednesday (April 30, 2014), the process of universal suffrage for the parliamentary elections, amid tight security and a curfew in some provinces.
The British newspaper added that “the most realistic test of the success of the ballot will be in the coming weeks or possibly months during which initiate the leaders in the long process of forming a government of divided political blocs.”
The paper that “the current Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who is seeking a third term as prime minister, remains the most likely candidate for the formation of a coalition government at the end of the day,” ruled that “to win a majority of seats.”
The State of Law coalition led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki revealed on Friday that the parliamentary seats will get beyond the 100-seat, pointing out that there are no conservative coalition, which did not achieve good results.
It is noteworthy that this is the legislative elections, is the third in the country since 2003 and is the first to be held to elect a parliament after the withdrawal of U.S. military from Iraq by the end of 2011, which is also witnessing the use of electronic voting card for the first time.
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