Shiite Group To Vote On Iraqi PM Candidate

[nathan1606]

Two Shiite political alliances announced a mechanism Tuesday they said would help break the political impasse in Baghdad.

Iraq is still without a government six months after the country had elections

for the 325-member Council of Representatives.

An ad hoc Shiite coalition of the State of Law slate and the Iraqi National Alliance said it would vote to determine which of its candidates would be nominated as the next prime minister.

State of Law wants its leader and incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to serve a second term while the INA backs Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi.

Ali al-Adeeb, a leader in the State of Law slate, said members of the Shiite coalition would vote on the next candidate and whoever wins 65 percent of the vote would get the formal nod for the candidacy, the Voices of Iraq news agency reports.

The secular Iraqiya slate, which won the elections March 7 by two seats, doesn't recognize the right of the Shiite coalition to exist. The party, lead by former interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, said that as the winner, it has the right to form a new government first.

The State of Law leader didn't say when the candidate vote would take place. © UPI

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212321962.shtml?ref=rss

[Mammaw]

Didn't K98 have this one posted early today?

[nathan1606]

Didn't K98 have this one posted early today?

if so i just missed it , sorry for the repost ..

[thack70]

if so i just missed it , sorry for the repost ..

I haven't see it, thanks for the post!

[DinarTaino]

Thanks Nathan, I missed this one.

[woookiee]

Thanks for the post.

[dinarette]

Thanks for the post - I wish they would vote already!

[mark_mich266]

Missed it too, Nate, so thanks for the posting!!