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Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Cole in a landslide
Yesterday I wondered about the future of the Iraqi government. Juan Cole predicted no government would be formed, while the Star Tribune had a pretty good article suggesting that a government could be formed before the end of March.Looks like Cole knew what he was talking about:
The meeting of Iraq's national assembly descended into chaos today as politicians failed to agree on a candidate for speaker.
Funny that a country with no history of ethnic strife would have trouble forming a supermajority government.
Amid acrimonious scenes, the new governing body convened briefly, for only the second time since national elections in January, and admitted defeat in its efforts to nominate a Sunni candidate for the role.
The bickering exposed tensions in the newly formed parliament, with the outgoing interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, storming out of the session, followed by the interim president, Gazi al-Yawar
"What are we going to tell the citizens who sacrificed their lives and cast ballots on January 30?" asked Hussein al-Sadr, a Shia cleric and member Mr Allawi's coalition.
