Provincial polls upend Maliki’s ‘political majority’
Issue 952
- 02 Aug 2013
| 4 minute read
In the lead-up up to Iraq’s provincial elections on 20 April, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki’s central theme was the need for a ‘political majority government’ – intended to replace the ‘partnership government’ model upon which the 2010 government was built. The latter sees every major party taking part in government, something Maliki has long complained gives recalcitrant parties a veto, stymying his efforts to rebuild Iraq. His hope was that the April elections would be a first step towards a model more favourable to him; the notion that ‘majority governments’ would first be formed at provincial level was already on his lips in December, well before official campaigning began.
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