Iraq's parliament in its first session draws beginning of the end to the rule of al-Maliki

Iraq's parliament in its first session draws beginning of the end to the rule of al-Maliki



Prevent differences of Representatives elect a president and blocks the road to the prime minister to carry out his pledge in front of Washington to form a government in the first July


Middle East Online


A few days for the owners in power

BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament failed to elect its first meeting Tuesday at the head of his election as provided by the Constitution, to hold a new session after a week "if there was a possibility of agreement."

The House of Representatives is facing pressure to form a new government stands in the face of armed militants. Al-Maliki pledged to the Americans to form a government with solutions first July / July

It can be a meeting of the new parliament in the "Green Zone" in Baghdad's heavily fortified beginning of the end to the rule of al-Maliki, which spanned eight years in the presence of opponents determined to isolate and even some allies also see the need to replace it with the character of other less desirable.

The MP said Mehdi al-Hafez, who chaired the meeting for being the oldest member "hold a hearing next week if there is the possibility of agreement," he said, adding that the date of the next meeting will be the eighth of July present.

The meeting of the Iraqi parliament aims to choose a unity government to keep the country from the danger of division after year, Islamist militants announced a "Caliphate" Islamic.

And Iraqi forces engaged in fighting three weeks ago against fighters Taatzaamanm group, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq, Syria and now known as the Islamic state. The fighting intensified in recent days in the city of Tikrit, the hometown of former President Saddam Hussein.

The Islamic state, which controls swathes of territory in the form of arc stretching from Aleppo in Syria to an area near the outskirts of the capital, Baghdad, Iraq announced that its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi "successor" to the Muslims.

And backed by armed groups in Iraq, other Sunni rejects what it sees as persecution under the rule of the Shiite al-Maliki.

The new parliament met for the first time since his election in April, while the results indicated in the beginning to assert the authority of al-Maliki easily to take a third term.

But after the House of Representatives seats now filled after the sudden collapse of the army in the north, facing the task of politicians stave off the collapse of the state, as the Prime Minister days in power are numbered.

And cast the enemies of al-Maliki blamed it on the rapid progress of the fighters Sunni militants who seized the largest city of Mosul in northern Iraq on the tenth of June and has since taken control of all the Sunni areas almost in the country.

Although the coalition of "state law" led by al-Maliki won the most seats in parliament, he still needs to allies to take office. The Sunnis and Kurds demanding the departure of al-Maliki and say he reneged on his promises under the power-sharing agreements and to the side of his community, fueling resentment that fueled the unrest.

Demanding the United States did not publicly Maliki to leave, but demanded the formation of a broad-based government as a condition for aid is greater.

In a move to strengthen the military presence in Iraq, the United States said on Monday it would send another 300 troops.

A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense, Admiral John Kirby said about 200 soldiers arrived in Iraq on Sunday to boost security at the U.S. Embassy and support facilities and the Baghdad International Airport. It is scheduled to arrive in another 100 soldiers to Baghdad "to provide security and logistical support."

Kirby said in a statement: "These forces independent and separate from the force of up to 300 soldiers conferred upon the President (U.S.) to set up two joint operations and an assessment of how that can be made by the United States in support of the Iraqi security forces."

And managed with the help of the Maliki government Shi'ite militias to prevent militants from Sunni militants from reaching the capital, but were unable to regain cities abandoned by its forces.

The Iraqi army tried to restore Tikrit last week, but he was not able to restore the city, which lies 160 kilometers north of Baghdad, where insurgents have killed dozens of soldiers of the Islamic State shot automatic weapons and threw them in the graves after the capture of the city on June 12. Residents said fighting intensified on the southern outskirts of the city on Monday.

The survival of Iraq as a unified state depends probably on the preservation of the system of government which put after the U.S. invasion that toppled Saddam in 2003, and which takes a Shiite prime minister and Kurdish president, a position he takes on a symbolic Sunni as speaker of parliament.

On Friday, in an unusual political interference called on the Iraqi Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the political blocs to agree in advance on the three positions before the meeting of parliament on Tuesday.

The political blocs met in recent days without calling the leaders of Iraq.

He said two senior members of the State of Law coalition headed by al-Maliki that he is being explored alternative to the owners from within his own party. A prominent ally of the owners in the last week that al-Maliki is aware that things can be up to it. According to diplomats, it is seen Tarek Najm al-Maliki, the former director of the Office as a possible successor to him.

Sunni parties say it will not make its candidate for the presidency of the parliament to see the personal wants Shiites selected for the post of prime minister. Kurds did not specify their choice so far, those who have the president.

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