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Iraq’s Parliamentary Crisis - An Unexpected Constitutional Exit?
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Michael Wahid Hanna,
The Century Foundation,
11/25/2009
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On November 8th, Iraqi legislators reached a compromise agreement over an elections law for the upcoming 2010 national parliamentary elections. The resolution to this bitter standoff −which centered on the disposition of Kirkuk in the electoral law and was part of a broader struggle to establish precedents over the city and other disputed territories−was hailed by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as an "historic victory of the will of the people." When Iraq’s Sunni Vice President unexpectedly exercised his constitutional prerogative to veto this hard-fought parliamentary compromise, it appeared Iraq was headed for a more serious political and, potentially, constitutional crisis. Continue Reading on the Taking Note Blog. |
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