"After three days of long sessions and continuous delays, the Iraqi parliament failed Wednesday to reach agreement on a new election law, asked a little-used national political council to resolve the impasse and adjourned until Sunday. The speaker of the parliament, Dr. Ayad al Samarrai, said at a news conference that the parliament had resolved 90 percent of what he called obstacles -- including allowing Iraqis to vote directly for individual candidates, not just party lists -- but that lawmakers remained deadlocked over how January's scheduled parliamentary elections should be conducted in oil-rich northern Kirkuk province."
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/story/1294119.html
When will we learn that elections in the Middle East are never won by forces favorable to the U.S.?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment