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Deadline to select new Iraq prime minister set to lapse once more
 [Rudaw] Rivalries between parliament’s biggest blocs, the confirmation of an unsurprising nomination for prime minister from the Bina Coalition, and a fruitless search for answers by Iraqi President Barham Salih mean a looming deadline to select a new premier will likely be extended once more. Following months of popular protest, Iraq’s parliament accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi on December 1, less than a year after he took office. A constitutionally decreed 15-day deadline for the appointment of a new prime minister to form a new government lapsed on Thursday, amid wrangling over potential candidate by Iraqi political parties. The constitutional deadline to choose a new prime minister was extended to midnight on Sunday. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-12-23 |
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