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Who will form Iraq’s next government?
[Rudaw] Preliminary results in Iraq’s October 10 election, parallel to all expectations, saw Shiite holy man Moqtada Tater al-Sadr
...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival, al-Khoei, assassinated only a few hours after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he's gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry...
’s party win by a large margin with 72 seats. However they will still need to make deals with other parties in order to appoint a prime minister and form the government.

The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) on Saturday announced updated preliminary results after completing manual counting. The results give a clear image of who won and who lost, but who will form the next government remains unclear as several parties will need to come to an agreement and election winners could be left out of the government.
Posted by: trailing wife 2021-10-19
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