BAGHDAD - Outgoing Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's list announced on Friday it would not join a new Iraqi government without four cabinet posts and a slot of deputy premier, said the head of Allawi's negotiating team. "These are our demands and if they are not satisfied, we cannot participate in the government," Rasem Awady said at a news conference with other negotiators from the Iraqiya list.
| Oh well, see you in the loyal opposition. |
The list has 40 seats in the parliament elected in January 30 elections, since when prime minister-designate Ibrahim Al Jaafari has struggled for weeks to form a government. |