Iraq Parliament Session Delayed as Coalition Deadlock Persists
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The convening of Iraq’s parliament was postponed as the country’s political leaders failed to reach an agreement to form a new coalition that would eliminate an eight-month power vacuum.
The legislature will meet on Baghdad on Nov. 11 instead of Nov. 8, state-sponsored al-Iraqiyah television quoted acting Speaker Fuad Massoum as saying today. Members of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s al-Iraqiyah alliance said yesterday that they wouldn’t attend the session planned for Nov. 8 because no agreement had been reached on the distribution of key posts, the Kurdish AK News news agency reported.