Middle East Focus-Arabia Deserta: Politics of Cheap Shots, al-Maliki Worried, Allawi Almost Resigned………

Arabia Deserta

Politics of Cheap Shots, al-Maliki Worried, Allawi Almost Resigned………

In another low in Iraq politics, the State of Law website of Mr. al-Maliki group states that Iyad Allawi cannot become a prime minister of Iraq according to the country's constitution. The site claims that Article 77 of the constitution stipulates that the president and prime minister of Iraq has to be born Iraqi and form two Iraqi parents. It claims that Allawi’s father was Iraqi but his mother was Lebanese. They also cite Articles 65 and 74.
I don’t know the Iraqi constitution, but this sounds like a cheap shot to me. It looks like al-Maliki is worried, rattled, although I still believe his coalition will win the most seats in parliament, and the most votes.
Still, my fatwa stands anyway: Allawi will not become prime minister. Even though now he opposes any recount.
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