"Iraq's highest court recently clarified an ambiguous part of the constitution, ruling that either the largest electoral bloc or the largest merger of one or more groups after the election would form the government. Any political group will need the majority -- 163 seats -- of the next parliament to approve their cabinet and top executives.
Also Monday, in a sign of the violence Iraqis fear will overtake the nation as political battles ensue, two car bombs ripped through the holy southern city of Karbala. At least five people were killed and 64 wounded in the attacks, said Salim Kadhim, the spokesman of the health department in the province. The simultaneous blasts targeted an emergency service center and the education department, officials said."
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Though Ali al-Lami failed in his effort to become a member of Iraqi parliament, his position at the head of the Justice and Accountability Commission (JAC) is still allowing him to hold incredible sway over the results of the March 7 vote.
Ali al-Lami
The JAC already banned hundreds of mostly Sunni candidates ahead of the election, including several top supporters of the Allawi bloc. But now that Allawi’s Iraqiya faction has seemingly won the election, it would have seemed the JAC’s efforts had failed. Or have they?
Not according to al-Lami, who now says another 52 candidates, including six who were elected as MPs to Allawi’s faction, will be banned. Not only that, but al-Lami says Iraqiya will not be allowed to replace those six with unbanned candidates. In short, if the JAC has its way, Iraqiya’s two seat plurality will become a four seat deficit.
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/03/29/move-could-ban-six-allawi-mps-from-office/
Al-Lami is the talking head,but it's the same de-baathification committee run by Chalabi since 2003. The weasel should have been arrested when he was caught passing secrets to Iran. Instead,Bremer allowed the rotund little bastard to damned near start a civil war. Chalabi is on crack if he thinks he can just cancel out votes parties and candidates received. I don't see the electoral commission allowing that. Just as it didn't allow Chalabi to strike 52 candidates from the ballots the day before elections. Someone needs to put a bullet between the motherfucker's eyes.....before he does manage to start a civil war.
The election commission told al-Lami to take a hike. They said Parliament is no longer in session,which means the de-bathification committee no longer has any authority. Al-Lami also failed to get elected to Parliament,so he may as well join Muqwaq in Iran. Chalabi somehow managed to get a seat this time. Probably by disqualifying everyone running against him....LOL.
[maury] "Chalabi is on crack if he thinks he can just cancel out votes parties and candidates received. I don't see the electoral commission allowing that. Just as it didn't allow Chalabi to strike 52 candidates from the ballots the day before elections."
For once, I agree with Maury. But there's a history in Iraq of election results not mirroring who actually gets into power later on.
"The vanquished Maliki continues to show signs that he will not fade away, describing as "impossible" Allawi's attempts to build a coalition. Maliki made the comment in a television interview, in which he also said "the game is still very much on", in relation to who will be Iraq's new leader."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/29/iraq-election-banned-candidates
It is the US occupation army that ruled Iraq before the parody of elections took place and it is the US occupation army that is still ruling Iraq. The Iraqi people will continue their resistance and the resistance is the sole legitimate representative of the Iraqi people. The rest of this is boring theatrics.
Whatever happened to the Babbling Babylonian? Bring him back. He is alot more fun than you guys.
[habis] "It is the US occupation army that ruled Iraq before the parody of elections took place and it is the US occupation army that is still ruling Iraq."
Hmmm. While I would be forced to agree that elections under occupation are fundamentally illegitimate, it is also true that American influence has waned quite a bit lately. Of course, it isn't over till its over.
[habis] "The Iraqi people will continue their resistance and the resistance is the sole legitimate representative of the Iraqi people."
It seems to me that many resistance groups have laid down their arms(even if it is only temporarily) to see whether the US sticks to its withdrawal pledge. People like Al Mutlaq who are rumoured to have resistance links have participated in the electoral process. That said, it is also true that there are a couple of dozen attacks made by resistance groups on the occupier every day. That's good. The Americans shouldn't get TOO comfortable that they change their minds about leaving.
Bruno,
Yes it is only temporarily. Just like in Palestine the level of resistance increased and decreases periodically. What is constant though is the resistance. It will never end until every last foreign soldier and colonizer is out of every single Arab country. No part of the world has seen more foreign invasions and yet not a single one was able to survive.
What is constant is the shit-for-brains 3arab jarab murdering Iraqis in the name of "resistance" and Islam.
The 3arab jarab sipped Frapuccinos in Mecca while their beloved resistance bombed Baghdad cafes. It is so symbolic of their hypocrisy and incredible stupidity.
Iraqitrash you are such a coward. Anyone can mouth off on a blog. Go out and talk to brother Habis up close and personal.
Your resistance has been defeated, Habis. Very few US soldiers are now dying in Iraq and most of them are being killed in accidents. The few remaining Al Qaeda diehards are being steadily picked off by the Iraqi Army and Police. The legitimacy of the election and the government is conferred by the millions of Iraqis who voted. You and your friend Bruno are just farts in the wind.
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