In Iraq, the deputies were to elect the President of the Republic on Saturday March 26, six months after the legislative elections. But the session was postponed for the second time due to lack of quorum.
With our correspondent in Baghdad, Lucile Wassermann
Another attempt, another failure. For the second time in six months, the deputies did not reach the quorum to proceed with the election of the President of the Republic. 202 deputies were present this Saturday, but 220 were needed for the ballot to take place. In question: the call for a boycott launched by parties close to Iran.
Since the October elections, this coalition has been excluded from negotiations between the opposing parties to choose the new president and prime minister. This other Shiite alliance, led by Moqtada Sadr, the big winner of the legislative elections, wants to impose its candidates and form a so-called majority government, where the pro-Iran parties would have no ministry.
A desire that breaks with an Iraqi tradition, respected since the first elections in 2005, and which wants these political leaders to come from a consensus between the two major Shiite houses. Two major political blocs that oppose each other today, more than ever.
A new vote is scheduled for next Wednesday, to try to end the political paralysis, which has deprived the inhabitants of a new government for six months now.