Third time was the charm for Iraq’s parliament, as after two failed meetings beforehand they today finally managed to hold a vote for the parliamentary speaker, naming Salim Jabouri in a majority vote.
Jabouri is a moderate Sunni Islamist chosen by the Sunni MPs as their candidate of choice. Though not a legal requirement, Iraq has traditionally given Sunni Arabs the speakership, while giving a Kurd the presidency, and a Shi’ite Arab the premiership.
The vote to appoint Jabouri means the next step is to decide on a new president. There is so far no indication if the speaker vote meant deals were in place for the other two positions, though there was some speculation that some progress was made on that front.
Outgoing Kurdish President Jalal Talabani has been boycotting cabinet meetings, as have all Kurdish ministers. It is unclear who would be the Kurdistan candidate of choice for a president, or indeed if the Kurds will offer a candidate at all, as they move closer to a referendum on secession.
The Iraqi government/parliament is divided among Kurds, Sunni and sheei't traditionally which is more democratic then one can say about English parliament or the us, but just last week Barack Hussein Obama was demanding for reform by Maliki which questions the fact, what reform, meanwhile USG hand in hand with Turkish Erdogan government, Saudis prince Bandar, the Wahhabis and Saudis kingdom were giving all kind of opportunity to ISIS to become what they are. As they say, most white man always speak with two tung, although Barack Hussein Obama is not a white man but that doesn't mean that he is not a two face or speaks the white man two tung language.