Plans to elect a president of Iraq in the parliament went awry Monday, when boycotts of the session meant that no quorum ever showed up. A quorum of 2/3 would be 220 MPs in Iraq, and only 58 showed up.
Hoshyar Zebari was considered the front-runner for the vote, and is backed by the KDP and cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Both parties boycotted today’s session.
The boycott is over several other unresolved matters. No date has been scheduled for the next vote attempt.
KDP is the largest Kurdish bloc, and is expected to get the presidency. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is fighting for the spot too, and they hold the post currently with President Salih.
Damn. That’s a pretty big ‘lack of quorum’.
Just exactly how were the recent elections conducted?
In reality, were they accepted by the people?
As I recall, protests erupted immediately after, and a false flag was executed to back them off.
Is this consensus? Is this quorum?