Iraq’s Shia bloc to attend parliament on Monday

[REITman]

BAGHDAD - Iraq’s Shia Alliance will attend on Monday’s session of parliament even if no agreement is reached before then on top posts in the new government, Shia legislators and sources said on Thursday.

In a move that raises the chance that political paralysis may end, Shia legislators said they have dropped a demand that a parliament speaker, the prime minister and the president are agreed on by all parties before the bloc goes to parliament.

“The Alliance has decided unanimously to take part in Monday’s parliament session,” Ridda Jawad Al Takki, a senior member in the Alliance told Reuters.

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[Axeanne]

Shia, Kurd, Sunni...they are all Muslim, with religious differences.

It appears they have become the defacto political parties as well (it has always been like this in the Middle East), just like our Democrat and Republican parties.

It is refreshing to see that the Shia are attempting to still be part of a process and not a block to a process.

The more things change the more they stay the same.

We'll see what happens.

[REITman]

It is refreshing to see that the Shia are attempting to still be part of a process and not a block to a process.


I hope you're right because so far all they have been is a major block to the process.