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Shiite bloc names new candidate for Iraqi PM
September 03, 2010 12:25 EDT
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A powerful Shiite bloc backed by Iran ha put forward its own candidate for prime minister, further complicating Iraq's fractured political system.
The Iraqi National Alliance has named Adel Abdul-Mahdi, Iraq's Shiite vice president, as their candidate for the job.
The INA is currently in a shaky coalition with the State of Law coalition headed by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. But the INA fiercely disapproves of al-Maliki retaining his job and prefers someone else take the post.
By putting forward their own candidate, INA is not seeking to break up the alliance with the State of Law but rather to extend the negotiation process and pressure the party to dump al-Maliki as its candidate.
Iraq has had no government since the March 7 election since bloc won an outright majority.
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