Iraqi lawmakers failed again on Saturday to elect a new president due to the lack of a quorum in parliament, keeping the country mired in political paralysis
Iraqi lawmakers on Saturday are scheduled once again to elect the country's president and try to overcome months of political paralysis, even as renewed boycott calls risk scuttling a vote.
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Iraqi lawmakers failed again on Saturday to elect a new president due to the lack of a quorum in parliament, keeping the country mired in political paralysis.
An initial first round of voting in parliament on 7 February failed to materialise as it was widely boycotted amid the Zebari legal wrangle, whose presidential bid was ruled out due to corruption allegations.