'We Dont Have A Democrcy' - Iyad Allawi, 03/07/11

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Run time: 02:53 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YfxWVFlWzk   Posted on YouTube: March 08, 2011 By YouTube Member: TelLieVision2 Views on YouTube: 1   Posted on DU: March 08, 2011 By DU Member: Charleston Chew Views on DU: 441

 
TelLieVision2 on Mar 8, 2011

Iyad Allawi, the leader of Iraq's cross-sectarian Iraqiya coalition, has said that power sharing in his country is a myth.

Allawi, whose bloc won the most seats in Iraq's election last year, was appointed to head a new statutory body intended to promote inclusivness, but turned the position down.

He argued the post failed to comply with a power-sharing deal that had been agreed following tortuous negotiations in the wake of the elections.

A government was eventually formed in December, following the deal, a full nine months after the election had taken place.

Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh asked him why he withdrew from the post as head of the national security council.


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Q&A: Iraq's former prime minister

Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh interviews Iraq's former prime minister on the status of Iraq's political process.

Iyad Allawi, Iraq's former prime minister, is the leader of Iraqiya, a cross-sectarian, Sunni-backed alliance. Exactly one year to date, Iraq held landmark parliamentary elections that were supposed to usher the country's first-ever inclusive government.

Iraqiya narrowly won the largest number of seats, but Allawi failed to secure his spot as prime minister and after a drawn-out political stalemate, a power-sharing deal was reached and an incomplete cabinet was announced in December 2010.

Under that deal, Allawi was offered a position especially created to include him as the head of a strategic policies council which was meant to counterweight the prime minister's powers. But Allawi has backed away from the position just as protests against corruption and poor services have gripped the country.

Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh spoke to Allawi about his latest move and the status of Iraq's political process.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/03/20113892012143679.html
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