Allawi: Iraq power sharing a myth
- 12 years ago
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.
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.