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elections instead of the current Independent High
Electoral Commission (IHEC) tasked with the job all
over Iraq.
The major factions that, Kurdistan Democratic Party
and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), also
dominate the parliament wanted to pass the law with
a majority vote while the Gorran and other
opposition groups wanted it to be passed by a
two-third majority that would give them power to
reject the bill.
"There are pressures put on the bloc to return to
the KBC by many parties, most notably by the
National Coalition (Maliki's bloc)" said Latif
Mustafa, member of Gorran.
Gorran has eight seats in the Iraqi parliament and
demands the position of deputy prime minister and at
least two public service ministries in the new
cabinet. The KBC has about 50 seats in the
parliament with five ministries - including the
foreign affairs.
Mustafa assured that there are no assurances that
his bloc will not form opposition. "Real democracy
cannot be achieved without real political
opposition"
He accused all the political blocs of "pretending to
form a new democratic system but this system needs
authority and opposition" which is not the case in
the current Iraqi government.
The democratic system is incomplete since it lacks
the opposition, Mustafa said.
"If the political situation continued this way, then
nothing can stand in the way of Gorran to announce
its opposition role in a democratic way and nothing
can prevent its members from becoming real
opposition MPs" he said.
Iraqi parliament voted for Maliki's cabinet where 32
ministers out of 42 were sworn in. The rest of the
ministries were not announced because Maliki wanted
to "make the right choice" for the key ministries of
the Interior,www.ekurd.netDefense
and National Security which he is currently
supervising.
And to give women a better share in the new
government after they were completely kept out of
the government structure on Tuesday. Iraqi
government's previous cabinet included four women
ministers.
Despite their disappointment with the new cabinet,
the women MPs voted for it because they "did not
want to prolong the suffering of the Iraqi people
who have waited for so long" to see a new
government.
In the session, Maliki vowed he would not enter the
parliament again without women ministers and that he
hoed his new cabinet would different from the
previous one by having more women ministers.
Gorran emerged in regional elections in 2009 as a
rival to the two main ruling Kurdish parties and won
25 seats in the Kurdish parliament. Gorran is challenging
Talabani's PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan),www.ekurd.netand
the KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party), of regional
president Massoud Barzani and accuses the parties of
corruption.
The Gorran headed by the former senior PUK-leader
Nawshirwan Mustafa, who was Talabani’s deputy until
2007. Since the July 2009 elections in which it
secured almost a third of the seats of 111-member
Parliament of Kurdistan.
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