Moderating Maliki: curbing the power of the prime minister


Issue 890 - 26 Nov 2010 | 3 minute read

Neither the Sadrists, Kurds, Sunnis or seculars trust Maliki, and so all will have a strong interest in reducing the relative power of the prime minister. The US and Iran are likely to support this. Is such a restructuring possible and what might it look like? At the outset, the indicators are not encouraging. A ‘government of everyone and no-one’ – where everyone participates but no-one agrees

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