Maliki Likely To Remain Iraq Prime Minister

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is expected to remain in office for a third term with his party having reportedly won a majority of the seats in the April 30 parliamentary elections.

The Independent High Electoral Commission is set to publish the vote results later on Monday; however, reports say that Maliki’s State of Law party has won about 100 seats at the parliament.

The formation of the Iraqi government is anticipated to take months as the president and the speaker of parliament should also be selected.

The Iraqi officials said earlier this month that the turnout in the elections was about 60 percent, with the Kurdish province of Irbil having the highest turnout of 90 percent.

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