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majority of seats. However, Fatah also claimed to have a majority, based on an alliance with State of Law and with members of Abadi's coalition who had defected. Two weeks later parliament reconvened and elected a speaker in a secret ballot, with candidates from each of the rival blocs. Muhammad al-Halbusi, backed by Fatah was elected.
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Parliament convened on 3 September, but were unable to elect a speaker due to rivalries between two blocs who both claimed to be the largest coalition, entitled to nominate the Prime Minister. Al-Abadi presented an alliance with Saairun, Wataniya, Hikma and other smaller lists who between then held a
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Three further ministers were approved on 18 December, after Fatah and Saairun agreed to have a vote on the ministries "not shrouded in disagreements" – a reference to the on-going controversy with the Interior and Defence Minister nominations. The Ministers of Planning, Higher Education and Culture
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were confirmed, with the Ministers of Education and Displacement not receiving enough votes. Ministers of Education and Displacement were approved in a session on 24 December but when al-Fayyad was proposed again for Interior Minister, Saairun walked out denying parliament its quorum.
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Government formation was delayed due to widespread complaints of electoral fraud associated with the electronic voting machines. The outgoing parliament ordered a manual recount, supervised by the courts. This was appealed to the
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called for a new Prime Minister who hadn't been in government before. Abadi announced on 13 September 2018 that he would respect this call and not run for a second term as prime minister.
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Abdul Mahdi invited people to apply to a new online website if they wanted to be a minister, in a bid to bring in new faces and appoint a cabinet of
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The vote for the President took place on 2 October. Previously, the president had always been a member of the second-largest Kurdish party, the
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and other cities in the south over polluted water – which had hospitalised tens of thousands of people – and the lack of reliable electricity.
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The general election in May 2018 returned the most divided parliament since the
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Faisal al-Jarba, an air force pilot, nominated Defense Minister
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Hassan al-Rubaie withdrew his candidacy on 12 November.
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winning. He immediately nominated independent Shi'ite
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Marching Towards Reform
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Muqtada al-Sadr
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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Haider al-Abadi
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