Iraq: Maliki, Allawi and the Premiership – Update 1note

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki is said to be working to be the sole candidate of the Dawa Party for the Premiership following preliminary results of the elections giving him the advantage to form a new government. The following 436-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the position of former PM Ayad Allawi. It also tells what about the position of the Shiite Marja’iya with regards to the oil portfolio.