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Iraq court approves elections results

Iraq’s Supreme Court has approved the final results of the country’s March 7 parliamentary election, aiming for a speedy formation of a coalition government.

“Based on the articles of the constitution we have decided to approve the election results,” Chief Judge Midhat al-Mahmoud was quoted by Reuters as saying on Tuesday.

The judiciary official added that the ruling would be sent to the presidency council, which would call the new parliament into session within 15 days.

A coalition government is due to be formed in war-ravaged Iraq as no alliance won a majority in the country’s 325-seat parliament.

Al-Iraqiya alliance led by former Premier Iyad Allawi narrowly won the elections by taking 91 seats — only 2 seats more than Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law coalition.

According to Iraq’s Constitution, the bloc with the most seats in the parliament is privileged to form a government.

Maliki has already formed a coalition with Iraqi National Alliance and together they are only four seats short of outright majority. He contends that the bloc gives him the majority and the right to form a government.

Meanwhile, Allawi argues that his bloc has won the most seats in the parliament and should have the mandate for leading Iraq’s next government.

Allawi has also warned that attempts to exclude his winning bloc could provoke sectarian violence in the country.

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