Two and a half months after the legislative elections - the first in Iraqi history to have taken place without major fraud - the country still has no government, the political parties being engaged in endless negotiations with a view to choosing the ministerial team and a prime minister to lead it.
An impasse reminiscent of the situation in Lebanon, another country in the Middle East where the confessional system of power sharing often leads to a paralysis of institutions.
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In Baghdad, the equation is complicated by the residual presence of Daesh terrorists, who still strike sporadically, while American fighting forces have already left Iraq, a few days before the expiry date, which Joe Biden had. set for December 31st.
Having emerged victorious in the legislative elections with 73 deputies out of 329, the current of the Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr appears to be the arbiter of discussions to form a government.
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