Analysis: Iraq’s Govt. Formation in Deadlock as Kurds Wrestle over Post of President
The Iraqi election of president which according to the constitution should be the middle ring in the government formation not only these days is moving at a extremely slow pace but also it is showing signs of a full halt, one that even the efforts by prominent figures of the ruling Shiite Coordination Framework (SCF) for mediation between the leading Kurdish parties, Kurdistan Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), have failed to stimulate.