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| Iraq: Maliki will not seek a third term |
| 2011-02-06 |
| [Ennahar] Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed on Saturday in an interview with AFP not to seek a third term and promised to try to amend the constitution to limit to two the number of mandates to the head of government. "The constitution does not prohibit a third, a fourth or a fifth term, but I personally decided not to go beyond that mandate," Maliki said in Storied Baghdad. "I hope to change the constitution to set a limit to two terms as prime minister," said Maliki, whose second government was sworn in by Parliament in December, more than nine months after the elections. Mr. Maliki had formed his first government in 2006. |
| Posted by:Fred |