Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Allawi withdrew his candidacy for the po...
BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Allawi withdrew his candidacy for the post on Sunday, accusing political parties of obstructing him, deepening a domestic crisis and threatening an unprecedented power vacuum.
Allawi’s appointment was meant to ease a crisis as the Shi’ite-led country faces a mass protest movement that broke out in October and brought down Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi. Salih appointed Allawi after squabbling lawmakers from rival parties failed for two months to decide on a successor to Abdul Mahdi, who resigned in November during mass unrest. Allawi had one month to form a government that was meant to organize early elections.
Security forces and powerful militia groups have fatally shot hundreds of mostly unarmed demonstrators. Around 500 people have been killed in unrest since October, most of them protesters, according to a Reuters tally from medics and police.
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