Article: “THE END OF THE “LONG STRUGGLE” … MALIKI IS CLOSE TO ANNOUNCING HIS WITHDRAWAL EXPECTATIONS ARE THAT A NEW SESSION TO ELECT THE “PRESIDENT” WILL BE HELD EARLY NEXT WEEK.” My sincere belief, not opinion, is that this announcement is what Kurdistan was waiting for in order to announce their nominee for the presidency. Kurdistan would not have just announced their candidate Fuad Hussein, if they didn’t know that Maliki was out...this was the sole reason for the stalling in the election process in the first place as a delay in picking the president was just a reason to stall. In other words, a political maneuver by the Kurds to stall the process in order to take a step back and keep the next step from happening, which would have been Maliki’s nomination. Mnt Goat
