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IRAQI POLITICS GUIDE
Iraqi System of Government: Federal Republic
The politics of Iraq take place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic. Iraq's system of government is a
multi-party system whereby the executive power is primarily exercised by the Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers as the head of
government (the office of President is largely ceremonial) and legislative power is vested in the Council of Representatives and the
Federation Council.
While all of the above is still technically true for now, Iraq is well on its way to once again becoming a brutal dictatorship. Prime Minister
Nouri al-Maliki is not only Prime Minister, but also Secretary General of the Islamic Dawa Party as well as acting Interior Minister, acting
Defense Minister, and acting National Security Minister. Iranian exiles in Iraq who oppose the Iranian regime which happens to provide financial
support to the Islamic Dawa Party have been massacred by Iraqi troops, and "Arab Spring" protests in the country have been systematically and
brutally suppressed.
Sources: guardian.co.uk, wikipedia.org
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