Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday said he will not relinquish power until a federal court rules on what he called a “constitutional violation” by the President to replace him with a member of his own party.
The embattled premier has grown increasingly isolated, with Iraqi politicians and much of the international community lining up behind Haider al-Abadi, a fellow member of his Shiite Dawa party tasked by the President with forming a new Govt that can unite the country in the face of an onslaught by Sunni militants.