Formation of the New Government

President Jalal Talabani expressed hope that the new government would be formed within a month, while Maram movement (an opposition group that claimed fraud in the elections) maintained that it should be formed based on unification rather than election results. (Sunni Arab opposition leader) Saleh al-Mutlaq said his movement would boycott parliament and the government if they did not respond to the demand. Talabani seemed optimistic about forming a unity government within a month and that all political parties would be included. He called for the slates that won the 275 parliamentary seats to cooperate and begin forming the government with all parties.