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Baghdad, Iraq -- Iraqi leaders have reached a power-sharing agreement after a political stalemate that lasted more than eight months, officials said Thursday.
The deal came Wednesday after three days of talks between rival factions, said Ahmed Massari, a lawmaker with the Iraqiya political bloc.
Leaders will choose the speaker of parliament Thursday, Massari said.
Iraq's government had been in a stalemate since parliamentary elections in March.
The stalemate came at a critical period for Iraq, as the United States was drawing down its seven-year presence to a noncombat force.
"We reached a power -sharing deal but it is like assembling a car with different parts and hoping it will work," said Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish lawmaker.
Shiite lawmaker Hassan al-Saneid told al-Iraqiya television that the deal will keep Nuri al-Maliki as prime minster and Jalal Talabani will remain president. The speaker of the house of parliament will be picked from the Iraqiya political bloc.
A committee called The National Council for the Strategic Policies was created in effort to reduce the power of the prime minister, Othman said.
That committee will be headed by former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, the lawmaker said.
All the political blocs made concessions to reach the agreement, according to Othman.
The deal came Wednesday after three days of talks between rival factions, said Ahmed Massari, a lawmaker with the Iraqiya political bloc.
Leaders will choose the speaker of parliament Thursday, Massari said.
Iraq's government had been in a stalemate since parliamentary elections in March.
The stalemate came at a critical period for Iraq, as the United States was drawing down its seven-year presence to a noncombat force.
"We reached a power -sharing deal but it is like assembling a car with different parts and hoping it will work," said Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish lawmaker.
Shiite lawmaker Hassan al-Saneid told al-Iraqiya television that the deal will keep Nuri al-Maliki as prime minster and Jalal Talabani will remain president. The speaker of the house of parliament will be picked from the Iraqiya political bloc.
A committee called The National Council for the Strategic Policies was created in effort to reduce the power of the prime minister, Othman said.
That committee will be headed by former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, the lawmaker said.
All the political blocs made concessions to reach the agreement, according to Othman.