Iraq's lawmakers are being paid salaries and allowances of over £180,000 a year – though they have worked for only 20 minutes since they were elected in March, and haven't passed a single law.
As Iraq's parliament prepares to hold what will be only its second session since the inconclusive election that brought the MPs to office, lawmakers' lavish salaries are causing deep resentment among Iraqis struggling to make ends meet.
Divisions among political blocs have prevented the formation of a new government, and not a single law has been debated, much less passed. Lawmakers are now preparing to hold a second session but only because the Supreme Court last week ordered them to return to work.'
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