Post Election
The party has been beset by political infighting in the post election period, with 8 MP's leaving in early March 2011 in order to set up the White Iraqiya Bloc.
Following the formation of the White Bloc, another 20 members of the Iraqi National Movement announced the formation of a new party within the list, under the name Youth of Iraq, headed by Talal Zobaie.
In April 2011 a further 5 MP's left the list in order to found the Free Iraqiya party.
The reasons for the many splits within the list are numerous, but some of the most often cited reasons are that a handful of list members have monopolised power and ignore the thousands of party members, a problem that is exacerbated by the fact that the party has no clear ideology or policies. These rifts have led to possible discussions between State of Law leader Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and Saleh al-Mutlaq and Usama al-Nujayfi, of forming an electoral alliance for the Iraqi governorate elections, 2013, although some members of the Iraqi National Movement contend that the rumours over its internal problems are merely attempts by other parties to undermine it.
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