Officially.. Parliament elects its Speaker tomorrow
Officially.. Parliament elects its Speaker tomorrow
2024-10-30 05:36
Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Parliament published the agenda for tomorrow’s session, Thursday, and allocated it to electing a new speaker of the parliament, to succeed Mohammed al-Halbousi, whose membership ended about a year ago.
Last Wednesday, October 23, six Sunni forces, led by the head of the Progress Party, Mohammed al-Halbousi, identified two paths to decide on the election of a new speaker of parliament, after a stalemate that lasted for 11 months.
This came in a joint statement by (Progress, National Masses, Al-Hasm, Iraqi National Project, Al-Sadara, and Al-Mubadara).
According to the statement, these forces confirmed that there are two paths and no third, the first is that all competing parties withdraw their candidates, and that all national forces present commit to supporting the candidate (Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani), who has received the support of the Sunni parliamentary and political majority.
The second option, according to the statement, is to take legal measures in the House of Representatives to nominate a new candidate from the Sunni political majority, supported by a large parliamentary majority, to preserve the right of the Sunni majority to nominate their representative for this position.
On Monday, October 28, the Coordination Framework for Shiite Forces announced an agreement to hold a session to elect a new Speaker of Parliament tomorrow, Thursday.
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