State of law: The election of the Speaker of Parliament will be decided in the first session
State of law: The election of the Speaker of Parliament will be decided in the first session
12-28-2023
Information / Baghdad..
The representative of the State of Law coalition, Bahaa al-Din al-Nouri, confirmed on Thursday that the election of the new speaker of parliament will take place during the first session of the next legislative term on the ninth of January, indicating that there is no agreement to hold an extraordinary session before the start of the legislative term to provide the Sunni forces with the last opportunity. Agreeing on one or more candidates for the position.
Al-Nouri said in a statement to Al-Maalouma, “The political forces are still reaching understandings regarding choosing a candidate for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the dispute still exists between those forces.”
He added, “The political forces will not embarrass the Sunnis by collecting signatures to hold an extraordinary session before the start of the next legislative term in order to give them another opportunity to conduct negotiations to choose one or more candidates for the position.”
He explained that “the Constitution and the internal regulations of the House of Representatives require the political forces to choose the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the first session after the expiration of the membership of the former president dismissed on fraud charges.”
Al-Nouri pointed out that “the selection of the Speaker of the House of Representatives will take place during the first session of the House on the ninth of next month.”
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