Your appointment is Thursday.. A new political agreement to elect the Speaker of Parliament
Your appointment is Thursday.. A new political agreement to elect the Speaker of Parliament
2024-10-28 07:34
Shafaq News/ The head of the Badr parliamentary bloc, Mahdi Taqi Amerli, revealed on Monday a political agreement and a parliamentary direction to resolve the issue of electing a new speaker of the Council of Representatives, in a session to be held next Thursday.
Amerli told Shafaq News Agency, “The Presidency of the Council of Representatives will set a session next Thursday to elect a new Speaker of the Council of Representatives,” noting that there is no amendment to the internal regulations, and that an agreement was reached to resolve the issue of the presidency of the parliament before the end of this week.
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 the House of Representatives, 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, 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 .
The Coordination Framework, which brings together Shiite political forces, announced a week ago that it had agreed to support Mahmoud al-Mashhadani for the presidency of the Iraqi parliament, and set a date for the 22nd or 23rd of this month to hold the election session, but the session was not held.
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