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The new Iraqi parliament will hold its first session today, Sunday, about 3 months after the early parliamentary elections that took place on the tenth of last October, amid sharp differences between the Sadrist bloc led by Muqtada al-Sadr, the winner of the elections, and other prominent Shiite blocs.
Al-Jazeera correspondent – who is in the Iraqi parliament building – said that the new deputies began to flock to Parliament, adding that the session that was scheduled to start at 11 am (local time in Baghdad) has not started yet, although the oldest session leader, Representative Mahmoud al-Mashhadani He also came to Parliament.
The correspondent said that the coordinating framework – which includes all Shiite political forces with the exception of the Sadrist bloc – submitted a request to the Parliament Presidency to postpone the session for several hours (until three o’clock Mecca time), noting that the request calling for the postponement of the session was submitted to Al-Mashhadani, who did not respond. accepting or rejecting the request.
The correspondent said that the coordinating framework demanded to allow the parliamentary blocs to hold further consultations, which might lead to a consensus that guarantees going towards holding the session and voting on choosing the parliament speaker and his two deputies.
He added that the corridors of Parliament are witnessing many meetings between the various parliamentary blocs in an attempt to reach consensus and resolve differences that prevent the session from being held.
The Iraqi News Agency stated that the representatives of the political blocs held individual meetings prior to the first parliament session, adding that “the Sadrist bloc’s deputies held a meeting in the parliament before the parliament session,” explaining that “they wore shrouds during the meeting.”
As for the deputies of the State of Law coalition led by Nuri al-Maliki, they also held a meeting headed by Representative Atwan al-Atwani. While the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s deputies met at the Rashid Hotel, headed by Hoshyar Zebari, to prepare for the first session.
According to the constitution, the parliament, in its first session today, Sunday, will have to vote on choosing a speaker by a majority of 165 votes out of 329 (the total number of parliament seats), a position from the Sunni Arab share according to the political custom in Iraq after 2003, in addition to two deputies (one of whom is Kurdish). and the other Shiite), then the parliament’s presidency will open the door for candidacy for the presidency within 30 days, who, in turn, must designate a head of government within 15 days from the date of his election, and he will be the candidate of the “largest parliamentary bloc,” according to the constitution. From the day he is appointed, the new prime minister has 30 days to form the government.
Al-Halbousi’s nomination
The two main Sunni Arab coalitions, “Progress” – led by Muhammad al-Halbousi (37 seats) – and “Azm” – led by Khamis al-Khanjar (14 seats) – who announced their merger into one alliance a few days ago, nominated al-Halbousi for the presidency of Parliament, with al-Khanjar heading the new alliance. .
According to the final results of the elections, the Sadrist bloc led by Muqtada al-Sadr won the largest number of parliamentary seats, with 73 seats in the 329-seat parliament.
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