Al-Maliki’s coalition: Resolving the issue of the Speaker of Parliament is linked to two issues, 18 JAN

 Al-Maliki’s coalition: Resolving the issue of the Speaker of Parliament is linked to two issues

Information / Baghdad..
The leader of the State of Law coalition, Jassim Muhammad Jaafar, confirmed on Wednesday that resolving the issue of electing the Speaker of the House of Representatives has become a matter of two issues, not a third.

Jaafar said in a statement to Al-Maalouma, “The political forces are awaiting what the Federal Court will decide regarding whether or not to cancel the session to elect the Speaker of the House of Representatives.”

He added, “If the last session for electing the Speaker of the House of Representatives is cancelled, the door for nominations will be opened again, and the Taqaddum Alliance will put forward an alternative candidate for its candidate, Shaalan Al-Karim, who has become a thing of the past and faces an unenviable situation, since his membership is threatened with being dropped due to the presence of conclusive evidence that does not… Accept suspicion regarding his glorification of the banned Baath Party.”

Jaafar pointed out, “The competition will be limited to the sovereignty candidate, MP Salem Al-Issawi, and the Azm Alliance candidate, MP Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani.”

A member of the State of Law coalition pointed out that “the Federal Supreme Court will decide on the case within a period not exceeding the next three days.”

Disagreements escalated between the Sunni political forces over the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives, after they presented more than one candidate, which prompted some political parties to pay huge sums of money in exchange for buying the votes of some representatives, according to sources.

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