Shafaq News/ The leader of the Azm Alliance, Haider Al-Mulla, revealed today, Monday, the details of the meeting of Sunni political leaders with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during his visit to the capital, Baghdad.
The meeting was attended by Muhammad al-Halbousi, Khamis al-Khanjar, Muthanna al-Samarrai and Rafi al-Issawi, in addition to other political leaders.
Al-Mulla told Shafaq News Agency, “The Turkish leadership has strategic relations with all Iraqi political leaders, including the Shiite, Sunni, Kurdish, and Turkmen political actors.”
He stated that “the side meetings of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan were held in coordination with the Iraqi government side and the Sudanese office was the one who carried out all the logistical procedures for all the meetings.”
The leader of the Azm Alliance added, “The meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the Sunni political leaders discussed delaying the decision to elect the president of the Iraqi parliament and discussing the formation of the remaining local governments. There was interest in the file of support for the Iraqi government from the Sunni political parties, especially in Iraq’s foreign files with Turkey.” and the rest of the countries of the region to create common interests.”
The Iraqi Council of Representatives failed several times to choose a president to succeed Muhammad al-Halbousi, who was excluded from the position by a decision of the Federal Court, which ruled to terminate his membership.
Since the termination of Al-Halbousi’s membership in the House of Representatives, the Council has held several sessions, but the issue was not raised in those sessions due to the heads of the political blocs not agreeing on the alternative candidate.
According to the political custom adopted since 2003, the position of Speaker of Parliament is reserved for Sunni Arabs.