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SULAIMANI — The Iraqi parliament decided on
Saturday (March 26) to postpone the session to elect the president of the
republic to Wednesday, according to state media, after the legal number of MPs
required for the session was not met.
Ahmed Assad, a leader from the Coordination
Framework, presented the signatures of 126 MPs who were boycotting the session.
The number of MPs who attended Saturday’s session was 202.
Saturday’s session has been adjourned to
next Monday after a reading of the draft law was held on emergency support for
food security and development, parliament announced in a statement.
Political blocs affiliated with the Saving
the Homeland Alliance held individual meetings at parliament, Iraqi News Agency
(INA) said. Saving the Homeland is a new alliance announced on March 23 between
the Sadrist Movement, the Sunni al-Siyada Coalition and the Kurdistan Democratic
Party (KDP).
The parliamentary
presidency also held a meeting on Saturday to discuss electing the president,
according to INA.
(NRT Digital Media)