Parliament held its first session today in order to avoid a constitutional vacuum

arliament held its first session today in order to avoid a constitutional vacuum

7/1/2014 0:00

Continuation of the meetings of the blocks to the late hours

BAGHDAD - Shaima Rashid

The Board of Representatives today its first session, while there is no agreement on the candidates of the three presidencies to continue meetings during the past few hours inside the main blocs to choose from hold these positions, but mystery still surrounds the scene in this regard, he said politicians in the words of the "morning" the failure of the blocks to agreement on their candidates and they need to be more time, Marjaheen to witness today's session sworn.

Although the Kurdish bloc put forward more than one candidate for the office of President of the Republic they Barham Salih and Fuad Masum, the governor of Kirkuk Necmettin cream, and the nomination of the Sunni Salim al for the position of the presidency or parliament Osama Najafi, but no formal announcement regarding these names.

Member of the state law, Abbas al-Bayati said that the meetings of the National Alliance, a continuous and sustained in order to choose its candidate for prime minister, and monitor security developments and the political process. He said: "It's so far there is nothing to looming presence of consensus and understanding between the major blocs on the positions of the three, likely to be the opening of today's session of the Council as a declaration of legislative and avoid a constitutional vacuum."

He continued: blocs need more time to understanding the three presidencies in spite of the ongoing meetings because they did not agree on the candidates so far. "

While state law, according to a member Huda Carpets that there is consensus about the election of the Speaker with his two deputies during today's session. She said: "The National Alliance continues its meetings in order to choose the candidate, first deputy of the Parliament and during the hours of the day (yesterday) will be to reach agreement on a candidate," suggesting that "Salim al-most fortunate for the Presidency of the Council of Representatives."

In line with this proposal, noted member bloc citizen Furat al-Shara said the Sunni began to form a union of a large order for the nomination Salim al-chairman of the parliament under the announcement most of the blocks to attend today's meeting and the absence of the National Bloc, led by Iyad Allawi. He said: "All the components of the National Alliance, will attend today's meeting, which is scheduled to lead the members of the constitutional oath," likely to "be the announcement of the President of the Parliament in the case of the meeting was more tender." Shara added, "The National Alliance continued its sessions did not resolve his order on the prime ministerial candidate as the meetings going on and there will be a meeting of the alliance before the hearing to shed lights on the candidates."

So said a member bloc Mohammed commendable that the National Alliance during its earlier stressed the need to meet before the meeting on Tuesday to discuss the latest developments and to reach an agreement on a candidate for prime minister. "Added commendable that" at the National Alliance meeting either at night (Monday) or the day Tuesday morning to reach an agreement on the candidates, confirming the presence of the National Alliance full council meeting today, noting asking more than one candidate for the presidency of the Kurds before they Barham Salih and Fuad Masum, and Nechirvan Mustafa.

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