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Iraqi Parliament fails to elect new speaker

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 18 May 2024 23:07
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The session was postponed until further notice as no candidate secured the required majority as per the Iraqi House of Representatives' internal regulations.

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    The Acting Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Mohsen al-Mandlawi (Shafaq news agency)

The Iraqi House of Representatives failed on Saturday to choose a new parliament speaker after a vacancy that lasted nearly six months following the removal of former speaker Mohammad al-Halbousi.

The second round of voting saw close competition between the Sovereignty Alliance's Salem al-Issawi who received 158 votes and the Progress Party-backed Mahmoud al-Mashhadani with 137 votes.

The session was postponed until further notice as no candidate secured the required majority as per the parliament's internal regulations.

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According to the internal regulations of the House of Representatives, if a candidate fails to obtain 166 votes, a decisive third round is held, where the candidate with the highest number of votes, regardless of the total, will become parliament speaker.

In mid-November 2023, the Federal Supreme Court in Iraq issued a decision to terminate the tenure of al-Halbousi based on a "forgery" lawsuit filed by one of the members of parliament.

The decision was also concurrent with the decision to terminate the membership of MP Laith al-Dulaimi, who filed the lawsuit in the first place.

The trial began in February 2023 after a complaint filed by al-Dulaimi accused al-Halbousi of "forging" the date of a resignation request in his name.

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