Two parliamentary blocs declared their boycott of the House of Representatives session, which Deputy Speaker Mohsen al-Mandalawi postponed till 9 p.m. Saturday.
Amer Abdel-Jabbar, the head of the FAO Zakho bloc, stated during a press conference held in the Parliament building with the participation of Imtidad representatives and attended by a Shafaq News Agency correspondent, “The Imtidad bloc and the FAO Zakho bloc decided to boycott today’s session of the House of Representatives due to the failure to open the door for nominations to choose an alternative to the outgoing president, Muhammad al-Halbousi.”
Abdul-Jabbar said, “Why was no session held regarding opening the door for nominations to choose the Speaker of the House of Representatives and only attention was paid to amending the High Elections Commission Law?”
The Parliament’s Media Department remarked in this regard, “The First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives postponed the extraordinary session until nine o’clock this evening, Saturday.”
