INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Shafaq News / The leader in the Coordination Framework, Shaya'a al-Soudani, said that independent MPs will also boycott the Presidential
vote session.The Framework is currently holding a meeting coinciding with today's session, at Hadi al-Ameri's office
Al-Soudani told Shafaq News agency that the session will ve similar to the one that was held on Saturday.On Saturday, Iraqi lawmakers failed
again to elect a new president for the country due to a lack of quorum in parliament, keeping the country mired in political paralysis.A
lack of a quorum, set by the Federal Supreme Court at two-thirds of the house's 329 members, held up the vote for the second time since
February, deepening war-scarred Iraq's political uncertainty.Only 202 lawmakers showed up for the latest vote and a new session had to be
The postponement exacerbates Iraq's political problems because it is the task of the president to formally name a prime minister, who must
be backed by an absolute majority in parliament.
