INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Shafaq News/ Iraqi lawmakers failed for a third time on Wednesday to select a head of state, further deepening a political crisis spurred by
infighting following general elections five months ago.Iraqi politicians have so far failed to agree on a compromise candidate for the
presidency, exacerbating a political vacuum that also prevents the appointment of a prime minister.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 third time since February
The parliament presidium opted to convert the session to an ordinary session to discuss the lineups of the permanent parliamentary
In a brief statement earlier today, the media bureau of the Iraqi parliament said that the parliament speaker, Mohammad al-Halboosi,
inaugurated the sixth ordinary session, without revealing the number of the lawmakers who attended the session
Only 152 lawmakers showed up for the latest vote and the vote for a new president was delisted from the agenda of the session, a source
