INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Shafaq News/ The first deputy speaker of Iraq's parliament, Muhsen al-Mandalawi, headed a delegation from the "Independent Iraq"
parliamentary bloc visiting the headquarters of the Iraqi government in Baghdad earlier today, Monday
Al-Mandalawi, according to a readout issued by his bureau, met with Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-sudani and discussed a spectrum of
issues of mutual interest
"The meeting attached importance to the coordination between the legislative and executive authorities in order to enact laws that affect
the economy and the citizens' lives, activating dysfunctional laws, and offering oversight bodies more authority to help prevent public
money waste and end corruption," it said
Al-Mandalawi and al-Sudani said that the budget bill should be drafted as soon as possible, stressing that the new administration should
deploy competent candidates to run the state, uphold agriculture and industry, and work to attract investors to the public sector.
