Iraqi Parliament’s session convened, MP says

BAGHDAD/ IraqiNews.com: Members of Iraq‘s new Parliament began entering the Parliament’s hall to attend the works of the Parliament’s third session on Sunday afternoon, MP Ala Talabani said. “Members of Parliament, representing different political coalitions, who held a meeting before the session early in the day, have entered the Parliament’s hall to attend its third session,” She added. The official spokesman for the Parliament, Umar al-Mash’hadani, had stated early in the day that the  Parliament would hold its session, according to its local system, in order to distribute the Parliament committees and the mechanism of relationship between the government and the parliament. On Nov. 11, 2010, the Iraqi Parliament elected the candidate of al-Iraqiya Coalition, Usama al-Nujeifi as the Parliament’s Speaker, the leader in the Sadrist Trend, Qusay al-Suheil as his 1st Deputy and the Kurdistan Coalition‘s candidate, Aref Teifur, as his 2nd Deputy. This came after roughly eight months of delays. The same Parliament’s session also re-elected President Jalal Talabani for a second Presidency term, whilst Talabani assigned Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki for a second premiership session. Maliki is expected to begin consultations with different political leaders to distribute the ministerial posts according to the election rights of each coalition. SKH/SR 1