Iraq’s Parliament to convene Friday to discuss security deterioration

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Parliament’s Speaker’s Commission has called Thursday for an emergency meeting for the leaders of the political blocs on Friday, to discuss the deteriorated security and political situation in the country, a Parliament statement reported.”The Parliament’s Speaker’s Commission has decided to hold an emergency meeting of the leaders of the political forces at the Parliament’s building at 03:00 pm local time on Friday to follow up the security and political situation and to coordinate with the Executive Authority to treat the current developments and find proper solutions for same,” the statement stressed. Different areas of Baghdad had witnessed a series of explosions, killing and wounding of dozens of civilians, at a time when the country is witnessing a serious political crisis, caused by the charges against Vice-President and Leader of al-Iraqiya Bloc, Tareq al-Hashimy, with being behind terrorist acts and a decision to arrest him, along with a decision by Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, to withdraw trust from his Deputy Prime Minister, Saleh al-Mutlaq, also an Iraqiya leader.SKH (PT)528