White bloc to boycott urgent session of parliament next Sunday, says Mayahi

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Aziz Shareef, of the White bloc announced boycotting the urgent session of the parliament that the Speaker, Osama al-Nijaifi, called for on next Sunday.

The leader within the White bloc stated to IraqiNews.com “Solving the disputes is among the duties of the parliament but the violations accompanied the demonstrations of Anbar and Mosul provinces resulted in losing the legitimacy of its announced goals.”

“Nijaifi’s prejudice towards these demonstrations instead of playing the role as mediator to solve them as a Speaker,” he added.

“For these things, the White bloc reject attending the exceptional session that Najafi called for since it was planned by the sides that supported the security violations and the sit-ins,” he continued.

He warned from turning the parliament into a mean to grant legitimacy for these sit-ins.