White National bloc rejects summoning Maliki at parliament

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The leading figure within the White National bloc, MP Aziz Shareef al-Mayahi announced his bloc’s refusal for summoning the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki in the parliament’s session of next Monday.

Mayahi pointed out that “The demand of investigating Maliki at the parliament is a clear violation for the parliament’s bylaw as the article No. 55 of the bylaw stipulates sending a request by the parliament’s chairmanship to the Premier and the latter identifies a date for the hosting session.”

“Assigning a date for the hosting session by the parliament without considering the Premier’s obligations and commitments is unacceptable, so the While bloc rejects this violation on the parliament’s bylaw,” he stressed.