Urgent / Vote of no confidence against al-Sudani postponed until Thursday

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: An MP from al-Fadhila party, Kareem al-Yaaqoubi, said on Tuesday that the vote of no confidence against Trade Minister Abdulfalah al-Sudani was postponed until Thursday for lack of quorum. “The vote to strip eight lawmakers of immunity was postponed also until Thursday (May 28) for lack of quorum,” al-Yaaqoubi told IraqiNews.com news agency. The Iraqi Parliament, under Speaker Iyad al-Samarraie, summoned the trade minister on May 16 and 17, 2009 for questioning on financial and administrative corruption charges. SH (P)/SR 1