Committee formed to discuss paper

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Member of Iraq’s National Alliance Nassar al-Rubei stated on Sunday that a committee was formed to discuss the political document signed by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barazani and the leader of al-Iraqiya bloc Iyad Allawi. “The parliament decided last Saturday to settle the issue of Thursday’s session, regarding the political document signed by Maliki, Barazani and Allawi,” Rubei told IraqiNews.com news agency. The Iraqi parliament, after eight months of continuous arguments and discussions that followed the nationwide elections on March 7, elected on 11/11/2010 a candidate of al-Iraqiya bloc, Osama al-Nejeifi as parliament speaker, the leader in the Sadrisit Movement, Qusay al-Suheil as his first deputy, and Member of the Kurdistan Alliance Aref Tayfur as his second Deputy. The parliament also elected President Jalal Talabani for a second term in office. Talabani later assigned Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to form the new government. SKH (P)/AmR 1