Iraqi Parliament’s Chairmanship convenes to define Parliament session’s points on Sunday

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Parliament’s Chairmanship has held a meeting on Sunday morning to define the schedule of the Parliament’s session, expected to convene later in the day, the Chairmanship’s official spokesman said. “The Chairmanship, comprising the Parliament’s Speaker, Usama al-Nujeifi and his two Deputies, Qusay al-Suheil and Aref Teifur, is meeting now (Ed: 11:00 Baghdad time) to define the schedule for the points to be discussed in the Parliament’s third session, expected to convene this afternoon,” Umar al-Mash’hadani told IraqiNews.com news agency. The Iraqi Parliament had elected on 11/11/2010, and after about eight months of argument and discussions that followed Iraq’s March 7th nationwide elections, the candidate of al-Iraqiya Coalition, Usama al-Nujeifi as the Parliament’s Speaker, the leader in the Sadrist Trend, Qusay al-Suheil as his 1st Deputy and the Kurdistan Coalition’s candidate, Aref Teifur, as his 2nd Deputy. The same Parliament’s session also re-elected President Jalal Talabani for a second Presidency term, whilst Talabani, on his part, assigned Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki for a second premiership session. Maliki is expected to begin consultations with different political leaders to distribute the ministerial posts according to the election rights of each coalition. SKH/SR 1