Iraqi Parliament opens discussion for changing law on Vice-Presidents:

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Parliament has opened a session, chaired by its Speaker, Usama al-Nujeifi, on Wednesday, with presence of 230 MPs, to discuss the law on Iraq’s Vice-Presidents and to continue its discussions of the General Budget for the year 2011, a Parliament’s media source said. “The Parliament’s agenda, also includes the discussion of its Human Rights Committee about the UN Human Rights Commission’s report, the second reading of the Federal Court’s law,” the source told Iraqi News. Iraqi President, Jalal Talabani’s office had issued a statement on 7/2/2011, saying that the President had presented a proposal for the Parliament to adjust the law on the Vice-Presidents’ three posts, calling for the addition of a 4th post and the nomination of a Turkoman personality to occupy the post. PT / SKH 513