August 26, 2010Sadrist lawmaker supports Abdul mahdi’s call to hold parliament’s session
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Sadrist Lawmaker Bahaa al-Aaraji on Thursday expressed support of the call made by Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi to hold a parliament’s session.
“Security and political developments highlight the need to hold a parliament’s session to tackle these developments and to find a solution for the current crisis,” al-Aaraji told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
The political chessboard in Iraq has been experiencing non-stop differences among the key blocs that won seats in the March 2010 legislative elections over the premiership and the government formation, namely between Maliki’s Dawlat al-Qanoon (State of Law) and former Premier Iyad Allawi’s al-Iraqiya bloc.
The elections saw al-Iraqiya winning 91 seats, followed by Maliki’s State of Law with 89 seats, the Iraqi National Alliance (INA), which comprises Ammar al-Hakim’s Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), Muqtada al-Sadr’s Movement and Fadila (Virtue) Party, with 70 seats and the Kurdistan Alliance (KA) with 57 seats.
The results prompt coalitions of several parties to guarantee a required majority at the 325-seat parliament in order to form a government.
