Shafaq News / The new Parliament Presidium has officially assumed its duties today.

The new Presidium consists of Mohammad al-Halboosi as speaker of Parliament, Hakim al-Zamili as the first deputy, and Shakhwan Abdullah as the second deputy.

"We need to make serious changes and restore confidence in the political process", Al-Halboosi said in a speech today. 

"This would be the first step of a long way of reform", he added.