Shafaq News- Baghdad

Iraq’s Council of Representatives on Monday held a brief session lasting only a few minutes before deciding to adjourn until further notice, following the failure to convene three consecutive sessions.

During the session, lawmakers Hasanein Al-Khafaji, Jaafar Shaeel Al-Zamili, and Ali Anhir Al-Sarai took the constitutional oath as members of parliament.The council also voted to form a committee headed by First Deputy Speaker Adnan Fayhan Al-Dulaimi to amend the internal regulations governing parliamentary committees.

This marked the third session of Iraq’s newly elected parliament, headed by Speaker Haibet Al-Halbousi, following two earlier sessions that failed to elect a president. The presidential vote was not included on the agenda of this round.

Previous attempts to elect a president failed due to disputes between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the two main Kurdish parties, which have not agreed on a joint nominee, repeatedly preventing the quorum required for a vote. On February 1, lawmaker Ahmed Al-Dalfi of the Reconstruction and Development (Al-Ima'ar Wa Al-Tanmiya) Alliance, led by caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, indicated to Shafaq News that Kurdish parties had been given one week to resolve differences and present a candidate.