New MPs take the oath and Hafith speaks of "major challenge"

The eldest head of the Council said in his first speech , followed up by “Shafaq News," “ We are facing today a major challenge in the selection of the Speaker and his deputies, especially as the country is facing a "crisis", in reference to the control of ISIL organization and its allies on some regions and cities in some provinces.

Al-Hafith took the oath in Arabic and the Arab MPs repeated after him, while the MPs of Kurdistan Alliance took the oath in Kurdish language and Kurdish MPs repeated .