Source: The first session of the parliament may be postponed until September 15 because of political differences

Policy , 2018/08/31 16:35

BAGHDAD, Iraq -

The first session of parliament may be delayed until September 15 because of political differences, a senior political source said.

"The first session of the parliament will not witness the election of the president of the council and his deputies because of the absence of a political agreement on that," the source said, adding that the meeting could be postponed to September 15 due to political differences.


A political source said yesterday that the countdown to the new session of the House of Representatives has begun, noting that President Fuad Masum may "wait" to convene until the end of the constitutional period.


The Iraqi constitution provides that the President of the Republic (after the ratification of the results) within 15 days from the date of ratification by a presidential decree the new Council of Representatives to convene under the chairmanship of the oldest members to elect the President of the Council and his deputies, then move the House of Representatives to choose the President of the Republic, The most representative parliamentary formation within 30 days of his election.

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This could be Crap news because of Iraqi constitution

Within 15 days from the date of ratification by a presidential decree the new Council of Representatives

Now lets look at this a little more in depth:

1. the first day is to swear in the news members and take there Oath
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Documents .. Program of the opening session of the new House of Representatives

  Admin on Tue 28 Aug 2018 - 16:02
[ltr]Release date: 2018/8/28 8:10

{Baghdad: Al-Furat News} Sources revealed the program of the opening session of the new House of Representatives.


The program included the sources of the Agency {Euphrates News} "performance of the text of the constitutional oath of the new members of parliament and then the opening of the national anthem and read the Koran from the Koran and read the Koran to the souls of martyrs, and after a speech to the President of the House of Representatives for the third election {Salim Jubouri} To the Prime Minister. "

He added that "After that, the head of the old presidency of the meeting and read the names of the members of the House of Representatives for the fourth election, and the swearing in, and then announce the date of the next meeting and closing the national anthem."

The President of the Republic Fuad Masum, issued yesterday a decree to invite the new House of Representatives to convene on Monday next to the third of next September.

On August 19, the Federal Supreme Court ratified the results of the May 12 parliamentary elections after a recount of some votes by hand.

The re-counting of those votes affected the result only in one seat.

The court's approval means setting a 90-day constitutional deadline for the winning parties to form a new government.

The leaders and leaders of the Alliance and the coalition of victory and the stream of national wisdom and the National Coalition on August 19 at the Babylon Hotel in Baghdad, an agreement on the alliance form the nucleus of the largest bloc.

2.  They have to have 165 +1 seat, to have the majority

3. then they have a 90-day constitutional deadline for the winning parties to form a new government.

Plus the article could be a translation issue