Head of the State of Law Coalition Nouri al-Maliki confirmed that differences within the components postponed the election of the Speaker of Parliament.Al-Maliki said in a televised statement that the Coordination Framework chose to be a factor for consensus without breaking any bloc or political party, and we spoke with all Sunni parties and brought viewpoints closer in order to reach a solution.He explained that the solution to the Speaker of Parliament file was represented by one of the Sunni parties giving up a Ministry in exchange for winning the position of Speaker of Parliament.He added that we do not want the House of Representatives to be paralyzed and we refused to proceed with a session without agreeing on one of the candidates for Speaker of Parliament.He indicated that all parties have consensus on nominating Al-Mashhadani for Speaker of Parliament except for one party.He indicated that Al-Issawi's failure to withdraw from the nomination postponed the election of the Speaker of Parliame nt.He continued: I told all Sunni parties that I and those with me will vote for Al-Mashhadani as Speaker of Parliament.He confirmed that Mohammed Al-Halbousi has no alliance with me or the framework and nominated Al-Mashhadani because he is the closest to him.Source: National Iraqi News Agency
