LEADING STORY: URGENT / Iraqi Parliament holds emergency session after return of Kurdish and MPs to session
Iraqi Parliament - File Photo
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Parliament has held an emergency session on Thursday after the return of the legislatures of the Kurdistan Alliance and a number of al-Iraqiya Alliance to the session,” a Parliament source reported. “The Parliament has held an emergency session shortly after the adjournment of its normal session early in the day, due to non-completion of the legal majority, due to non-attendance of the Kurdistan Alliance’s legislatures, who returned shortly after that, following confirmation by Parliament sources that the Legislature, Hussein al-Assady, had presented an apology for the Kurdistan Alliance, regarding his statement, charging President Jalal Talabani, with having been involved in ‘terrorism,’ due to his hosting of Vice-President, Tariq al-Hashimy, charged with ‘terrorism,’ by the Iraqi Interior Ministry. The said source stressed that “The Kurdistan Alliance had returned to the session, after Legislature Hussein al-Assadi’s presentation of an official apology for President Jalal Talabani, along with the return of a number of al-Iraqiya Legislatures to the session, thing that made the Parliament to decide the holding of an emergency session.
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Iraqi Parliament - File Photo
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Parliament has held an emergency session on Thursday after the return of the legislatures of the Kurdistan Alliance and a number of al-Iraqiya Alliance to the session,” a Parliament source reported. “The Parliament has held an emergency session shortly after the adjournment of its normal session early in the day, due to non-completion of the legal majority, due to non-attendance of the Kurdistan Alliance’s legislatures, who returned shortly after that, following confirmation by Parliament sources that the Legislature, Hussein al-Assady, had presented an apology for the Kurdistan Alliance, regarding his statement, charging President Jalal Talabani, with having been involved in ‘terrorism,’ due to his hosting of Vice-President, Tariq al-Hashimy, charged with ‘terrorism,’ by the Iraqi Interior Ministry. The said source stressed that “The Kurdistan Alliance had returned to the session, after Legislature Hussein al-Assadi’s presentation of an official apology for President Jalal Talabani, along with the return of a number of al-Iraqiya Legislatures to the session, thing that made the Parliament to decide the holding of an emergency session.
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