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Updated: March 31, 2022

Again Iraq Parliament Fails To Elect President

By Quadri Adejumo
March 31, 2022
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The Iraqi Parliament has again failed to elect the country's new president for the second time in less than a week on Wednesday.

According to reports, a scheduled voting session failed to be held due to lack of quorum after dozens of lawmakers boycotted the meeting.

Only 200 members of the 329-seat parliament attended the session on Wednesday.

At least, 220 lawmakers are required to attend the session to elect the country's president.

Also, the Daily Sabah last week, the party of Shia cleric, Muqtada Al-Sadr, announced an agreement with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Sunni Sovereignty Alliance on naming the KDP's nominee, Reber Ahmed, for the presidency and Mohammad Jaafar Al-Sadr of Al-Sadr party for the position of Iraq's prime minister.

Under a political norm since 2006, a Kurd is elected for Iraq's presidency, while a Sunni heads the parliament, and a Shia takes the prime minister position.