Iraqi parliament speaker resigns
Iraqi parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi resigned from his post but is expected to be re-elected.
The Iraqi parliament announced today that it will hold a session on Sept. 28 to vote on parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi's resignation.
Halbusi was elected last January by the triple alliance of Shiite Sadrists, the Sunni Taqaddum bloc and the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
The alliance failed to form a government and select a president due to the requirement of the presence of two-thirds of parliament. The Sadrists' rival, the Coordination Framework, was able to form a blocking third, halting the process of selecting the parliament.
Sadrist members finally withdrew last June from the parliament per the orders of their leader, Muqtada al-Sadr, which made room for the Coordination Framework to replace Sadrist members and become the largest bloc.
