Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The US Vice-President, Joseph Biden phoned the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki on Friday where they discussed the political updates in Iraq.

A statement by the White House received by IraqiNews.com cited “Vice President Biden spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki today. Discussion focused on Syria, and both leaders agreed on the importance of a negotiated end to the conflict. The Vice President expressed concern about the security situation in Iraq and pledged continued U.S. support for Iraq in its fight against terrorism. The Vice President also spoke about the importance of outreach to leaders across the political spectrum. Both leaders expressed their ongoing commitment to deepening the U.S.-Iraq strategic partnership, as outlined in the Strategic Framework Agreement.”

It is noteworthy that Biden has also called the Parliament Speaker, Osama al-Nijaifi, and the President, Masoud Barzani, for the same issues.

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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The head of the Iraqiya Slate, Ayad Alawi, considered forming the regions at the current time as “Disaster.”

In his Facebook account, he stated “Federalism is a constitutional article but forming regions at the current time is a disaster because it is a reaction to the oppression and the marginalization of the government to the demonstrators.”

Earlier, the demonstrators fought each other due to some slogans related to forming regions.

The Semi-official Iraqiya Satellite Channel stated “The demonstrators in Fallujah fought each other due to some slogans related to the regions.”

The demonstrators call this day as “Our choice is from our yards.”

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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Ihsan al-Awadi, of the State of Law Coalition described the Iraqi political scene as “Vague and complicated.”

Speaking to IraqiNews.com, he said “The vision is not determined yet through the recent disputes and it is not definite also towards which direction, the political scene is heading.”

“There are disputes, boycott and contradictions in the political process,” he added.

“The issues need to be restructured because the dialogue has been stopped in the last stage the thing that harmed Iraq a lot and complicated the political scene,” he concluded.

It is worth mentioning that Iraq witnesses escalated crises and multiple disputes where Baghdad and other provinces witnessed bombings that killed and injured dozens of citizens.

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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Independent MP, Abdul Khudhur Tahir, called to restructure the institution of the Iraqi State.

He stated to IraqiNews.com “There is no harmony between the legislative and executive authorities where the parliament is approximately paralyzed and the Government is merely a ministerial cabinet.”

“Some Ministers resort to the head political blocs they belong to consult them whether to vote or not about the issues discussed inside the Council of Ministers,” he mentioned.

“We have either to restructure the State and the political process or to dissolve the parliament and to form an interim government,” he remarked.

“We have to reach a new situation to end the exchange of accusations witnessed in the political process,” he concluded.

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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Abdul Hussien al-Hussieni, of Ahrar bloc criticized the parliament describing it as “A fake image of democracy.”

Speaking to IraqiNews.com, he attributed his description for the parliament to “The parliament being divided without differentiating between the policy of the party and the policy of building the State.”

“There are terrorism charges against some MPs that are not settled yet so the parliament Speaker and the Premier should launch initiative to settle them,” he added.

“Some sides are interested in toppling the institution of the parliament politically,” he emphasized.

Earlier, the parliament Speaker, Osama al-Nijaifi, revealed receiving 17 requests to lift immunities of MPs for charges related to terrorism, integrity, abusing officials and media.

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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Independent MP, Kadhim al-Sayadi, accused the parliament of being cooperative with the murderers of Iraqis because of its rejection for lifting immunity of MPs charged with terrorism.

He stated to IraqiNews.com “The parliament involved the request of lifting immunity from me in its agenda on the background of the disputes between me and Sadr Trend.”

“The charges were fake as proved by the Iraqi judiciary,” he added.

“Unfortunately, we find those who called to lift immunity from me are involved in killing Iraqis since all the bombings in Iraq are based on political reasons 100%,” he continued, stressing “Sectarianism is instigated by MPs and the allies within the parliament.”

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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The head of the Sunni Endowment Ahmed Abdul-Ghafour al-Samarrai called “The leaders of the parliamentary and political entities to unite their speech and avoid provoking the street,” stressing “sanctity of targeting the army and police forces.”

Samarrai said during the Friday prayer sermon held at the Iraqi Martyr Monument in Baghdad today, “We address the owners of political, parliamentary and social media platforms to encourage people to unite rather than divide,” noting “We are today far from positive speech and unity words which may fuel conflicts.”

He pointed out that “Extremists have no religion and they want to drag the country into calamities,” emphasizing that “We like to tell the Iraqi leaders that we are on one ship and we are all responsible for keeping the blood of the sons of this people.”

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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Dawa Islamic Party condemns the crime of beheading a British soldier in a street in London on last Wednesday.

A statement by the DIP received by IraqiNews.com cited “Islam is a religion for all human beings for its supreme principals that oppose terrorism and prohibit abusing others regardless their religions or communities.”

“The crime of killing and beheading the soldier in London is a terrorist act denounced by Islam and must be condemned by all sides,” the statement concluded.

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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Kareem Alewi, criticized the visit of the Speaker, Osama al-Nijaifi, accompanied by Local Officials of some provinces to Kurdistan Region, assuring “The visit contradicts Nijaifi’s post as a Speaker which is supposed to be neutral.”

He stated to IraqiNews.com “The post of the Highest Authority in the country must be neutral and balanced away from the partisan or communal affiliations to be able to represents all the communities.”

“The nature and the aim behind the visit should be explained in the next parliament sessions to prove that it is away from the plots that aim at establishing a region on communal basis,” he concluded.

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Salah-il-Din (IraqiNews.com) A security source within the Iraqi Army 4th Division revealed that the Commander of the Division deployed in Salah-il-Din province was replaced.

Earlier, the Commander General of the Armed Forces issued orders over changing the posts of some security commanders on last Tuesday after the recent bombings witnessed in Iraq.

The source stated to IraqiNews.com “The Commander of the 4th Division, Hamid Mohamed Kamar, was replaced by the Deputy Commander of the 5th IA Division, Nazeer Mohamed Koran.”

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