IS denies receiving message from Thursday three-side meeting

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqiya Slate denied receiving a message from the three-side meeting which was attended by head of the Iraqi National Alliance, Ibrahim al-Jaafary, the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki and the head of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, Ammar al-Hakim, on last Thursday night.

The head of the IS in the parliament, Salman al-Jumaili, stated to IraqiNews.com “We did not receive a message from the meeting of Jaafary, Maliki and Hakim,” noting that “We overcame the issue of collecting signatures for withdrawing confidence from the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki, and the parliament will witness the democratic process to hand over the authority peacefully.”

Earlier, the head of the Iraqi National Alliance, Ibrahim al-Jaafary, the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki and the head of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, Ammar al-Hakim, held a meeting in the office of the INA to discuss their attitudes towards the political crisis and the latest updates of the political process.

At the end of the meeting in a press statement, Jaafary said “We gathered here to discuss Iraqi affairs regarding the latest updates where our points of view were similar to keep Iraq in the right manner towards the good future.”

“We focused on adhering to the constitution by the INA and to apply its commitments with other alliances and studying the proposals of those alliances in addition to involving all of them in the political process,” he concluded.