Talabani, al-Jaafari mull political developments

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani received on Tuesday Head of the National Reform bloc, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and his accompanying delegation, according to a presidential statement. “The meeting dwelt with exchanging viewpoints on the coming political stage, asserting the importance of all Iraqi components’ participation in the new government,” said the statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency. The Iraqi parliament, after eight months of continuous arguments and discussions that followed the nationwide elections on March 7, elected on 11/11/2010 a candidate of al-Iraqiya bloc, Osama al-Nejeifi as parliament speaker, the leader in the Sadrist Movement, Qusay al-Suheil as his first deputy, and Member of the Kurdistan Alliance Aref Tayfur as his second Deputy. The parliament also elected President Jalal Talabani for a second term in office. Talabani later assigned Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to form the new government. SH (P)/SR 1