Urgent – .Iraqiya Slate to hold lengthy meeting at Alawi’s residence

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqiya Slate is going to hold a lengthy meeting on Tuesday evening at residence of the Slate’s head, Aiyad Alawi to discuss the possibility of the withdrawal from the government and the parliament following Hawija events.

Parliamentary source told Iraqi News “The meeting will determine the continuity of the Slate within the political process.”

“The IS members refused to take the decision only by the Slate’s leaders but they demanded to conduct vote over the resolutions,” the source added.

“The IS members also called, during the meeting that was held on this afternoon, the parliament Speaker, Osama al-Nijaifi and the Deputy Premier, Salih al-Mutleg to resign,” he clarified.

Reliable source at the parliament has told IraqiNews.com that “heated debate took place between Nijaifi and Mutleg over the resignation from the government and the parliament where Mutleg conditioned Nijaifi’s resignation from his post so as to resign from the Council of Ministers.