White Iraqiya Bloc vows to raise case against Parliament’s Chairmanship for preventing MP from its membership

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The ‘White al-Iraqiya’ Bloc has decided to raise a court case against the Iraqi Parliament’s Chairmanship, for its demand for al-Iraqiya Coalition’s candidate to read the oath, as substitute for the Legislature Jamal al-Battikkh, before waiting for a decision by the Federal Court, its Member, Qutaiba al-Jibouri said on Thursday.   “Something regretful had taken place in the Parliament on Wednesday, when its Chairmanship had called at 03:00 PM local time, one of the candidates of al-Iraqiya Coalition in Wassit Province, called Judge Ammar, demanding him to read the oath, as a substitute for Jamal al-Battikh, the Minister of State for Tribes Affairs,” Jibouri told a news conference, attended by IraqiNews.com news agency.   “This measure had been an individual act and was not included in the schedule of the Parliament’s session, thing that stood counter to the Constitution and the Parliament’s Internal System,” Jibouri said, adding that “the White al-Iraqiya Bloc had demanded the Parliament’s Speaker, Usama al-Nujeify, to restore Battikh to the Parliament, following his ministry’s coverage by the recent Cabinet trimming, and Nujeify demanded to wait for the decision of the Federal Court in this respect,” he said.   Jibouri stressed that “the response of the Federal Court had not arrived till now and the White al-Iraqiya Bloc shall raise a court case against the Parliament’s Chairmanship in the same Court to take a court decision in this issue.”   Noteworthy is that the White al-Iraqiya Bloc, led by Legislature Hassan al-Alawi, had split from al-Iraqiya Coalition, led by Iraq’s former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, and formed a new bloc in its new name, gathering about a dozen Legislatures for its membership.   SKH (RT)