Iraqiya Bloc stops boycotting parliamentary sessions – MP
Jalal Talabani, the president of Iraq
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqiya MP Khalid al-Alwani announced today that his bloc stopped boycotting the parliamentary session that lasted 43 days. The return to the cabinet meetings was not resolved yet, as he continued. Iraq is living in real political crisis following the accusations uttered against vice-president Tariq al-Hashimi and the differences between Maliki and his deputy Saleh al-Mutlaq, both leading members of Iraqiyah bloc. In an attempt to solve pending questions among all parties, President Jalal Talabani proposed making a general national conference, due at the beginning of the next month, to solve these questions, including those between Arbil and Baghdad on oil and gas law and the implementation of Article 140 of the constitution.