Iraqiya won’t abandon boycott until national conference – MP

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: An al-Iraqiya bloc MP said today that his bloc “will not attend parliamentary sessions until the national conference is convened with positive results”. MP Nabeel Jerio told IraqiNews.com that the “meeting of the conference depends on the results of the smaller committees which shall determine the date and venue of the conference”. President Jalal Talabani and Parliament Speaker Usama Nujaifi agreed on 27 December last to hold a national conference “to avoid a political catastrophe”. He denied reports on their attendance for voting on the general budget. Jerio added that the general budget will not be completed before the coming two months, because there are many objections from legal and services commissions, in addition to provinces.