Iraqi presidential election postponed after quorum could not be completed in parliament
Iraqi lawmakers failed to elect a new president on Monday after major political parties decided to boycott the vote.
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Today’s meeting in the Council of Representatives was then turned into a deliberative session and there will be no vote to elect the new president due to the lack of a quorum, an Iraqi official said.
Only 58 out of 329 deputies attended the session, according to the media department of the parliament.
Iraq's constitution requires that at least two-thirds of MPs are in Parliament to pass legislation and elect a new president.
Moqtada al-Sadr’s movement, the Kurdish Democratic Party, and Al-Siyada Alliance said they would boycott the session because of competing demands on presidential candidates. (ILKHA)
https://ilkha.com/english/world/iraqi-parliament-to-elect-new-president-today-15666