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| MP calls on Mashhadani to resign to avoid dismissal |
| 2008-12-23 |
| Aswat al-Iraq: MP from the Kurdistan Alliance called on Parliament's Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani to resign, threatening that his bloc will agree with the suggestion to sack him if presented in the Parliament. "The Kurdistan Alliance believes that al-Mashhadani became incapable of heading the Parliament because he does not have the necessary leadership skills," Mahmoud Othman told Aswat al-Iraq. "We will vote to sack him if he does not resign," he asserted. On Wednesday, a heated debate erupted between Mashhadani and members of parliamentary committees over the issue of Iraqi Journalist Muntadhar al-Zaydi, who threw a pair of shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush at a Baghdad-based press conference last week. Mashhadani threatened to resign from the Parliament, while some blocs said they would boycott parliamentary sessions if he retained his post as speaker. |
| Posted by:Fred |