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Iraqiya List headed by Iyad Allawi announced, on Saturday, that it suspended its membership in Iraqi parliament in protest against Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki’s management of the country’s affairs. Iraqiya Ministers handed their resignations to the list’s leaders, Iraqiya List declared.
“Iraqiya List officials as well as its parliamentary and ministerial bloc members in addition to leader Iyad Allawi convened, on Friday evening, in the residence of Iraqiya official Tarek Al Hashimi residence to discuss political developments in the country,” spokesman of Iraqiya List Haidar Al Mulla told Alsumarianews. “The meeting attendants resolved to suspend Iraqiya List MPs’ membership in the parliament starting Saturday,” he added.
“Participants also agreed upon calling political blocs to engage into dialogue in order to reach effective solutions regarding hard political crisis in the country,” Mulla revealed noting that parliamentary and ministerial bloc members of Iraqiya List including both deputies of Prime Minister and Vice Presidents handed their resignations to the list’s leaders.
“The way Prime Minister Maliki is running the government is the reason behind these resolutions,” Mulla argued. “Iraqiya List is determined to protect the political process from individualist policies and dictatorship methods taking over the political process,” he concluded.
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