By Ali Jawwad
BAGHDAD (AA) – The Iraqi parliament will hold a session on Tuesday to discuss government reforms and a proposed cabinet lineup, an Iraqi spokesman said.
The session will tackle the possibility of hosting Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to present his proposed government, Emad al-Khafaji, spokesman for the parliament speaker, said in a statement on Sunday.
Iraq has been embroiled in a deepening political crisis since last month, when supporters of firebrand Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr staged protests outside Baghdad’s Green Zone to pressure al-Abadi to unveil a government of technocrats untainted by corruption or sectarian affiliations.
The crisis escalated further earlier this month when MPs refused to allow Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri to chair an assembly session, accusing him of failing to summon al-Abadi to answer corruption allegations.
Iraq ranks 161st out of 168 countries on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index.
