Al-Halbousi calls for setting a date for early parliamentary elections
The second round of the Iraqi National Dialogue begins today
Iraqi police surround demonstrators demanding the dissolution of the House of Representatives.
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The Iraqi National Security Adviser, Qassem al-Araji, announced yesterday that the Iraqi government will sponsor today a second round of national dialogue to address the political blockage, while Iraqi Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi called for setting a date for early parliamentary elections.
Al-Araji said, in a speech during the second session of the exhibition on combating terrorism, special operations and cyber security "ATSU Iraq": "We hope that the dialogue between the Iraqi political forces, which will be held today, will be successful to resolve the political blockage."
He added that "Iraq needs dialogue and real reform to address the political blockage, and open horizons for the next Iraqi government to carry out its duty," praising the positions of the political blocs in rejecting violence to preserve the security, stability and safety of the country.
And Iraqi media had reported that the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, had set the date for the second round of the national dialogue with the aim of resolving the political impasse and forming the new Iraqi government.
In addition, the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi, called yesterday to include in the agenda of the upcoming national dialogue session setting a date for early parliamentary elections and the election of provincial councils, no later than the end of next year.
Al-Halbousi also called in a tweet on his account on the social networking site “Twitter” that the agenda of the next session of the national dialogue include “electing a president of the republic, choosing an agreed government with full authority, approving the Federal General Budget Law, amending the Parliamentary Elections Law, and legislating the Federal Supreme Court Law.”
The Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament called for the redeployment of military and security forces of all kinds, the imposition of security in all cities, the full return of all displaced persons, and the organization of the relationship with the Kurdistan region until the adoption of the oil and gas law.
Hundreds of demonstrators took to Al-Nusour Square in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, two days ago, to demand a change in the political system and to denounce the recent violence in Iraq.
On the other hand, the Iraqi Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced yesterday that three ISIS terrorists were killed in an air strike in Kirkuk Governorate (250 km north of Baghdad).
The agency said, in a press statement, that "after having accurate information about the presence of a terrorist den in the Jimen area near the Special Dam in Kirkuk Governorate, the Iraqi F16 planes launched an air strike that resulted in the killing of the so-called (Amni Qati' al-Dibs) in the nicknamed ISIS." Abu Dunya) and two of his assistants.
The statement added: "A force from the intelligence agency went out to search the place and found the remains of the dead."
In a related context, the Iraqi Security Media Cell announced yesterday that the Military Intelligence Directorate had arrested two terrorists wanted by the judiciary in Anbar and Nineveh.
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