Iraq parliament elects pro-Iran list candidate as speaker 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseThe Iraqi parliament elected the candidate of a pro-Iran list as speaker on Saturday, paving the way for the formation of a government more than four months after legislative polls. The bloc with the most members appoints the prime minister and presides over the formation of the next government. Born in 1981, he will be the youngest speaker of parliament in Iraq’s history. In Iraq, the speaker of parliament is always Sunni Arab while the prime minister is picked from the country’s Shiite majority and the president is a Kurd.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 15, 2018 13:18 UTC