Al-Halboosi: I accepted the Sadrist MPs' resignation with reluctanceAl-Halboosi: I accepted the Sadrist MPs' resignation with reluctance

Shafaq News/ The Speaker of the Iraqi parliament, Mohammad al-Halboosi, on Sunday said that he "reluctantly"  approved the resignation of the Sadrist lawmakers at the behest of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr.

Al-Halboosi tweeted, "at the behest of Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr, we reluctantly accepted the resignation of our brothers

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Coordination Framework shifts gears following al-Sadr's turnaroundCoordination Framework shifts gears following al-Sadr's turnaround

Shafaq News/ The Shiite Coordination Framework started prompt communications with the political actors in the country following the accelerating developments since the mass resignation of the Sadrist bloc's members in the Iraqi parliament.

A source told Shafaq News Agency that the leaders of the Shiite forces consortium were scheduled to meet at

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Coordination Framework convenes to discuss al-Sadr'sCoordination Framework convenes to discuss al-Sadr's

Shafaq News/ The leaders of the Coordination Framework convened on Sunday to discuss the reverberations of the mass resignation of the Sadrist movement's lawmakers from the Iraqi parliament.

All the members of the Sadrist bloc in Iraq's parliament resigned earlier today after their leader, powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, asked them to step

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Legal expert: Sadrist MPs resignation does not halt the parliament's workLegal expert: Sadrist MPs resignation does not halt the parliament's work

Shafaq News/ The resignation of lawmakers cannot be revoked by a parliamentary voting or the rejection of the parliament speaker, legal expert Jamal al-Asadi said on Sunday.

The members of the Sadrist bloc in the Iraqi parliament resigned en masse following a statement by the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, earlier today.

"It does

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Official: except for six, the Sadrist movement closes all its institutions in IraqOfficial: except for six, the Sadrist movement closes all its institutions in Iraq

Shafaq News/ The media office of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said that all the institutions affiliated with the Sadrist movement will be shut down with only a few exceptions.

In an unorthodox maneuver, the Lawmakers of the Sadrist bloc in Iraq's parliament resigned on Sunday after their leader asked them to step down amid a prolonged

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Al-Halboosi approves the resignation of the Sadrist movement's MPsAl-Halboosi approves the resignation of the Sadrist movement's MPs

Shafaq News/ Iraq's Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi approved the resignation of the Sadrist bloc's lawmakers on Sunday.

Earlier today, the maverick Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr instructed the lawmakers affiliated with his movement to submit their resignation letters in a culmination of the bitter row with rival Shiite Coordination

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