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The House of Representatives witnessed, yesterday, a decisive meeting of the Al-Mithaq Party parliamentary bloc, which includes 33 deputies, during which it decided to nominate Dr. Ibrahim Al-Tarawneh for the presidency of the House of Representatives.
The Secretary-General of the National Al-Mithaq Party, Hadith Al-Khureisha, who attended the meeting, announced that the bloc decided to nominate Dr. Ibrahim Al-Tarawneh for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives.
He said that the bloc decided to form a committee to dialogue with other parliamentary blocs regarding the elections for the presidency of the House and the Permanent Office.
Meanwhile, MP Majhem Al-Sqour, from the Al-Mithaq bloc, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the House of Representatives, emphasizing his adherence to his candidacy for the presidency.
The House of Representatives witnessed intensive dialogues and meetings between representatives of the blocs, with the aim of reaching a consensus on a single candidate for the presidency of the House of Representatives, and reaching a consensus on the composition of the Permanent Office.
The Mubadara (Initiative) parliamentary bloc, which includes 23 deputies, had decided to nominate Dr. Mustafa Al-Khasawneh for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives, and formed a committee to negotiate with other blocs.
The Centrist and Reform Parties bloc, which includes 24 deputies, also announced the nomination of Dr. Suleiman Al-Zabin for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives, and also decided to form a committee headed by MP Dr. Mustafa Al-Amawi to conduct consultations with the parliamentary blocs.
The House of Representatives witnessed, yesterday, discussions between representatives of the parliamentary blocs regarding the elections for the presidency of the House and the Permanent Office.
Parliamentary sources said that discussions are taking place between the "Al-Mithaq", "Mubadara", "Centrist and Reform Parties", and "Azm" blocs, with the aim of reaching a consensus on choosing one personality from among the candidates for the presidency of the House of Representatives, to be a consensus candidate for these blocs, whose total members amount to 100 deputies out of 138 members in the House of Representatives.
The sources added that, after reaching a consensus on the personality of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the four blocs will discuss the possibility of reaching a consensus on the occupants of the positions of the First Deputy Speaker and the Second Deputy Speaker.
His Majesty King Abdullah II had issued a Royal Decree summoning the National Assembly to convene in its third ordinary session on the second of next month.
The Constitution, in Article (78) thereof, stipulates the following:
"The King shall summon the National Assembly to meet in its ordinary session on the first day of October of each year, and if the mentioned day is an official holiday, then on the first day following it that is not an official holiday, provided that the King may postpone by a Royal Decree published in the Official Gazette the meeting of the National Assembly to a date to be determined in the Royal Decree, provided that the duration of the postponement does not exceed two months."
The House of Representatives elects, at the beginning of each ordinary session, a speaker for it, in accordance with Article (69) of the Constitution, which stipulates the following:
"The House of Representatives shall elect at the beginning of the ordinary session a speaker for it for a period of one solar year, and he may be re-elected."
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