Shafaq News / First Deputy Speaker of Parliament ,Hassan Al-Kaabi announced a new position regarding the date of the session on granting confidence to the government of Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi.

In a statement received by Shafaq News, Al-Kaabi said, "The Presidency of the parliament will hold a special meeting on Monday morning to discuss the government curriculum of the Prime Minister-designate, Mr. Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi, and the curricula vitae of the candidates for the new government in accordance with the internal system and procedures in place in the parliament."

He added that "it is hoped that next Wednesday will be a date for the parliament session to give confidence to the government of Mr. Allawi, especially since the legal period for the mandate is about to finish  and there is no enough time to resolve the issue of forming the government."

Al-Kaabi had said earlier Sunday that a session of granting confidence would take place on Wednesday.

Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi replied to him by inviting the presidency to the meeting tomorrow, Monday, to discuss setting a date to hold the session.

The session was supposed to be held tomorrow, Monday, at the invitation of the resigned Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi.

However, Al-Halbousi said that the date of the session cannot be determined unless the government program and the curriculum vitae of ministerial candidates arrive.

Allawi was named after a consensus between the leader of al-Fateh Alliance of the Hadi al-Amiri and the leader of the Sadrist movement Muqtada al-Sadr.

However, he is facing widespread objections from the Kurdish and Sunni political forces as well as the popular movement, which demands an independent personality far from subordination to the parties and abroad.