Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric calls for top political jobs to be filled by Tuesday


  • World
  • Friday, 27 Jun 2014

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Shi'ite Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the majority sect's most influential cleric, called on Friday for Iraq's political blocs to agree on the next government's prime minister, parliament speaker and president before parliament meets.

He said that after a presidential decree that called for a new parliament to convene on Tuesday, "what is required of the political blocs is to agree on the three presidencies within the remaining days to this date", referring to the prime minister, president and parliament speaker.

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