BAGHDAD, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Iraq’s newly elected parliament convened on Monday for its first session since the November national election, opening the way for lawmakers to begin the process of forming a new government.
Parliament is due to elect a speaker and two deputies during its first meeting. Lawmakers must then choose a new president by within 30 days of the first session.
The president will subsequently ask the largest bloc in parliament to form a government, a process that in Iraq typically drags on for months.
(Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed;Editing by Alison Williams)
