Iraq’s parliamentary speaker Salim al-Jabouri may request the dissolution of the assembly after ministers scuffled during a chaotic parliamentary session on Wednesday over a plan to overhaul the government.
Parliament convened at the request of several dozen MPs who began on Tuesday evening a sit-in inside the parliament building to demand that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi sticks to his plan to introduce a cabinet of independent technocrats.
Disputes broke out between the protesting MPs, prompting al-Jabouri to adjourn the session to Thursday, according to Anadolu news agency.
A dispute between Kurdish and Shi’ite lawmakers developed into a tussle, where they shoved and hit each other, according to witnesses.
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