![Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20561720_16753946-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
![Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri holds a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20561720_16753939-scaled.jpg?w=797&h=531&ssl=1 "Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri")
Image of Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]
![Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20561720_16753941-scaled.jpg?w=395&h=264&ssl=1 "Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri")
Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]
![Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20561720_16753942.jpg?w=395&h=263&ssl=1 "Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri")
Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]
![Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20561720_16753944-scaled.jpg?w=486&h=324&ssl=1 "Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri")
Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]
![Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20561720_16753945.jpg?w=216&h=324&ssl=1 "Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri")
Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]
![Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20561720_16753946-scaled.jpg?w=486&h=324&ssl=1 "Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri")
Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]
![Head of the parliamentary finance committee by Mohammed al-Halbusi holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20561720_16753947.jpg?w=335&h=189&ssl=1 "Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri")
Head of the parliamentary finance committee by Mohammed al-Halbusi holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]
![Ala Talabani, a member of the Iraqi National Assembly, holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20561720_16753948.jpg?w=283&h=189&ssl=1 "Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri")
Ala Talabani, a member of the Iraqi National Assembly, holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]
![Ala Talabani, a member of the Iraqi National Assembly, holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20561720_16753949.jpg?w=283&h=189&ssl=1 "Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri")
Ala Talabani, a member of the Iraqi National Assembly, holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]
![Mesut Haydar, a member of the Iraqi National Assembly, holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20161207_2_20561720_16753950.jpg?w=283&h=189&ssl=1 "Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim al-Jabouri")
Mesut Haydar, a member of the Iraqi National Assembly, holds a press conference at the parliament following the passing of the 2017 budget in Baghdad, Iraq on December 7 2016 [Murtadha Sudani /Anadolu Agency]