Shafaq News/ A majority of 222 Iraqi lawmakers voted to reject the resignation of speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi, the latter's bureau said in a brief press release on Wednesday.

According to the press release, only 13 of the 235 parliamentarians, who attended the session presided by deputy speaker Shakhwan Abdullah, approved al-Halboosi's resignation.

Shafaq News / The National Security Adviser, Qassem al-Araji, said on Wednesday that he will benefit from his good relationship with the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, to address the current political crisis in Iraq.

In a statement to Shafaq News agency, al-Araji said that al-Sadr is "a great national figure who always works to

Shafaq News / The Federal Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday, the appeal submitted concerning the invalidity of the Sadrist Bloc’s resignation, "due to the lack of public interest of the plaintiffs", a source reported to Shafaq News agency.

The head of the Federal Supreme Court, during an interview with The Iraqi News Agency (INA), on Tuesday,

Shafaq News / A source in the Coordination Framework revealed that political forces are trying to include the Presidential vote in the agenda of today's Parliamentary session, originally scheduled to vote on the Parliament Speaker's resignation.

The source told Shafaq News agency that it is planned to refuse PS Mohammed al-Halboosi's resignation,