Shafaq News/ The resignation of the Sadrist movement's lawmakers from the Iraqi parliament has laid bare gaping between the leaders of the rival Shiite Coordination Framework, an informed source revealed on Tuesday.

The source told Shafaq News Agency that al-Sadr's decision to bow out has pitted the head of the State of Law bloc, Nouri al-Maliki,

Shafaq News/ A delegation from the Shiite Coordination Framework will be visiting al-Hannana, the headquarters of the Sadrist movement's leader Muqtada al-Sadr, in an attempt to dissuade him from withdrawing from the political process, a source revealed on Tuesday.

This comes in conjunction with reports about an initiative by the Iraqi president,

Shafaq News / The Coordination Framework (CF) stressed, on Tuesday, the need to choose a new President and form a government as soon as possible.

Earlier today, CF held a meeting with Azm coalition, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the Babylon movement, and the independent MPs, at the office of the State of Law coalition leader, Nuri al-Maliki.

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Shafaq News / A source close to President Barham Salih revealed that the latter will launch a new initiative to address the current political crisis in the country.

The source told Shafaq News agency that Salih started working on the initiative shortly after al-Sadr decided to pull out of the political process, pointing out that the President