IRBIL- Jalal Talbani, Secretary General of the Kurdistan Patriotic Union (KPU), left here Baghdad Saturday to take part in the next meeting of the Iraqi National Assembly (parliament), due on Sunday.
A KPU source told KUNA that Talbani plan to be the role of troubleshooter concerning the selection of parliament speaker and his two deputies.
Parliament sources indicate that MPs are still at loggerheads regarding the post of speaker although Sheikh Fawaz El-Jarba is the favorite candidate for this key position.
They noted that if lawmakers fail to agree on this issue, it will be decided by secret ballot. The two MPs likely to be named first and second deputy are Shiite nuclear scientist Hussein Al-Shahrastani and Kurd judge Dara Noureddin.