By NNN-KUNA,
Baghdad : The Iraqi parliament has failed again to approve the provincial council elections draft law, already rejected by the presidency council, and decided to meet again on Sept 9 to vote on the bill.
MP Mohsen Al-Saadoun, from the coalition of Kurdistan, told KUNA the house has failed again Wednesday to approve the draft law because the lawmakers did not reach a common formula.
Speaker Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani formed a committee consisting of head of blocs to narrow the gap between the political parties, he said.
The next session is to be held on Sept 9, said Al-Saadoun, but if an agreement was reached before that an extraordinary sitting shall be held.
The parties are deadlocked over the status of the oil-rich Kirkuk province, claimed by Arabs and Kurds.
A UN proposal calls for holding elections in all provinces but to freeze changes in Kirkuk for a year.