Amidst ongoing political discord, the Iraqi parliament designated this Saturday, 27 January, as the day to elect a new speaker, underscoring the process’s challenges and tensions. Previously, the Iraq parliament failed to elect a new speaker after Iraq’s top court on 14 November ousted Mohammed al-Halbousi, the parliament speaker at the time, following his conviction of forgery of official records related to the resignation letter of one of the MPs. The parliament has so far failed in three sessions to elect a new speaker, the latest of which was on the 13th of this month, in which Shalan al-K…