Iraqi Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi and head of the Mutahidoon coalition issued a letter to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani requesting his intervention to block a third term for Maliki gaining a third term as premier, al-Baghdadiya TV reported.
Talal al-Zubaie, a senior member of the Mutahidoon coalition, said al-Nujaifi has informed Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on the coalition’s position rejecting a third premier term for Maliki, asking the senior clergy to urgently intervene in the Anbar crisis to find a solution for this crisis and the area called the Baghdad beltway.