4. Khudayr al-Khuazaie (VP) was replaced by Khalid al-Asadi on 16 June 2011; he is not listed.
5. Abdallah Khalaf of Kirkuk Iraqiyya has been listed twice.
6. Fatin Abd a-Qadir, active MP of Iraqiyya, has been listed as National Alliance instead of Iraqiyya. She is thought to belong to Wifaq and there is no specific record of her having changed sides (recently there were rumours about defections in Wifaq in Salahaddin; those, however, defected to White not to National Alliance).
7. Additionally, the empty seat of Khalaf Abd al-Samad who became Basra governor in April 2011 has apparently yet to be replaced. This represents a Basra State of Law seat that is not reflected in the latest lists.
8. Finally, in addition to the apparent mislabeling of Fatin Abd al-Qadir as National Alliance instead of Iraqiyya, it is worth questioning the affiliation of newly returned Ali al-Sajri as Iraqiyya. Sajri has been so outspokenly pro-Maliki – and parliament speaker Usama al-Nujayfi of Iraqiyya fought so hard to prevent him for getting back to parliament – that it makes more sense to consider him as outside Iraqiyya altogether.
9. Noteworthy fact: Still listed as National Alliance are Safiya Suhayl and Sabah al-Saadi who once belonged to State of Law and Fadila respectively. They have declared themselves as independents, though apparently at the sub-bloc level and not leaving the alliance as such.
10. Jabir Habib Jabir of State of Law is still listed but has been appointed Iraqi ambassador in Washington, DC. With correct replacement this will not affect the overall political balance.
Now it adds up: National Alliance 159 (including one empty seat), Iraqiyya 88, Kurdish alliance 43, various Kurds 14, various Iraqiyya breakaway elements 13, various minorities 8, total 325. Alhamdulillah.
A legal note is in order, too. Last March, parliament violated its own laws and the Iraqi constitution when it approved the membership of several deputies who did not fulfill the legal criteria. Among them were Jawad al-Bulani, whose case was appealed to the federal supreme court and resulted in the invalidation of his membership (it is actually this seat Ali al-Sajri is now getting back). Another case was Jawad Ghanim Ali al-Shuhayli, a Sadrist who ran in Dahuk in Kurdistan and achieved exactly 3 votes and was given a compensation seat for Baghdad in return. To cover up this little affair, the most recent list from parliament now lists him as a Baghdad deputy!
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