After a chaotic first parliamentary session which resulted in senior interim parliament speaker Mahmoud al-Mashahadani falling ill and being taken to hospital.[5] However, after that Sunni lawmaker and current parliament speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi was re-elected for a second term,[6] with Shakhawan Abdulla, from the Kurdistan Democratic Party and Hakim al-Zamili, from the Sadrist Movement.[7] The Kurdistan Democratic Party, Sadrist Movement and Progress Party (Iraq) succeeded in fulfilling all three positions due to the candidates of each bloc voting for each other.[7] This resulted in the Shiite Pro-Iran factions in parliament disregard the outcome and claim they have 88 seats,[8] and more than the Sadrist Movement.