Earlier last month, Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his 32 members of parlieament to withdraw their support from the government in protest to the bombing of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra, lying to the north of Baghdad.
He had earlier withdrawn his six ministers from the Cabinet. All are set to be replaced by independent technocrats, but parliament has not yet officially nominated them for the Cabinet posts.
Sadr is considering calling an end to the boycott, according to a senior Shiite lawmaker who visited him in the holy city of Najaf on Friday.
"Moqtada al-Sadr told me that he is considering this and I hope he makes a decision by Tuesday," acting speaker Khalid al-Attiyah said.
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