BAGHDAD, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The political movement of the resigned Iraqi parliament speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani announced Wednesday its withdrawal from the major Sunni parliamentary bloc amid disputes over Mashhadani's resignation.

    "We declare withdrawal from the Accordance Front due to its failure to achieve its mission and the Islamic Party's unilateral actions," Khalaf al-Ilayan, head of Mashhadani's Iraqi National Dialogue Council, said in a press conference.

    Ilayan said that 10 parliament members left the Sunni bloc over deep disputes with members of the Iraqi Islamic Party, which is one of three parties that form the 44-seat Sunni bloc in the 270-seat parliament.

    "It is necessary now to dissolve the Accordance Front, so that each of its parties will be free to serve Iraqi people away from sectarian blocs," he said.

    Mashhadani told reporters that he will form a new political entity of technocrats "who prefer working for their country to serving their parties" to take part in the coming parliamentary elections in late 2009.

    Late on Tuesday, Mashhadani announced resignation at a special parliament session, which was accepted by the majority of parliament members.

    Mashhadani, a Sunni, took office in 2006. His feisty character invited criticism among lawmakers.

    During a parliament session last Wednesday, chaos and arguments erupted over the issue of Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at visiting U.S. President George W. Bush. During the arguments, Mashhadani got very angry and called some lawmakers "sons of dogs."