The coordinating framework is preparing to announce the “steadfastness” coalition this week: more than 130 deputies make up the largest parliamentary bloc
The coordinating framework is preparing to announce the “steadfastness” coalition this week: more than 130 deputies make up the largest parliamentary bloc
3-8-2022
The Sunni “Sovereignty” coalition, one of the members of the “triple alliance”, expressed Sunday, its support for the candidate of its ally, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Reber Ahmed, to take over the position of President of the Republic, considering the latter a “smart” and effective figure in the Kurdish party, while the Shiite “coordinating framework” is preparing. To the announcement of his new alliance “National Stability” this week, to be the “largest” parliamentary bloc in the Iraqi Council of Representatives (Parliament).
The Kurdistan Democratic Party’s parliamentary bloc set a condition for selecting a candidate for the presidency, while referring to the period for submitting the names of candidates to compete for the position and the duration of appeals.
The head of the bloc, Vian Dakhil, told the official agency, “A number of candidates will present their names for the position of President of the Republic after the House of Representatives voted to open the nomination for the position with a vote of 205 deputies, compared to 62 deputies abstaining in the session (the day before yesterday),” indicating that “the only Kurdistan Democratic candidate is Reaper Ahmed.
She added, “There are constitutional deadlines that should not be exceeded, and there must be consensus regarding the position of the President of the Republic to proceed with the political process,” explaining that “the constitutional period for submitting the names of candidates to compete is three days, and the period for submitting appeals after announcing the names of the candidates will be within three days.” Others, and considering appeals for three days as well.”
In the same context, the leader and representative of the “Sovereignty” coalition, Mishaan al-Jubouri, said that “the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s candidate for the post of President of the Republic is Reaper Ahmed Khaled Barzani, the Minister of Interior in the Kurdistan Region, and one of the smart and active leadership figures in the party.”
Al-Jubouri added in his “blog”: “Any talk about a candidate for the party as a reserve or an alternative is not true and personal assumptions are not based on facts.”
The House of Representatives set the period for opening the nomination for the post of President of the Republic, while indicating the conditions that must be met by the candidate.
The Parliament’s media department stated in a press statement, “Based on the Law No. 8 of 2012 for the Provisions of Candidacy for the Post of President of the Republic and the approval of the House of Representatives to reopen the nomination for the position of President of the Republic in session No. 3 on March 5, the House of Representatives announces the opening of The door of candidacy for the position. Those wishing to nominate who meet the conditions stipulated in Article 1 of the aforementioned law (…) must submit their written applications accompanied by official documents proving that they meet the conditions, along with their CVs, to the Presidency of the House of Representatives and submit them during official working hours to (the Department Legal status in the House of Representatives) located at the Conference Palace headquarters, starting from Sunday (yesterday) and for a period of three days.
The Iraqi parliament laid down “six conditions” that must be met by the candidates, which included “that he be Iraqi by birth and of Iraqi parents, that he be of full capacity and has completed forty years of age, that he be of good reputation and political experience, and that he is known for his integrity, uprightness, justice and loyalty to the homeland, and that no His educational attainment is less than the initial university degree recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Iraq, and that he has not been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, and that he is not covered by the provisions of the Accountability and Justice Law procedures or any procedures that replace them.
The House of Representatives stipulated that the candidate submit his application accompanied by “a written request to the Presidency of the House of Representatives of a desire to run for the position of President of the Republic, and personal documents proving that the person wishing to run is Iraqi by birth and that his parents are Iraqis by presenting the civil status identity and Iraqi citizenship certificate to the candidate and his parents.”
Among the required documents are also “a detailed curriculum vitae that includes evidence of the candidate having political experience, and a graduation document proving that the candidate has obtained a university degree from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.”
According to the statement, those wishing to run should “send a photocopy of all the aforementioned official documents via the official email to the legal department,” noting that “who meet the legal requirements and those who send a photocopy of all the required documents will be scheduled for an interview at the headquarters of the legal department in the House of Representatives to receive The original documents required of them.
The House of Representatives voted, the day before yesterday, during its third session, headed by Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi, to open the door for candidacy again for the post of President of the Republic. The parliament’s media department stated in a statement that “the Speaker of Parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi, opened the work of session No. 3,” noting that “the number of attendees is 265 deputies.”
She pointed out that “the number of voting deputies reached 203 deputies, and 62 deputies did not vote.”
On the other hand, the deputy of the “State of Law” coalition, Alia Nassif, said that the parliament’s vote to open the nomination door may have been marred by a legal violation, as half (plus one) was adopted and two-thirds was not adopted, as is the case in the election of the President of the Republic, according to her.
Nassif explained that “some political forces will go to the Federal Court to inquire about the constitutional periods, as that period has expired, and Parliament cannot be given a new period of thirty days.”
She added that “the vote must be in the presence of two-thirds of the members of Parliament, as it is a vote related to the presidency, which means that it takes the rule of two-thirds, as was issued by the Federal Court recently, and this was not applied, but what happened is a vote according to (half plus one), which makes us perhaps In front of a new breach, and thus a lawsuit before the Federal Court.”
The last parliamentary session showed the extent of the weight of the “triple alliance” that managed in early January to grant the current parliament speaker a second term and choose the two deputy speaker of parliament, with “numerical relief” despite the objection of the Shiite “coordinating framework” and the “National Union” party. Kurdistan, then. In the midst of this, the Shiite “coordinating framework”, which is opposed to the “triple alliance”, plans to form a new alliance under the name of “national stability” that includes the “framework” deputies and a number of independent representatives, in a move to form the largest “parliamentary bloc”, which is authorized by the “new” president of the republic. In forming the government and choosing the prime minister.
The representative of the “State of Law” coalition, Muhammad Al-Ziyadi, revealed the date of the announcement of the “National Stability” bloc, which includes all components of the “coordinating framework” in addition to independents.
Al-Ziyadi told news websites close to the “coordination framework” that “the National Stability Bloc will be announced in the middle of this week.”
He added, “There are simple procedures before the announcement of the bloc,” noting that “the number of members of the bloc is 135, and it will be the largest parliamentary bloc to nominate the prime minister,” he said.
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