Exclusive – The coordination framework does not rule out “separation” from the Sudanese in the “larger bloc” project.
Exclusive – The coordination framework does not rule out “separation” from the Sudanese in the “larger bloc” project.
2025-11-13 01:25
Shafaq News Baghdad
A leader in the Coordination Framework said on Thursday that the framework is about to announce the formation of the largest parliamentary bloc “directly” after the election results are ratified. He also did not rule out that this would be done independently of the Reconstruction and Development Coalition led by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, which won a larger number of seats across Iraq.
Mukhtar al-Moussawi, a leader in the Badr Organization, which is part of the Coordination Framework, confirmed to Shafaq News Agency that “the forces of the Coordination Framework will announce the formation of the largest parliamentary list or bloc after the official election results are certified,” explaining that “the Coordination Framework lists obtained enough votes and seats to enable them to proceed with the largest bloc, which is responsible for naming the new prime minister, and it is not necessarily with the Reconstruction and Development Coalition,” without going into more details.
In the same context, a political source told Shafaq News Agency that “political and party leaders within the coordination framework discussed the mechanism for forming the government after the elections concluded and the official ratification of the results.”
The source indicated that “there is an agreement that none of the leaders of the main lists that win the highest number of votes and parliamentary seats have the right to separate from the coordination framework, and the number of seats will not determine the identity of the head of government, but rather what the forces agree upon according to professional standards, regional and international acceptance, and other standards.”
The political source confirmed that “the next prime minister will be nominated from within the coordination framework and not from outside it.”
On Wednesday evening, the Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq announced that the “Reconstruction and Development” alliance, led by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, had made significant progress in the preliminary results, achieving 1,317,346 votes in 12 out of 18 governorates. The Progress Party, headed by former Speaker of Parliament Mohammed al-Halbousi, came in second, and the State of Law Coalition, led by former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, came in third.
Regarding the Shiite Coordination Framework forces, the Reconstruction and Development Alliance of Sudani won 45 parliamentary seats, followed by the State of Law Coalition led by Nouri al-Maliki with 30 seats, and the Sadiqun Bloc led by Qais al-Khazali with 26 seats, while the Badr Bloc led by Hadi al-Amiri won 19 seats, and the State Forces led by Ammar al-Hakim won 18 seats.
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