Al-Maliki’s nomination derails the coordination framework meeting… Source reveals details
Al-Maliki’s nomination derails the coordination framework meeting… Source reveals details
2026-01-18 04:29
Shafaq News – Baghdad
An informed source revealed on Sunday the reasons for the cancellation of yesterday’s coordination framework meeting, including the refusal of some forces to pass a “controversial” candidate and their insistence on “consensus”.
The source told Shafaq News Agency that “there are several reasons that led to the postponement of yesterday’s coordination framework meeting, including the participation of some leaders in offering condolences on the death of the Grand Ayatollah’s brother, in addition to the fact that some of the active forces within the coordination framework (the Wisdom Movement and Sadiqun) refuse to pass any candidate except by agreement and consensus, with the condition of the availability of the agreed controls, the most important of which is imposing the rule of balance inside and outside, meaning that he should not be a controversial figure.”
He added that “the forces of the Coordination Framework have enough time to choose their candidate for the premiership, i.e., 15 days after the President of the Republic has named them. Therefore, they have enough time to choose their candidate with the agreement of all its parties, otherwise we will go to vote within the framework to choose the one who meets the conditions.”
The leaders of the Coordination Framework, which includes Shiite political forces and parties, were supposed to hold an “important and crucial” meeting on Saturday evening to discuss the disagreements over the nomination of the head of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, for the position of Prime Minister in the next Iraqi government, after objections were raised by the leader of the Wisdom Movement, Ammar al-Hakim, and the Secretary-General of the Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq Movement, Qais al-Khazali, with reservations from the Secretary-General of the Badr Organization, Hadi al-Amiri, but the meeting did not take place.
An informed source revealed last Tuesday that the Shiite Coordination Framework forces will hold their periodic meeting today, Saturday, to decide on the nomination of the leader of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, for the position of Prime Minister in the new government .
According to sources who spoke to Shafaq News Agency, “The withdrawal and resignation of the leader of the Reconstruction and Development Coalition, the outgoing Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, from the race to win the premiership for the second time seems to have been a political tactic to put Maliki in front of the coordination framework, especially since there are some parties that do not want Maliki to return to power amidst the upcoming internal and regional challenges and changes .”
The spokesman for the Reconstruction and Development Coalition, Firas al-Muslawi, confirmed last Monday that the head of the coalition, Muhammad Shia al-Sudani, had withdrawn his candidacy for the position of Prime Minister in favor of the head of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, while revealing the formation of the “largest parliamentary bloc” between the two coalitions .
It is noted that a source within the Shiite coordination framework revealed to Shafaq News Agency that the forces that met last Saturday at the home of the leader of the Iraqi Foundation Coalition, Mohsen al-Mandalawi, sought clarification on the reasons that prompted the outgoing Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, to withdraw from the nomination and give the space to the leader of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, to run .
Since the ratification of the election results held in November 2025, the Coordination Framework has begun holding meetings and conducting discussions among its forces and with other parties to decide on the position of Prime Minister, which is allocated to the Shiite component according to the custom in place after 2003 .
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