Meeting of the two Kurdish parties in Baghdad to discuss the selection of the Iraqi president
Meeting of the two Kurdish parties in Baghdad to discuss the selection of the Iraqi president
2026-04-11
Shafaq News – Baghdad
A parliamentary source reported on Saturday that the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan held a meeting in Baghdad to discuss the issue of choosing the president of the republic and the distribution of positions in the federal government and the Kurdistan Region.
The source told Shafaq News Agency that the meeting includes, on the Kurdistan Democratic Party side, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Farhad, the head of its parliamentary bloc Shakhwan Abdullah, and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, while the Patriotic Union delegation includes Bafel Talabani and Qubad Talabani.
He noted that the meeting also discusses the mechanism for selecting the president of the republic and the distribution of positions in the federal government and the Kurdistan Region.
In this context, MP Ashwaq al-Jaf, a leader in the Kurdistan Democratic Party, told Shafaq News Agency, “Everyone knows that there is a mechanism followed in choosing the three presidencies, as the Sunni component agreed on choosing its candidate for the position of Speaker of Parliament, and the framework also chose its candidate for the position of Prime Minister, and then a difference arose between them.”
She added, “Our objection is that the Kurdish House should be the one to choose the candidate for the position of President of the Republic, through a voting mechanism within the Kurdish House, and then choose one of them and present him to the House of Representatives.”
Estimates indicate that today’s scheduled session of the House of Representatives to elect the President of the Republic will be disrupted, given the division of blocs between those attending and those boycotting, the lack of a legal quorum, and the continued disagreements regarding the nomination of the Prime Minister and the formation of the government.
Parliamentary sources reported that the number of boycotters may exceed 130 MPs, compared to about 150 who support attending, which is not enough number to hold the session, while political contacts continue to put forward compromise candidates for the presidency and the prime ministership after the constitutional deadlines have passed and the political deadlock continues.
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