Once again, the coordinating framework postpones its meeting to decide on a candidate for prime minister.
Once again, the coordinating framework postpones its meeting to decide on a candidate for prime minister.
2026-04-25
Shafaq News – Baghdad
An informed source reported on Saturday that the coordination framework had postponed its meeting to decide on a candidate for prime minister.
The source told Shafaq News Agency that “the coordination framework decided to postpone its meeting, which was supposed to be held today, Saturday, due to the continuation of disagreements and the failure to reach a decisive mechanism for selecting a prime ministerial candidate.”
He added that “today will witness bilateral meetings between some of the framework’s leaders.”
The coordinating framework, which includes the ruling Shiite political forces in Iraq, has repeatedly failed to decide on its candidate for prime minister, while the government formation process has entered a critical phase following the election of Nizar Amidi as president of the republic. This puts the largest bloc before a constitutional deadline ending today, Saturday, to officially present its candidate, amid fears of a return to the political deadlock .
It is noted that a source within the coordination framework told Shafaq News Agency that the meeting, which was supposed to be held today, will discuss the voting mechanism for the final candidate for the next government .
He indicated that “the names being considered include former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, the head of the Accountability and Justice Commission Bassem al-Badri, and politician Adnan al-Zurfi, in addition to al-Maliki and al-Sudani .”
The source noted that “the candidate who obtains two-thirds of the votes of the leaders of the coordination framework will be officially announced as the candidate for the next government,” indicating that “all candidates will be put to individual voting through several rounds.”
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