Parliament holds “important” meeting to finalize agreement on a session to elect a president for the Republic of Iraq
Parliament holds “important” meeting to finalize agreement on a session to elect a president for the Republic of Iraq
2026-03-28 02:02
Shafaq News – Baghdad
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Adnan Faihan al-Dulaimi, announced on Saturday that the Parliament’s leadership is seeking to hold an “important” meeting with the heads of political blocs this week to discuss reaching an agreement on setting a date for a session to elect the President of the Republic.
Al-Dulaimi affirmed in a statement, “The legislative authority’s determination to assume its constitutional responsibilities and move forward in completing the remaining national entitlements.”
He explained that “the critical circumstances witnessed in the region in general, and Iraq in particular, require the political forces that represent the components of Iraqi society to bear their responsibilities in supporting the move of the presidency and members of the House of Representatives, and to put the interest of the country above all other considerations and to expedite the completion of this constitutional entitlement.”
Al-Dulaimi stressed that the current challenges require a fully empowered government capable of meeting the aspirations of the Iraqi people for security, stability and development, while emphasizing that any delay in this matter would negatively affect the performance of state institutions.
This comes as 220 members of the Iraqi parliament submitted a list of their names and signatures to the parliament’s leadership, demanding that a session be held next Monday to elect the president of the republic.
The coordinating framework that brings together the ruling Shiite political forces in Iraq agreed to postpone deciding on a prime ministerial candidate until after the end of the ongoing regional war between the United States and Israel against Iran, according to a political source who spoke to Shafaq News Agency earlier.
The Coordination Framework had officially nominated Maliki on January 24, a move that opened the door to negotiations to form the new government, but the process faltered as disagreements continued over the election of the President of the Republic, the constitutional entitlement that precedes assigning the candidate of the largest bloc to form the government.
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