Parliamentary blocs threaten to boycott the presidential election session, requesting a postponement until an agreement is reached.
Parliamentary blocs threaten to boycott the presidential election session, requesting a postponement until an agreement is reached.
2026-03-29 07:43
Shafaq News – Baghdad
On Sunday, parliamentary blocs threatened to boycott the session to elect the president of the republic in protest against not taking their opinion into account regarding the names of the candidates for the position, demanding that the date of its convening be postponed until the dispute is resolved.
A parliamentary source told Shafaq News Agency that “the heads of the blocs threatened during a meeting with the Speaker of Parliament regarding the presidential candidate, to boycott the presidential election session if their opinions were disregarded in favor of other blocs.”
He explained that “the objecting parties requested a deadline to resolve the issue before setting a date for the election of the President of the Republic, and threatened to boycott if the session is held this week without their approval.”
The source indicated that the meeting witnessed a verbal altercation regarding setting a date for the election of the President of the Republic and the names of the candidates for the position and the position of Prime Minister, explaining that “the head of the State of Law Coalition bloc asked the Presidency of the House of Representatives to take the opinion of the Coordination Framework on the date of holding the session to elect the President of the Republic, with the framework to hold a meeting to decide the matter within the next 24 hours.”
The Presidency of the House of Representatives held a consultative meeting earlier today, Sunday, to discuss the ongoing preparations for setting a date for a session to elect the new President of the Republic of Iraq this week, in order to end the current political deadlock and proceed with the formation of the next government.
In this regard, a parliamentary source told Shafaq News Agency that after this meeting ends, the Presidency will hold another meeting this afternoon with the heads of the political blocs to discuss the seriousness of their intention to hold a session to elect the President of the Republic.
He stressed that achieving the legal quorum for holding this session requires the presence of more than 220 deputies, which is two-thirds of the members of parliament, and suggested that those meeting would agree to hold it tomorrow, Monday, or on another day during this week.
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Adnan Faihan al-Dulaimi, announced yesterday, Saturday, that the Parliament’s leadership is seeking to hold an “important” meeting with the heads of political blocs during this week to discuss reaching an agreement on setting a date for holding a session to elect the President of the Republic.
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.
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