Reconstruction and Development: Al-Sudani’s concession facilitates the framework’s task in selecting the prime minister.
Reconstruction and Development: Al-Sudani’s concession facilitates the framework’s task in selecting the prime minister.
1-12-2026
The Information Agency / Baghdad –
Adnan al-Danbous, a leading member of the Reconstruction and Development Bloc, confirmed that the bloc’s leader, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, withdrew his candidacy for prime minister in favor of Nouri al-Maliki, head of the State of Law Coalition, for several reasons. Chief among these was facilitating the Coordination Framework’s task of selecting the next prime minister, in addition to the deteriorating security situation in the region.
During a televised interview monitored by the Information Agency, al-Danbous called on the Coordination Framework’s members to support al-Sudani’s position and expedite their backing of Nouri al-Maliki’s nomination.
He further noted that the regional and international situation is volatile and that the region is on the verge of major security events, from which Iraq will not be immune, necessitating the swift formation of a government.
He pointed out that “the Reconstruction and Development Bloc and its leader, al-Sudani, were fully aware of the security risks threatening the region. Therefore, the State of Law Coalition and the Reconstruction and Development Bloc held an important meeting, being the two largest blocs within the coordination framework. This meeting resulted in al-Sudani relinquishing his electoral entitlement to the position of Prime Minister in favor of al-Maliki.”
Al-Danbous explained that “so far, the remaining forces within the coordination framework have not decided on the issue of al-Maliki’s candidacy for the position of Speaker of Parliament,” calling for “a swift announcement of support for his candidacy.”
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