Source: The coordination framework will vote in favor of Barham Salih
Source: The coordination framework will vote in favor of Barham Salih
2022-01-26 07:37
Shafaq News/ A source in the coordination framework stated, on Tuesday, that the framework forces will vote for the current president, Barham Salih, under the parliament to occupy his position for a second term.
The source told Shafaq News Agency, on condition of anonymity, that “the candidate of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Barham Salih, is the choice supported by the majority of the framework forces to occupy the position of President of the Republic for a second term.”
He added, “Saleh will be the official coordination framework choice, in the coming hours.”
The coordination framework includes Shiite forces: the State of Law coalition, the State Forces Alliance, the Victory Alliance, the Al-Fateh Alliance, the Ataa Movement, and the Virtue Party.
On the other hand, indicators suggest that the Sadrist bloc led by Muqtada al-Sadr is the closest to the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
Saleh is competing for the position of President of the Republic with the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s candidate, Hoshyar Zebari.
According to the political custom followed throughout the previous sessions, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan has held the position of President of the Republic since the overthrow of the previous regime in 2003.
But in terms of numbers, the fact that the Kurdistan Democratic Party won 31 parliamentary seats in the recent legislative elections, compared to only 17 seats for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, may reverse the equation this time.
The Democratic Party says that the Union nominated Saleh for the position without the consent of the rest of the Kurdish forces, which prompted him to put forward a candidate from his side to fill the position.
The presidency of the new parliament has set a deadline for the end of next February 8, to choose one of the candidates for the post of President of the Republic, who will be elected in Parliament by a two-thirds majority.
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