The coordinating framework postpones its meeting to Friday.
The coordinating framework postpones its meeting to Friday.
2026-04-22
Shafaq News – Baghdad
The coordinating framework that brings together the ruling Shiite political forces in Iraq announced on Wednesday evening that it has postponed its meeting to decide on a candidate for the premiership until next Friday.
The framework stated in a brief statement received by Shafaq News Agency that “it was decided to postpone the meeting until Friday to allow more space for dialogue and to reach a result within the constitutional timeframe.”
The coordinating framework had failed to agree on a candidate for prime minister during two meetings held last Saturday and Monday, so the decision was postponed until Wednesday.
It is noted that the government formation process has entered a critical phase, following the election of Nizar Amidi as President of the Republic, which puts the major bloc before a constitutional deadline ending on April 26 to officially present its candidate, amid fears of returning to square one of political deadlock.
In recent days, sources reported that outgoing Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani put forward the name of Ihsan al-Awadi as a candidate for the premiership, in contrast to the nomination of Bassem al-Badri by the State of Law Coalition led by Nouri al-Maliki.
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