The coordination framework postpones the decision on the prime ministership until the end of the war and grants the Sudanese government limited powers.
The coordination framework postpones the decision on the prime ministership until the end of the war and grants the Sudanese government limited powers.
2026-03-16 10:13
Shafaq News – Baghdad
A source within the coordinating framework that brings together the ruling Shiite political forces in Iraq reported on Monday evening that the coalition leadership 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.
The source confirmed to Shafaq News Agency that “the leader of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, is still the official candidate for the position, despite objections from some of the coalition’s leadership, but the nomination will remain pending until the end of the war.”
He pointed out that “the leadership of the framework is in continuous consultations and meetings to discuss the political, economic and security situations, and they granted the outgoing Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, some powers to manage crises and make appropriate decisions, provided that he returns to the leadership of the coordinating framework in some of his decisions.”
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.
However, al-Maliki’s nomination was met with rejection from some Sunni forces, as well as parties within the Shiite bloc itself, in addition to strong rejection from the American administration, whose president, Donald Trump, threatened at the time that Washington would stop its aid to Iraq if al-Maliki assumed the premiership.
A source told Shafaq News Agency earlier that “the coordination framework is currently divided into three wings, one of which includes Nouri al-Maliki, Mohsen al-Mandalawi and Hussein Mounis, another against al-Maliki which includes Ammar al-Hakim and Qais al-Khazali, and a third wing that is currently reserved which includes Hadi al-Amiri, Humam Hamoudi and Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.”
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