The parliament’s leadership is meeting with the heads of the blocs with the aim of electing the President of the Republic of Iraq.
The parliament’s leadership is meeting with the heads of the blocs with the aim of electing the President of the Republic of Iraq.
2026-03-29 02:53
Shafaq News – Baghdad
The Presidency of the House of Representatives held a consultative meeting today, Sunday, to discuss the ongoing preparations for setting a date for a session to elect the new President of the Republic of Iraq during 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.
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.
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