Tomorrow’s session… Parliamentary confirmation of achieving a quorum to choose the presidents of the republic and the ministers
Tomorrow’s session… Parliamentary confirmation of achieving a quorum to choose the presidents of the republic and the ministers
10-12-2022
Information / Baghdad..
Representative of the State of Law coalition, Muhammad Chihod, confirmed that the parliament session for tomorrow will achieve the quorum required to pass the candidate for the post of President of the Republic, pointing out that tomorrow’s session will witness the selection of the President of the Republic, as well as the assignment of the new Prime Minister.
Chihod told Al-Maalouma, “The State Administration coalition with all its political blocs and parties from the coordinating framework, the independents and the parties affiliated with it will attend tomorrow the election session and pass the candidate for the presidency.”
He added, “The issue is settled, and tomorrow’s session will be held with a full quorum to achieve a numerical majority of 220 deputies in order to choose one of the candidates for the aforementioned position.”
He explained that “tomorrow’s session will witness the completion of two successive steps, namely the selection of the President of the Republic, as well as the assignment of the candidate to head the new government, and thus the completion of the expected constitutional benefits.”
And he indicated that “the independent representatives will attend tomorrow’s session after the position of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives has been granted, and in sum, withdrawals from some blocs will not affect achieving the quorum required to pass the candidate for the presidency.”
There were conflicting statements about the withdrawal of some political blocs, including the extension movement, and their failure to attend tomorrow’s session, while the position of the Democratic Party is still unclear whether it will attend the session or not, at a time when it was announced support for Abdul Latif Rashid’s candidacy for the position of President of the Republic, amid assurances that the National Union would not concede. About his candidate Barham Salih, which confirms the lack of understanding between the two parties on a unified candidate, which repeats the scenario of 2018, which left parliament the freedom to choose the candidate it finds suitable for the presidency. finished 25
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