While awaiting further developments, the framework makes the selection of the prime minister candidate contingent on the regional situation.
While awaiting further developments, the framework makes the selection of the prime minister candidate contingent on the regional situation.
2026-03-22 07:23
Shafaq News – Baghdad
Sources familiar with the coordination framework said on Sunday that the leaders of the Shiite alliance have made the selection of the next prime minister contingent on how regional events will unfold, so that the candidate will be capable of running the country .
Sources revealed to Shafaq News Agency that “the leaders of the Shiite House are monitoring the developments of the American-Israeli war on Iran, in order to anticipate the situation after the end of the war .”
She indicated that “the leaders of the framework are seeking to reach an agreement among themselves to choose a candidate for the premiership who has the ability to manage the country in the next stage .”
According to the sources, “There is pressure being exerted by some parties supporting the renewal of the mandate of caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani to nominate him as a candidate for the rescue government and to run the affairs of the country in the current stage .”
On the other hand, sources confirm that there is almost a consensus on “choosing a candidate from outside the list being studied by the coordinating framework “.
However, sources confirm that “the pressure to choose the Sudanese as a compromise candidate for the Salvation Government is significant, coming from political leaders who support him within the framework .”
A member of the Sadiqun parliamentary bloc held the coordination framework responsible last Wednesday for the delay in forming the new government, while indicating that outgoing Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is currently the most likely candidate .
Meanwhile, a source within the coordination framework indicated 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 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.
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