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Shafaq News-
Baghdad
Leaders of Iraq’s
Shiite Coordination Framework (CF), the largest bloc in parliament, are set to
meet on Wednesday to resolve the mechanism for selecting a prime ministerial
nominee, an Iraqi lawmaker told Shafaq News.
MP Amer Al-Fayez,
head of the Tasmeem Alliance within the CF, said that the discussions will
focus on reaching a compromise formula that reconciles the two main approaches
for selecting the candidate.
No candidate has
withdrawn so far, Al-Fayez added, noting that if agreement on a mechanism is
not reached, contenders may be put forward individually for a vote within the
Framework, including a compromise option. “If consensus proves difficult, the
meeting could be postponed.”
The Framework, with
about 162 of parliament’s 329 seats, has failed to agree on a nominee in two
previous meetings held on Saturday and Monday, postponing the decision to
today.
Under Iraq’s
post-2003 power-sharing system, the presidency is held by a Kurd, the
premiership by a Shiite, and the speakership by a Sunni Arab. Parliament
elected Nizar Amedi as president on April 11, initiating the process to
nominate a prime minister. The CF has 15 days to present its candidate, after
which the nominee has 30 days to form a government and secure parliamentary
confidence under Article 76 of the constitution.