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Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq’s Coordination Framework (CF), the largest bloc in the
country’s 329-seat parliament, decided to keep the meeting to select a
candidate to the premiership open until tomorrow evening, a source told Shafaq
News on Friday.
“Disagreement between State of Law Coalition leader Nouri
Al-Maliki and Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, along with their
respective nominees, has blocked consensus,” shifting focus toward alternative options,
including a compromise figure with government experience or a neutral profile
not tied to any contentious bloc.
According to the source, names raised during the meeting
included former Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, politician Adnan Al-Zurfi, and
former minister Mohammed Sahib Al-Daraji. “These candidates will be considered
alongside previously proposed names, including Al-Maliki, Al-Sudani, and Basim
Al-Badri, with the possibility of additional nominees.”
“Domestic and international pressure is mounting to finalize
the government formation, alongside reported vetoes against some canfdidates,” he
stated.
The CF failed again today to agree on a nominee for prime
minister and postponed its meeting to April 25.