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Shafaq News- Baghdad<\/p>\n
Iraqi Shiite leaders have agreed on a mechanism to select
\nthe country\u2019s next prime minister, centering on a two-thirds majority rule, a
\nsource within the Coordination Framework (CF) told Shafaq News on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Under the emerging formula, any candidate securing the
\nbacking of eight out of 12 senior Shiite leaders would effectively achieve
\nconsensus, paving the way for the remaining factions to align and complete the
\nrequired two-thirds support.<\/p>\n
The proposal comes as negotiations within the CF, Iraq\u2019s Earlier this week, Iraq\u2019s State of Law Coalition rejected Under Iraq\u2019s post-2003 power-sharing system, the presidency
\nlargest parliamentary bloc, continue to shape the government formation process.
\nA CF meeting initially scheduled for Wednesday was postponed<\/a> after several
\nFramework leaders boycotted the session.<\/p>\n
\nreports that its leader, former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, might withdraw
\nhis candidacy for the premiership. Coalition member Zuhair al-Jalabi conveyed
\nto Shafaq News that al-Maliki \u201chas not and will not step aside for any of the
\nnames circulating in the media,\u201d describing such claims as inaccurate.\u00a0The remarks came after Qusay Mahbuba of the Reconstruction
\nand Development Coalition (Al-Imaar wal-Tanmiya), led by caretaker Prime
\nMinister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, suggested that al-Maliki could step aside in
\nfavor of Basim al-Badri, raising questions over whether such a move would
\nsignal a political exit or risk fracturing the CF. <\/p>\n
\nis held by a Kurd, the premiership by a Shiite, and the speakership by a Sunni
\nArab. Parliament elected Nizar Amedi as president on April 11, triggering the
\nconstitutional process to name a prime minister. According to Article 76 of the
\nconstitution, the CF has 15 days from that date to nominate its candidate,
\nafter which the designated prime minister has 30 days to form a government and
\nsecure parliamentary confidence. <\/p>\n