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Shafaq News- Baghdad<\/p>\n
The members of parliament are
\npreparing to collect signatures and submit a formal request to the president to
\nnominate a candidate for prime minister if political blocs fail to reach an agreement
\nby Saturday, Mahmoud al-Shammari, a member of the Services bloc in parliament,
\ntold Shafaq News on Thursday. <\/p>\n
He added that the legislature has
\nthe authority to propose a candidate as the country\u2019s highest legislative body,
\nadding that continuation of the current situation, with a caretaker government
\nand 10 ministries without ministers, \u201cpushes us to intervene in the selection
\nof the next prime minister.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amer Al-Fayez, a senior figure in Iraq\u2019s Coordination Framework (CF), told Shafaq News that the ongoing talks<\/a> to select a new prime minister have led to \u201cimportant understandings\u201d to resolve disputes,, expecting a decision about this issue within hours.<\/p>\n