The framework reduces the candidates for the premiership to 3, and a comprehensive movement is underway to name the presidencies.
An informed source revealed on Thursday the three most prominent candidates for the position of Prime Minister, while indicating that next week will witness movement among all political forces to name the three presidencies.
The source told Shafaq News Agency that “meetings are continuing between the forces of the Coordination Framework to decide on the position of Prime Minister and to name the candidate for it, according to the custom followed by the Framework, but this clashes with the position of some of its blocs, which insist on adopting the electoral weight.”
He added that “there are 3 candidates, one of whom will be named through voting within the framework, namely the outgoing Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, the head of the State of Law Coalition Nouri al-Maliki, and the head of the intelligence service Hamid al-Shatri.”
He pointed out that “the two committees formed by the framework will not change the equation for naming the candidate for the position of Prime Minister, because the candidates are from within the Shiite community, and even if a figure is chosen outside of expectations, he will certainly be known to the coordinating framework.”
The Coordination Framework announced last Monday the formation of two committees. The first committee is concerned with forming the government and includes Ammar al-Hakim, Humam Hamoudi and Abdul-Sada al-Fariji, while the second committee is concerned with negotiating with the political parties and includes Nouri al-Maliki, Hadi al-Amiri, Faleh al-Fayyad and Mohsen al-Mandalawi.
On Tuesday, Alaa al-Haddadi, a leader in the State of Law Coalition headed by Nouri al-Maliki, revealed that there is explicit opposition to extending the term of caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani by several forces within the coordination framework, stressing that these forces reject renewing al-Sudani’s term and prefer another candidate.
Al-Haddadi told Shafaq News Agency that there is explicit opposition to extending Al-Sudani’s term by several forces within the framework, namely Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq, Rights and Services, State of Law, and the Sadiqun bloc, according to him.
For his part, Al-Sudani hinted at his desire to head the next Iraqi government, considering that obtaining a second term is not a personal ambition as much as it is an electoral entitlement due to the “Reconstruction and Development” bloc, which he leads, obtaining the highest number of votes in the elections.
This comes at a time when political sources had previously confirmed to Shafaq News Agency that the competition for the premiership is currently limited to al-Sudani and the head of the intelligence service, Hamid al-Shatri, from among 15 candidates who were discussed within the framework, with al-Sudani being favored if he remains within the framework, given the regional and international support he enjoys.
It is worth noting that the Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq announced, on November 17, 2025, the final results of the parliamentary elections, revealing that the Development and Reconstruction Coalition had won the most seats in parliament with 46 seats.
Shafaq.com