Today, Sunni forces are holding an “important” meeting to decide on the nomination of the Speaker of Parliament.
The “National Political” Council, which unites the Sunni forces that won the 2025 parliamentary elections, intends to hold an “important” meeting on Thursday to decide on the nomination of the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament.
A senior official in the council told Shafaq News Agency that “the leaders of the National Political Council will hold an important meeting this evening, Thursday, at the home of the leader of the Azm Alliance, Muthanna al-Samarrai, in the presence of all the council’s leaders, to decide on the nomination of the next Speaker of Parliament in a consensual manner among all the Sunni political forces.”
The source, who asked not to be named, added that “the most prominent candidates for the presidency of the House of Representatives are (Mohammed al-Halbousi, Muthanna al-Samarrai, Thabit al-Abbasi) and perhaps new names will be put forward during today’s meeting, including (Haiba al-Halbousi, Mahmoud al-Qaisi).”
He pointed out that “the leaders of the council are in contact with the leaders of the Shiite Coordination Framework to coordinate positions and prevent any veto on the name of any figure that the Sunni political leaders may agree on, in order to prevent opposition to them and to ensure a vote in favor of whoever is chosen in the first session of the new parliament.”
On Wednesday, Azam Al-Hamdani, a leader in the Al-Azm Alliance, revealed that the date for the third session of the National Political Council had been set, and indicated that it would be dedicated to discussing the candidate for the presidency of the Iraqi parliament.
Al-Hamdani told Shafaq News Agency that “the National Political Council will resume its sessions that it held last week at the home of the head of the Progress Party, Muhammad al-Halbousi,” indicating that “the next session will be the third and will be held at the home of the head of the Azm Party, Muthanna al-Samarrai, and the meeting is expected to be held tomorrow, Thursday, or next Sunday.”
He explained that “the third session will be held to resolve the issue of entitlements within the Sunni bloc, and what is related to the presidency of the House of Representatives and the rest of the other positions within the government formation, in addition to completing the process of building the state through building the Iraqi government with the participation of everyone.”
Last month, the Sunni alliances and parties that won the elections announced the establishment of the “National Political Council”.
This came during an expanded meeting held at the initiative and invitation of the head of the Sovereignty Alliance, Khamis al-Khanjar, in Baghdad, with the aim of unifying visions and positions regarding major national issues and strengthening joint work between political leaders and blocs, according to a statement issued at the time.
According to the final election results, Sunni forces won 77 seats, making the reshaping of alliances a crucial factor in the negotiations to form the next government.
Last Monday, the Independent High Electoral Commission sent the final results of the sixth parliamentary elections to the Federal Supreme Court (the highest judicial authority in Iraq) for ratification.
Shafaq.com