The Iraqi parliament announces only 15 names that meet the requirements for candidacy for the position of President of the Republic.
The Presidency of the Iraqi Parliament announced today, Wednesday, the names of the candidates who met the legal requirements to run for the position of President of the Republic of Iraq, based on the provisions of Article (4) of the Law on the Provisions of Nomination for the Position No. (8) of 2012.
The Presidency stated in an official announcement, received by Shafaq News Agency, that the names listed below meet the conditions stipulated in Article (1) of the aforementioned law, namely:
Shwan Hawiz, Namiq Team
Ahmed Abdullah Tawfiq Ahmed
Hussein Taha Hassan Mohammed Sinjari
Najm al-Din Abdul Karim Hama Karim Nasrallah
Asu Faridun Ali
Saman Ali Ismail Shali
Sabah Saleh Saeed
Abdullah Muhammad Ali Zahir
Abdul Latif Muhammad Jamal Rashid Sheikh Muhammad
Iqbal Abdullah Amin Haliwi
Nizar Mohammed Saeed Mohammed Kanji
Sardar Abdullah Mahmood Times
Fouad Mohamed Hussein Baki
Muthanna Amin Nader
Nawzad Hadi Mouloud
The Speaker of Parliament explained that anyone whose name did not appear among the candidates who met the legal requirements, and who submitted applications to run for the position of President of the Republic, has the right to object to the Federal Supreme Court by submitting a written request exempt from legal fees, within a period not exceeding three days from the date of this announcement.
The number of candidates for the position of President of the Republic exceeded 80 candidates from various religious, sectarian and national groups.
The Iraqi parliament has set January 5 as the deadline for submitting applications to run for the presidency.
Shafaq.com