Al-Maliki: Trump was misled about me and I am ready to withdraw the nomination with a majority vote.
On Tuesday evening, Nouri al-Maliki, head of the State of Law Coalition and the Coordination Framework’s candidate for the position of next Prime Minister, revealed new details regarding the American rejection and what followed President Donald Trump’s tweet about his candidacy for the position, confirming his readiness to concede on certain conditions.
Al-Maliki said in an interview on Al-Sharqiya channel, which was monitored by Shafaq News Agency, that he is an Iraqi citizen and his nomination for the position of Prime Minister of Iraq was made by an Iraqi institution, namely the “Coordination Framework”, and therefore it is not possible for him to withdraw at the request of a foreign country.
He added that Trump was misled against his candidacy for a third term by three countries and domestic parties, adding: “I heard that the tweet was written here, but I haven’t confirmed this yet.”
Al-Maliki pointed out that his candidacy would not expose Iraq to economic sanctions by the United States, noting that this matter is being promoted in order to push for abandoning this candidacy.
According to the head of the State of Law Coalition, he would be prepared to give up his candidacy for prime minister, if this were done at the request of the majority of the coordinating framework.
Shafaq.com