The State of Law coalition is threatening to dissolve parliament due to its failure to decide on the position of president.
On Wednesday, MP Youssef al-Kalabi, from the State of Law bloc, threatened to go to the Supreme Federal Court to request the dissolution of the House of Representatives if the item on choosing the President of the Republic is not included in the next session of the Council.
Al-Kalabi told Shafaq News Agency, “The failure to include the item of electing the President of the Republic on the agenda of the next session will push us to go to the Federal Court and request the dissolution of the House of Representatives due to its inability and exceeding the constitutional term.”
The MP explained that the move to dissolve the House of Representatives came in view of the failure to include the item of electing the President of the Republic on the agenda of the House, as he pointed out that this item should be the third item after electing the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and opening the door for nomination for the position of President of the Republic.
The MP believes that “the failure to add the clause on electing the President of the Republic has put Iraq in a state of anxiety, which requires resolving the issue and adding the clause to the agenda of the next session.”
The House of Representatives did not include a special clause regarding the selection of the President of the Republic in its session today, despite the fact that the constitutionally mandated period for him has been exceeded.
The constitution stipulates that the president must be elected within a period not exceeding 30 days from the date of the first session of the House of Representatives. Calculating this period from the first session held on December 29, 2025, the time limit is close to the night of January 28, 2026.
The Kurdistan Democratic Party candidate, Fuad Hussein, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan candidate, Nizar Amidi, are leading the presidential race, according to the list of candidates that the Iraqi judiciary and the House of Representatives announced they had reviewed and decided on their eligibility, after the number of applicants was reduced from more than 40 applications to a final list of 14 names.
It has become customary in the Iraqi political system after 2005 for the presidency to go to the Kurds, in exchange for the prime ministership going to the Shiite blocs and the speakership of parliament going to the Sunni forces.
During most of the previous sessions, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) had the most prominent share in this position through presidents such as Jalal Talabani, then Fuad Masoum, then Barham Salih, and finally Abdul Latif Rashid, which established an internal political tradition that the presidency was closer to the PUK, before the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) decided to enter into this competition.
Shafaq.com