Al-Saadi: Al-Maliki is still the framework candidate to form the government, and the American veto will not affect him.
Former MP Baqir al-Saadi confirmed on Wednesday that Nouri al-Maliki is still the candidate of the coordination framework for forming the government, while he indicated that the American veto will not affect the decision of the political forces.
Al-Saadi told Al-Maalouma that “what is being circulated in some media outlets regarding the intention of the Coordination Framework to change its candidate for the next government is inaccurate, and it is merely speculation that has no basis in fact,” noting that “Al-Maliki is still the Framework’s candidate until now.”
He added that “any American veto will not affect the opinion of the Iraqi political forces in determining the shape of the next government, as it is a sovereign and independent decision,” stressing that “it is unacceptable for Washington or others to determine the course of government formation.”
He indicated that “the formation of the government will be carried out within constitutional and democratic frameworks and with the participation of all political forces,” reiterating that “the ball is now in the court of the Kurdish forces to decide on the identity of the candidate for the presidency, and then move to the final stage of tasking the candidate of the largest bloc with forming the government.”
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