Presidential election session: Al-Hikma expects a change in the landscape, while the Kurdistan Alliance links participation to consensus.
Shafaq News – Baghdad MP Zaidoun Al-Nabhani, from the Al-Hikma Movement, stressed on Wednesday the importance of the House of Representatives session scheduled for Saturday, April 11, considering that it may change the political landscape by electing a president and ending the deadlock, while the Kurdistan Democratic Party linked its participation to achieving a political consensus.
Al-Nabhani told Shafaq News Agency, “The beginning of the House of Representatives was promising before it was met with a delay in the political agreement to complete the constitutional requirements until we reached the stage of deadlock.”
He pointed out that “the pressure exerted by members of parliament later to set a date for the session to elect the president of the republic was a step in the right direction,” adding, “We are waiting for April 11 to prove the extent to which the political blocs are keen to adhere to the constitution and achieve the interests of the people.”
He added that “the caretaker government faces major challenges, the most important of which are the security situation and the repeated attacks, in addition to a real crisis in economic matters, most notably the halt in oil exports and the resulting problems in securing salaries and meeting the internal needs for fuel.”
He added that “leaving half of the cabinet ministers to their ministries and engaging in the work of the House of Representatives after winning the last elections created more pressure on the government to carry out daily business,” stressing the need to “form a fully empowered government as soon as possible.”
For her part, MP Avista Mam Yahya of the Kurdistan Democratic Party told Shafaq News Agency that “the party believes that Fuad Hussein is the most suitable to lead Iraq at this critical stage,” indicating that “the decision to enter the parliament session will be linked to the Kurdish leadership in the event that a national consensus is not reached.”
She added that “political consultations are still ongoing and no final results have been reached regarding participation in the session to elect the President of the Republic,” stressing that the party is “keen to find a solution that preserves national and Kurdish interests at the same time.”
The Speaker of Parliament had set April 11 as the date for holding a session to elect the President of the Republic in order to fulfill the constitutional requirement and end the political deadlock.
According to an investigation published by Shafaq News, 70 days have passed since the “constitutional violation” of the election of the President of the Republic, while the period since the legislative elections on November 11, 2025, has reached about 148 days without the formation of a new government.
The Iraqi constitution stipulates that the president of the republic must be elected within 30 days of the date of the first session of the House of Representatives, which was held on December 29, 2025.
The coordinating framework had agreed to postpone deciding on a prime ministerial candidate until after the end of the regional war, while Nouri al-Maliki was nominated on January 24, before the process faltered with the continuation of disagreements over the election of the president.
Shafaq.com