“Reconstruction” anticipates the framework meeting: Al-Sudani to be Prime Minister for a second term within 48 hours
The Reconstruction and Development Coalition confirmed on Monday that its leader, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, could be tasked with forming the new Iraqi government within the next 48 hours.
Coalition leader Khalid Walid told Shafaq News Agency that “the Reconstruction and Development Coalition is strongly putting forward the coalition’s leader, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, as a candidate to form the next Iraqi government,” stressing that “al-Sudani currently has a very large majority within the coordination framework, as there are more than 9 leaders within the framework who support al-Sudani and renewing his second term.”
At the national level, outside the coordination framework of other Iraqi political parties, Walid indicated that there is support from a majority of those parties for Al-Sudani to be tasked with forming the new government.
He continued: “We believe that the next (48) hours could be decisive regarding assigning Al-Sudani the task of forming the new Iraqi government, especially in light of the challenges facing Iraq, which certainly require forming a government that enjoys broad political support and is capable of overcoming all the crises the country is going through.”
The coordinating framework intends to hold a crucial meeting on Monday evening to discuss the names of nine candidates for the next prime ministership, according to the head of the Design Alliance, Amer Al-Fayez.
A political source revealed last Saturday that Basim al-Badri is considered a compromise candidate within the coordination framework for the position of the next Iraqi Prime Minister, at a time when the leaders of the framework are preparing to hold a meeting soon to officially decide on the candidate’s name.
This comes after the Speaker of Parliament called on the largest parliamentary bloc to nominate its candidate for Prime Minister within a maximum period of 15 days, based on Article 76 of the Constitution, following the election of the President of the Republic.
The process of forming a government faces additional complications, most notably the declared American position regarding al-Maliki’s return to power, and the escalating security tensions in the region, which puts political forces before the challenge of maintaining the “quota system” that has been in place since 2003 or sliding towards a comprehensive political deadlock.
Shafaq.com