Iraqi sources: 6 candidates for prime minister.
According to the Al-Ma’uluma news agency, former Iraqi parliamentarian Moin Al-Kadhimi announced in a speech that the candidates for the post of Prime Minister of Iraq have been reduced to six options, and the two factions, the Badr Organization and Asaib Ahl al-Haq, are competing for the position of First Deputy of Parliament.
Al-Kadhimi said: The meetings of the Shia Coordination Framework coalition are continuing to determine the final candidate for Prime Minister, and currently, the names have been limited to three people who have previously held the position of Prime Minister and three other personalities.
He added: The Shia Coordination Framework may introduce a personality as a candidate for the position of First Deputy of Parliament before the first session of Parliament, which is scheduled for the twenty-ninth of this month (January 8).
The former Iraqi parliamentarian explained: The position of deputy speaker of parliament will be limited to the competition between Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Badr, and if the Government of Law coalition decides to insist on its candidate for prime minister, it will not present any candidate for this position.
Al-Kadhimi further emphasized that the Coordination Framework will be obliged to present its candidate for the post of prime minister after the speaker of parliament is appointed in the first session of parliament.
The Iraqi Independent High Election Commission had previously announced the final results of the country’s sixth parliamentary elections.
According to the announced results, the Development and Development Alliance, headed by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, won the most seats in the elections.
After the election results were announced, the Coordination Framework Alliance (the Grand Coalition of Shiites in the New Parliament), which had convened in Baghdad with the presence of all its members, introduced itself in a statement as the largest faction in the new Iraqi parliament.