Maliki decides his position to run for the presidency of the Iraqi government

Maliki decides his position to run for the presidency of the Iraqi government



Twilight News

Friday, 2 February 2018

[Asharq Al-Awsat] Iraqi Vice President Nouri al-Maliki has confirmed that his candidacy for prime minister is up to election results.

Maliki said in an interview with the Iranian channel Al-Alam that the question of his candidacy for the presidency of the government, "is left to the elections, and what will happen before and after the elections of alliances, because the matter depends on who is the largest bloc, which will be formed in the first session of parliament to be prime minister or not "He said.

He added that "the second thing is that if the largest bloc and became its share of the prime minister will start talking within the largest bloc of it? Either on the elections or consensus or partnership of other politicians in the nomination of one person or another and this is premature, and I hope that the candidate other than this issue is left Elections and what the parliament decides. "

The Islamic Dawa Party, led by Nuri al-Maliki, decided to run in the mid-May 2018 elections with two electoral lists. The first was headed by al-Maliki and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi headed the second list.

Maliki was able to reach the first time to power in 2006 amid sectarian violence that was threatening the country.

Maliki has been in office since then a second session, despite declining support from the Sunnis and Kurds, until the fall of most areas of the country, however, urging and presiding over Abadi to the current government.

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