After joining Al-Halbousi, an agreement was reached to nominate Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani for the presid

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[size=52]After joining Al-Halbousi, an agreement was reached to nominate Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani for the presidency of Parliament[/size]

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05-12-2024
An informed political source revealed, on Sunday, that the Taqaddum Party and the Sadara Bloc announced the nomination of Mahmoud al-Mashhadani as a candidate for the presidency of Parliament.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Mashhadani, 75, headed the Iraqi Parliament from 2006 to 2009.[/size]
[size=45]The source said that the nomination received support from Al-Halbousi and the withdrawal of Talal Al-Zubaie, leaving Al-Mashhadani to remain a solo candidate facing Salem Al-Issawi.[/size]
[size=45]The “Sadara” parliamentary bloc announced, after midnight on Saturday, joining the “Taqaddum” coalition led by Muhammad al-Halbousi, in a decision that would advance a candidate for the presidency of the Iraqi parliament.[/size]
[size=45]The “Sadara” bloc includes four representatives: Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, Talal Al-Zubaie, Khaled Al-Obaidi, and Muhammad Nouri Abd Rabbo.[/size]
[size=45]Despite the Council’s extension of its first legislative term - which ended yesterday - for an additional thirty days, “Sunni-Sunni” disagreements and differing viewpoints are raging among the leaders of the Shiite blocs under the “Coordination Framework” bloc regarding the names nominated for the position and the hand that will be able to hold the hammer of Parliament.[/size]
[size=45]The position of Speaker of the House of Representatives belongs to the Sunnis, according to the prevailing political custom in Iraq since the formation of the political system after the year 2003, while the position of Prime Minister goes to the Shiites, and the President of the Republic goes to the Kurds.[/size]
[size=45]Parliament failed in four attempts to elect a replacement for Al-Halbousi due to the lack of consensus on a single candidate, in light of the Sunni fragmentation and the coordination framework’s insistence on nominating new figures or keeping Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, the first deputy speaker of Parliament, as acting president.[/size]
[size=45]It is noteworthy that three Sunni candidates are currently competing for the position: Salem Al-Issawi, who received 97 votes during the first session held last January, Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, who received 48 votes, and Talal Al-Zubaie, who received one vote.[/size]
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