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Exclusive: Full list of names applied to Iraq’s presidency so far

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Six names have applied to the post of Iraq’s presidency so far, according to a political source on Monday, who asked to remain unknown.

The list includes the Kurdish leader and member of Gorran Party Sardar Abdullah, Iraqi Minister of Water Resources under the government of Nouri al-Maliki ‘Latif Rashid,’ the leader in the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) Mala Bakhtiyar, Fazil Mirani –also a KDP leader-, the former prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government and a former deputy prime minister of the Iraqi federal government Barham Salih, and the former MP Salim Shoshaki.

The newly-elected Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbusi announced on Sunday that presidency candidates can apply online starting from Monday, through the Parliament's website.

 

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/31540/Exclusive-Full-list-of-names-applied-to-Iraq-s-presidency-so-far

 

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Shinkali: Kurdish powers have not yet settled on presidency candidate

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Member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Majid Shinkali affirmed that the Kurdish powers have not yet settled on a candidate to run for Iraqi president.

Shinkali revealed that preliminary suggestions regarding presidential candidates include Hoshyar Zebari, Latif Rashid, and Rowsch Nuri Shaways, affirming that choosing a candidate requires the approval of the two principal Kurdish parties – the Kurdish Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

He referred to the ongoing discussions between the Kurdish parties and political blocs in Baghdad to form the largest parliamentary bloc, which has become clear following the election of the Parliament speaker and his two deputies.

Iraq's parliament elected Sunni, pro-Iran lawmaker Mohammed al-Halbusi as speaker on Saturday, marking an important step towards establishing a new government four months after an inconclusive national election.

Shinkali affirmed that Kurds have already secured the two posts of Iraq's president and the deputy Parliament speaker.

 

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/31547/Shinkali-Kurdish-powers-have-not-yet-settled-on-presidency-candidate

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No names chosen for candidacy regarding PM post: Hassan Shaker

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Representative of the Building Alliance Hassan Shaker said that all discussions that took place until now concerning the Prime Minister post, have addressed the way to choose a candidate, adding that the meetings did not mention any names who may take the post.

Shaker said that all the efforts now are focusing on making sure that the next Prime Minister represents all people and is acceptable by them, within guidelines previously determined, affirming the necessity to abandon old strategies that did not do any good to Iraqi people and the country.

Local media platforms earlier reported the names of 10 figures who is claimed to be the candidates for the position including former Iraqi chancellor Laith Kubba, former Oil Minister Adel Abdul Mehdi, Basra Governor Asaad al-Eidani, and Abdul Wahab Al Saadi, a commander of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service. 

Iraqi militia leader Hadi Al Ameri announced on Tuesday his withdrawal of his candidacy for the post, leaving space for new candidates to take the nation's top political post.

Ameri is the head of the Fatih coalition bloc which came in second in the parliamentary elections in May.

 

 

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/31545/No-names-chosen-for-candidacy-regarding-PM-post-Hassan-Shaker

 

 

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Jubouri: McGurk called the Sunni deputies to support Abadi for the second term

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A member of the construction coalition MP Qutaybah al-Jubouri said on Tuesday that the envoy of Trump McGurk called Sunni deputies one by one to support Haider Abadi for the second term, indicating that the support of the US and the Gulf is the best Sunni deputies to support Abadi or raise the hand of America for the security of the Sunni provinces.

"The American and Gulf pressure on the Sunni deputies is good, either to support Abadi for the second term or to raise the hand of the Americans for the security of the Sunni provinces," Jubouri said in a televised statement.

"The Trump envoy called the Sunni deputies to support Haidar al-Abbadi, which raises question marks about what Abadi offered to the Americans in return for the second term," he said.

He pointed out that "the Sunni forces came under great American pressure to gain support for a second term for slaves."

According to the terms and conditions of the reference, Abadi out of the accounts of the Iraqi people in his premiership again, as the search for another person is more acceptable and may be stability on the person of Adel Abdul Mahdi to take over the premiership. End 25 n

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Abadi urges investigating 'violation' against voters in Parliament's ballots

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called for investigating the incident of photographing a number of Parliament members while voting for Mohamed al-Halbusi, who became the Parliament Speaker.

MP Magda al-Tamimi earlier asserted that MP Ahmed Abdullah al-Jabouri photographed the vote cards of a number of parliamentarians before putting their cards in the ballot boxes to make sure they elected Halbusi in return for sums of money.

Iraq's Parliament elected Sunni, pro-Iran lawmaker Halbusi as speaker on Saturday, marking an important step towards establishing a new government four months after an inconclusive national election.

 

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/31555/Abadi-urges-investigating-violation-against-voters-in-Parliament-s-ballots

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Masrour Barzani: Kurds favor stable, representative Iraqi government that implements constitution

 

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Chancellor Masrour Barzani meets with the New Zealand Ambassador to Iraq, Bradley Sawden, in Erbil, Kurdistan Region on Sept. 18, 2018. (Photo: KRSC)

 

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Chancellor of the Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC), Masrour Barzani, says the Kurdistan Region wants to form a coalition in Baghdad that implements the Kurdish demands and the articles of the Iraqi Constitution.

In a meeting on Tuesday with the New Zealand Ambassador to Iraq, Bradley Sawden, Barzani explained that Kurdish parties favor “a stable, representative government based on partnership that is at peace with neighbors,” a readout on the KRSC website said.

Chancellor Barzani added that the new Iraqi government should respond “to the needs and interests of its peoples,” and implement the constitution in its entirety.

The Kurdish leader also addressed the need to intensify efforts for the establishment of the High Council for Strategic Policy which makes decisive decisions and prevents monopoly of power in the administration, the statement said.

According to the KRSC statement, Barzani and Sawden discussed “regional political and military developments.”

“Among them, both officials had a lengthy exchange over the formation of a new Iraqi government and concern over [Islamic State] activities in Salahaddin, Anbar, Diyala, Kirkuk and Mosul.”

Both sides agreed that the new government should reflect the components of Iraq and achieve national reconciliation, provide basic services, and resolve outstanding issues.

Sawden, meanwhile, expressed his country’s support for the formation of a government that represents all the components and meets the needs and demands of the people, the KRSC statement said.

 

http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/58cec968-c838-4b08-ac15-64601f57b629

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Iraq: 6 candidates run for president

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The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party yesterday submitted three nominations for the post of President of the Republic of Iraq, the Istanbul-based Anadolu Agency has reported, quoting a local political source.

The source added that the names of the PUK nominees “will be handed to the Iraqi parliament ahead of the voting session.”

On Monday, the Iraqi parliament began receiving applications for the post of president of Iraq, two days after the Sunni politician Mohammed Al-Halbusi was assumed as the assembly’s speaker.

Halbusi was unanimously elected as the parliament’s new speaker last Saturday. Post his appointment; the Iraqi parliament is entitled to form a new government in 15 days according to the constitution.

Read: Iraq parliament elects Sunni lawmaker al-Halbousi as speaker, breaking deadlock

The country’s presidential election results will be announced on 2 October 2018.

The source, who preferred anonymity, noted that the PUK’s presidential candidates were Barham Saleh, Latif Rashid, and Mullah Bakhtiar, adding that Saleh was the “most popular” among Shiite and Sunni blocs.

Also, the Iraqi Islamic party has nominated Salim Shoshk, while the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) nominated Fadhil Mirani for the position of the upcoming Iraqi president, according to the same source.

The independent politician and former head of the Gorran Movement at Iraq’s Parliament, Sardar Abdullah, recently announced that he would run for the presidency.

All the country’s political blocs, the source revealed, had agreed to support Barham Saleh’s candidacy.

The Iraqi politician, Adel Abdul Mahdi, who served as vice-president from 2005 to 2011 and the former Finance and Oil Minister, was reported yesterday to have emerged as the “best successor” for the current Iraqi Prime Minister, Haidar Al-Abadi.

Since the overthrow of the former Saddam Hussein administration, usually, the Sunnis win the parliament’s presidency, the Kurds with the country’s presidency, while the Shi’ites often earn the prime minister’s post.

 

 

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180919-iraq-6-candidates-run-for-president/

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10 priorities in the new government program

19/9/2018 12:00 am   BAGHDAD / Omar Abdul Latif  finished the reconstruction and reconstruction bloc writing the program of the next government, and while the building block that its program will include 10 priorities for the implementation of the next four years, the head of the construction coalition, Hadi al-Amri, withdrew his candidacy for prime minister, stressing the need to be a candidate for the post Prime Minister by consensus of all blocs.  A member of the Political Bureau of the current wisdom, Abdullah al-Zaidi, for "morning": The bloc of reform and reconstruction finished writing the program of the next government, indicating that it focuses on combating corruption clearly and concrete and the selection of ministers with experience and competence, and be a government services due to improved security situation The issue of provision of services has become a popular demand that appears in every occasion clearly and clearly, in addition to the development of the economic aspect as the nerve of life, which contributes to the development and stability of the Iraqi society and family and focus on the advancement of the private sector and work on the one-stop-shop project to stimulate my work Attract capital and facilitate their entry so that there is no full dependence on the rentier economy. Zaidi stressed that the program also emphasizes the building of e-government as part of the public service and to reflect this project positively on the citizen by reducing the rings of corruption and routine and fraud in his dealings with the state departments. Al-Zaidi said that the program collides with the process of consensus between the parties to the reconstruction, reconstruction and reconstruction, noting that the convergence between the two blocs on the character of the Prime Minister is obliged to write a government program to conform to it.  For his part, drew a member of the House of Representatives on the national axis, Abdullah Kharbit, to the government program depends on the task of the largest bloc concerned to submit its candidate for prime minister, explaining, "morning", the writing of the government program depends on the assignment of one of the two blocs to form a government, Or reform and reconstruction.  In turn, MP from the building block, Khaled al-Asadi, that the government program of the tasks of the Prime Minister and his team when he is tasked to form a government, and work on the establishment of the features of this program completed by the members of the bloc and be clear. Al-Asadi said in an interview with Al-Sabah that the main outlines of the program are respect for the unity of the country, addressing problems and the contract according to the constitutional tracks, providing services as a top priority and maintaining security.  While the member of the House of Representatives on the mass of will, Hussein Said Arab Alrifi, the priorities of the government program is summarized services and diversification of the economy.  Al-Suraifi added that the program includes preserving security and stability in the country, balancing and working together, strengthening the parliament, restoring the prestige of the state and maximizing its resources based on industry and agriculture.  On the head of the next government, denied the head of the Fatah alliance Hadi al-Ameri, on Tuesday, what is transmitted by the media from the names of candidates for ministries, indicating that this seeks to block the formation of the government. "All what is announced in the media about the names of candidates for the ministries is shameful," Amiri told a news conference. "This is part of the media machine that wants to hinder the formation of the government."  Al-Ameri added that the publication of these lies aimed at disturbing the atmosphere, adding that the reference wants to form a new vision of the new government, stressing at the same time the withdrawal of his candidacy for prime minister, stressing the need to have the candidate for prime minister by consensus of all blocs.  In the context, stressed the leadership of the construction coalition, Ahmed Kanani, in a press statement, that most of the names for the acquisition of the post of prime minister are just leaks media has not been agreed on a specific name so far. He added that all what is being discussed about the form of the current government is to be the next prime minister within the specifications desired by the religious reference, pointing to the existence of consensus of most of the blocks on the need to form an Iraqi government able to meet the challenges and crises.  And on the decision of the withdrawal of the President of the conquest Hadi al-Amiri from his candidacy for prime minister, Kanani explained, this decision is a national excellence, noting that the national concessions are not strange about the alliance of conquest. While the MP for the province of Nineveh, Ahmed Jubouri, on Tuesday, the withdrawal of the President of the Fatah Alliance Hadi al-Amiri from the prime minister, said in a tweet on his page on social networking site (Facebook): The withdrawal of Amiri from his candidacy for prime minister a position added to his national positions in the defense of the homeland And the waiver of the benefit confirms his keenness on Iraq and away from internal and external risks.

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Reveal candidates for the presidency of the Republic .. And tomorrow the decision

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(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Kurdish sources revealed the number of candidates for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan for the presidency of the Republic.

It is scheduled to hold the leadership council of the National Union on Wednesday, an important meeting to resolve the candidate for the post. 
"The meeting will be held at 11 am in the presence of members of the council," a source in the National Union said. "The candidates for the post of president of the republic in the National Union will attend the meeting." 
He added that "the candidates for the post of President of the Republic in the National Union are (Mullah Bakhtiar, Mohammed Saber, Latif Rashid, Fuad Masum)" pointing out that "the President of the Alliance for Democracy Justice Barham Saleh, may attend the meeting of the leadership of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan." 
The source said that "the Council will vote for the most likely candidate through the elections," noting that "the opportunity of Barham Saleh is still in place, although not announced the accession of the alliance to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan officially." 
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He stressed that the envoy of US President, Brett McGurk, during his visit to Sulaymaniyah on Tuesday praised the position of the unified Kurds in Baghdad, calling on the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party to not link the file of the President of the Republic of Kirkuk file, stressing the need to unite the Kurdish class to choose the next president " " 
The hero of Ibrahim - wife of the late President Jalal Talabani - a member of the Political Bureau has announced today, it does not object to any candidate of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, for the post of President of the Republic, and does not support any candidate, because the leadership council of the National Union is the one who determines the candidate for this A position, stressing that the position of the share of the Kurds and the share of the National Union specifically. "

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Chancellor Masrour Barzani meets with the New Zealand Ambassador to Iraq, Bradley Sawden, in Erbil, Kurdistan Region on Sept. 18, 2018. (Photo: KRSC)

 

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Chancellor of the Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC), Masrour Barzani, says the Kurdistan Region wants to form a coalition in Baghdad that implements the Kurdish demands and the articles of the Iraqi Constitution.

In a meeting on Tuesday with the New Zealand Ambassador to Iraq, Bradley Sawden, Barzani explained that Kurdish parties favor “a stable, representative government based on partnership that is at peace with neighbors,” a readout on the KRSC website said.

Chancellor Barzani added that the new Iraqi government should respond “to the needs and interests of its peoples,” and implement the constitution in its entirety.

The Kurdish leader also addressed the need to intensify efforts for the establishment of the High Council for Strategic Policy which makes decisive decisions and prevents monopoly of power in the administration, the statement said.

According to the KRSC statement, Barzani and Sawden discussed “regional political and military developments.”

“Among them, both officials had a lengthy exchange over the formation of a new Iraqi government and concern over [Islamic State] activities in Salahaddin, Anbar, Diyala, Kirkuk and Mosul.”

Both sides agreed that the new government should reflect the components of Iraq and achieve national reconciliation, provide basic services, and resolve outstanding issues.

Sawden, meanwhile, expressed his country’s support for the formation of a government that represents all the components and meets the needs and demands of the people, the KRSC statement said.

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Iraqi ambassador to run for president

BAGHDAD / The obelisk: Iraq's ambassador to the Vatican, Omar al-Barzanji, presented his papers to the parliament in order to run for president, while al-Barzanji stressed that his priority is to make the relationship between the center and the region as good as possible. 

Al-Barzanji said in an interview with Al-Masala that "it is known to everyone that I was the first to intend to run for the position of the presidency of the Republic of Iraq on May 17 last four months and as an independent candidate based on the provisions of Article 68 of the Iraqi constitution, "The candidate for the presidency of the republic must be Iraqi by birth and by Iraqi parents, full of eligibility and 40 years of age. He has a good reputation and political experience and is known for his integrity, integrity, justice and loyalty to the country.

"I have made my candidacy convinced of my abilities, my integrity and my long experience in diplomatic work for fourteen years. I have moved to several locations from my presidency of the Department of Human Rights in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as a human rights lecturer to more than four hundred Iraqi diplomats through my representation in Iraq as ambassador to Lebanon, Romania, and then the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Legal Affairs and Multilateral Relations. "I participated in hundreds of international conferences in the world, both in the countries of the world or in international organizations such as the United Nations, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and others, My current position as ambassador to the Republic of Iraq to the Vatican. "

"I have overseen a lot of research on the promotion of diplomats through the Institute of Foreign Service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the teaching of Arabic language and Islamic history previously at the university, and has worked since 1988 in the courtyard of the judiciary lawyer and advocate for rights and grievances," pointing out that " Gives the right of nomination to all those who meet the conditions. " 

Al-Barzanji stressed that "the political consensus in previous years was going to provide a single basket of candidates for the three presidencies, and certainly I respect the consensus and not the hardest row Kurdish if there is agreement on the nomination of one candidate and I will be the first to congratulate him," explaining that "If multiple candidates - as is The case now - in front of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohammed Halbusi I would be honored to be one of them, and submitted my application to run. "

He added that "the presidency is not a goal for me, but a means through which to serve the people and the nation and provide the best services and strive for comprehensive development as soon as possible to fight poverty first and then ignorance and disease," adding that "I will initiate the establishment of an Iraqi relief organization to save the poor and needy at the earliest time. 

"Among the priorities that will be among my priorities is that the relationship between the federal government and the government of the region should be the best and before that among all the Iraqi people." 

It is noteworthy that the independent candidate Sardar Abdullah is the first Kurdish candidate to submit papers to be nominated formally to the House of Representatives for the post of President of the Republic.

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News of Kurdish agreement to nominate Barham Saleh as president of the Republic of Iraq .. This is his biography

BAGHDAD / Al-Masala: The "obituary" monitored "unofficial" news and leaks about an agreement between the Kurdish parties to choose Barham Saleh as president of the Republic of Iraq. 

The source said that the agreement was on the grounds that the post of President of the Republic of the share of the Kurdish component, so the Kurdish parties agreed to be Barham Saleh candidate for this position. "The Russian site published a statement.

"On Thursday, the Kurds will announce their candidate for the presidency, which will be Barham Saleh."

Who is Barham Salih? 

 
Barham Salih Born in Sulaymaniyah 1960, he holds a BSc in Civil Engineering from Cardiff University and a PhD in Statistics and Computer Engineering Applications from the University of Liverpool. 

Saleh joined the ranks of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) at the end of the 1970s and became a member of the party's European organizations and then of the Union's foreign relations office in London.

In 1992, he was appointed director of the National Union Office in the United States and became a representative of the Kurdish region in Washington. He is one of the most prominent advocates of the Kurdish cause. 

He served as Minister of Planning for the Transitional Government of Iraq in 2005 and then Deputy Prime Minister after the election of the first Iraqi government following the occupation of the country in 2003.

Saleh served as deputy prime minister of Iraq's interim government and then took over as deputy prime minister of Iraq, Nuri al-Maliki, after taking over as prime minister in 2006. 

And headed the economic committee in the Iraqi government in 2006, and then headed the Kurdistan Regional Government again in 2009 after winning the legislative elections in the region, following his nomination by Kurdish leaders to preside over the Kurdistan List at the time, and continued to head the government until 2011. Elected second deputy secretary-general Of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) during an expanded party meeting held in 2010.

On 2 October, Barham Salih announced a new list for the new legislative elections under the name of the Alliance for Democracy and Justice.

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The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan officially announced the nomination of Barham Saleh for the presidency of the Republic

 

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan officially announced the nomination of Barham Saleh for the presidency of the Republic

 

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The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) announced on Wednesday the nomination of Barham Saleh as president of the republic.

Party spokesman Saadi Bireh told a news conference after a meeting of the leadership council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, that 'the vote for the nomination of Barham Saleh came by majority' 

Adding that 'the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan voted in the meeting also to return Barham Saleh to the party that split from the end of last year,' noting that 'the vote was also for the installation of Saleh as deputy secretary of the party'.

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The Kurdistan Democratic Party reveals its position on the nomination of Barham Saleh to the presidency

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Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Repin Salam on Wednesday suspended the candidacy of the National Union Party (BNP) for the post of president of the republic. 

Salam said in a press statement that 'Barham Saleh is a competent and respected figure for us, and we have no objection to him,' noting that 'the order of his return to the National Union and his nomination for the post, a scenario is expected for us.' 

He stressed that 'the Democratic Party will not stand in front of these positions, because he is not looking for them at all and will not be a dispute between the two parties,' noting that 'positions in Baghdad should be subject to discussion'. 

The leader of Barzani Party, that 'the Democratic Party', made very large concessions in the interest of the Kurds, but must be waived the presidency of the Republic, in exchange for the post of governor of Kirkuk and it is not reasonable that the National Union takes two positions.

 

 

 

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Barham Saleh returns to the National Union and nominates him for the post of President of the Republic

 

 

 

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) on Wednesday agreed to return Barham Saleh to the party in order to nominate him for the post of president of the republic. 

A source familiar with the party that 'the leadership council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan voted for the majority of its members to nominate Barham Saleh for the post of President of Iraq after announcing his return to the party'. 

He pointed out that 'the party meeting ended with the nomination of Saleh representing the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan for the presidency of the Republic in return for his return and his party (Alliance for Justice) to the ranks of the National Union'. 

The source said that 'the official of the body working in the political bureau of the Union, Mullah Bakhtiar, objected to the nomination of Saleh and withdrew from the meeting of the leadership of the National Union, although he was aspiring to fill the post'.

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Reactions from the coalition of construction on the candidate of the Kurds to the presidency of the Republic

 

 

 

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The MP for the building alliance, Charter Hamdi, on Wednesday, the support of its alliance for the candidate for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Barham Saleh to take over the presidency of the Republic, while a political analyst: "We expect from the brothers in the Kurdistan Alliance the names of candidates for the presidency and then will be a word and opinion of the leaders of the alliance -

" The nomination of Barham Salih to take over the post of president of the republic by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is a good choice," she said in a press statement on NRT Arabiawebsite on September 19, 2018, noting that "Saleh has great admissibility among most of the Iraqi political parties."

She added that "the construction coalition of the opening and the rule of law and a number of other political forces will support the candidate Barham Saleh to vote for the presidency of the Republic."

She explained that "Saleh's candidacy for the post of President of the Republic came after the claim of the construction of the Kurdish forces to nominate strong personalities and enjoy political admissibility."

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan announced earlier on Wednesday, the nomination of Kurdish politician Barham Saleh to the presidency of the Republic provided that return to its ranks.

For his part, said the writer and political analyst of Iraq, "We wait for the brothers in the Kurdistan Alliance names of candidates for the presidency of the Republic and then it will be a word and opinion of the leaders of the alliance - building to support the best candidates and most capable of forming a strong executive team.

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Halbusi urges unifying global, regional efforts to reconstruct Iraqi cities

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Newly elected pro-Iran Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbusi called for unifying regional and international efforts to reconstruct Iraqi cities that lack services.

During his meeting with the European Union ambassador to Iraq, Ramon Blecua, Halbusi reviewed the updates of the political situation in Iraq and the region.

The two officials also discussed the relations between Iraq and the EU, especially on the parliamentary level.

They also reviewed international and regional efforts to support Iraq in its reconstruction and plans to combat terrorism.

Blecua praised the role played by the Iraqi Parliament in backing the democratic process in the country. He also highlighted the importance of enhancing coordination between the EU and Iraq on all levels.

 

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KDP says will have own candidate for Iraq presidency

 

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has stated it will have a candidate for the Iraqi presidency.

Mahmood Mohammed, the spokesperson of the KDP, said in a statement that the Iraq president position should be shared by the people of Kurdistan and not a single party.

"KDP will have a candidate for the Iraqi presidency."

Updates to follow...

 

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Suron: Expelling or freezing Abadi from the call will not change his fortunes for the second term

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it confirmed moving alliance , which is supported by the cleric Moqtada al - Sadr, on Wednesday, that the Islamic Dawa Party 's determination to expel or freeze the membership of the current Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi for his lack of commitments with his party would not change his chances to take over the post of prime minister. 
The leader of the coalition, Raed Fahmi said in a statement to the "information" that "expelling or freezing the membership of the party in the Dawa Party during the current stage will not change the chances to assume the post of prime minister for the second term during the formation of the government," pointing out that "the expulsion and freezing and withdrawal another thing". 
He added that "Abadi's chances are still weak among the candidates for the post of prime minister," noting that "Abadi had a great opportunity if he withdrew from the Islamic Dawa Party during the previous phase."
The leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr has demanded, earlier Prime Minister Haider Abadi to withdraw from the Islamic Dawa Party in return for support for the post of prime minister for the second term. 
The Islamic Dawa Party intends in the next phase to expel or freeze the membership of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi because he did not abide by the commitments to the party and cling to the post of prime minister. End 25 T

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Saleh leaves his comrades and his project and returns to the union to get the presidency

 

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After several months of founding the Coalition for Justice and Democracy, Barham Saleh abandoned his group and chose to return to the ranks of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan .

In the midst of last month's election campaign, Saleh told his supporters that politics was not based on tricks and deception, and stressed that the politician must be respected and not overheard the votes of his constituents and those who choose him. But less than four months after the release of these words, Salih shut down his television station and organized into the ranks of the National Union and left his followers and supporters without leadership, which caused great scorn and ridicule between them and those who pinned him hopes, accusing him of favoring his personal interest in the public interest .

Saleh and a number of other PUK leaders and cadres split from the party on October 1, 2017 and established the "Coalition for Democracy and Justice". Months ago, following the announcement of the results of the legislative elections held on the twelfth of last month, Saleh accused the National Union of manipulating the elections The party is threatening that the citizens of the region and the international community will not accept the theft of their votes, but now relies on the support of the Union, which accused him of supporting the presidency based on the seats obtained by the party through the votes he described yesterday as "stolen."

The return of Barham Saleh to the ranks of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan at a time, revealed by the channel   NRT  in a report on the thirtieth of last July, and based on accurate information that Saleh intends to return to the ranks of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the leaders of the party by foreigners, but "Alliance For Democracy and Justice "issued a statement in which he criticized the NRT report and described it as shady to public opinion, although the channel was based on knowledgeable and informed sources on the progress of the talks .

Salih has recently played down doubts and criticisms of the voter register prepared for the Kurdistan parliament elections, but NRT was aware that Barham Saleh was going to boycott the elections in order to seek the presidency and return to the ranks of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan .

 A few years ago, on the screen of his channel (before closing it), Saleh refused to return to the ranks of the National Union. His attitude to social networks immediately after the announcement of his return.

Critics in favor strengthen their positions with links and videos of his previous statements and statements of denial against NRT . Critics and cynics are not limited to opponents or independents, but include close associates and members of his entity. "Your friends left everything for you and you left all of them for the presidency."

The Saleh party won two seats in the parliamentary elections, and leaders of the Alliance for Democracy, the continuation of the entity as a reformed political project at the moment and decided to fate in a final meetings of the governing bodies in the coming days.

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Suron: The benchmarks on the prime minister are narrow and the choice of the closest opposition to us

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A senior leader of the alliance of Ra'ed Fahmi, on Thursday, described the religious reference criteria for the next prime minister as "narrow." While there are more than 10 names for candidates for the post of new prime minister, he stressed that the opposition option is still the closest to his alliance.

"We continue to have reservations about the choice of the president and the mechanism of choosing the new prime minister, because the political consensus of the parties is still working in the same old way, a mechanism that is not transparent or civil," Fahmi said in a statement published by the new Arab newspaper. Modern ".

He added that "the reference Najaf raised specifications, which are in fact current specifications, and the fact is narrow and Nsiba, and must take a wider range and participation is also wider," noting that "the specifications raised does not apply to any of the candidates currently, but there are names And we are looking for an acceptable figure, politically, popularly and internationally, and be bold in opening files of corruption and start the process of reform. "

Fahmy continued, "There are more than 10 names of candidates for the post of new prime minister, and no candidate has more chances than another candidate. "The parties have so far not chosen any of the candidates, the search is under way. I do not think that the parties will go beyond the constitution, but will respect the applicable constitutional time," he said. By choosing the president. "

He pointed out that "the vision of Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr in the selection of the president is centered on the importance of choosing a person with a public base, be helpful in the crisis and during the opening files of corruption," stressing that "to fall in the process of trying and search for him, in addition to the need to be acceptable to the Iraqi political parties "He said. Ending / 25

http://www.almaalomah.com/2018/09/20/346569/

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Soaroun: A clear indication of our agreement with Fatah to name Adel Abdul Mahdi as a compromise candidate

BAGHDAD, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The Sadrist bloc, led by Moqtada al-Sadr, denied on Thursday that there was any deal with the Fatah bloc over the nomination of Adel Abdul Mahdi as the new prime minister.

He pointed member bloc moving, MP Jawad al - Moussawi, to that "convergence with the mass of conquest does not rise to the level of a political alliance and there are understandings in the general frameworks between the two blocs on the nature of the next phase , " adding that " the last movement between moving and conquest led to visions of an agreement in General without going into the fine details and sub-issues that concern the formation of the next government and determine the name of the candidate who will be prime minister. " End Ah

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