CF awaits court ruling to resolve presidency and premiership dispute

2026-02-17 - 20:24

Shafaq News- Baghdad The Coordination Framework, the coalition of Iraq’s ruling Shiite forces, is awaiting the Federal Supreme Court’s response on constitutional deadline violations and their consequences to determine an ending scenario to resolve the dispute over the presidency and premiership, a source within the CF told Shafaq News on Tuesday. “The closest proposal under discussion is to extend the term of the current caretaker government headed by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani for six months with limited powers,” the source added, noting that a delegation from the Reconstruction and Development bloc visited leaders of the Shiite political camp last week to discuss the causes of the political impasse and ways to overcome it. The discussions concluded on the need to avoid consequences resulting from nominating a controversial candidate at a time of significant national challenges, “taking into account messages from Washington and its warning of potential economic sanctions targeting the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) and the Central Bank of Iraq.” Meanwhile, Abbas al-Moussawi, a senior member of the State of Law Coalition (SLC) led by Nouri Al-Maliki, reaffirmed the coalition’s commitment to nominating Al-Maliki for