Al-Maliki is the candidate until further notice, CF member says
Shafaq News- Baghdad
Nouri al-Maliki remained the Coordination Framework’s (CF) only formally voted prime ministerial candidate, CF member Abu Mithaq al-Massari told Shafaq News on Sunday, warning that any move to replace him required a written withdrawal of his nomination before alternatives could be considered.
The remarks came as Tasmim Alliance chief Amer al-Fayez disclosed that the Framework would sit down tomorrow at the home of al-Hikma (Wisdom) Movement leader Ammar al-Hakim to weigh nine names: al-Maliki, caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, former PM Haider al-Abadi, Accountability and Justice Commission head Basim al-Badri, Asas Party leader Mohsen al-Mandalawi, Intelligence Service chief Hamid al-Shatri, PM adviser Mohammed Sahib al-Darraji, former Planning Minister Ali Shukri, and National Security Adviser Qassim al-Araji. No candidate held an edge over the others, al-Fayez said, and the meeting would settle on a selection mechanism.
Parliament Speaker Haibet al-Halbousi has given the Framework 15 days under Article 76 to name its candidate, following the inauguration of President Nizar Amedi earlier today.
