RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT: IT IS LIKELY THAT MALIKI WILL ENDORSE SUDANI’S NOMINATION FOR PRIME MINISTER IN THE COMING HOURS
Abdul Hadi Al-Saadawi, a member of the Reconstruction and Development Coalition, confirmed that the competition within the framework has become limited to Maliki and Al-Sudani, and that one of the two parties must concede to the other, suggesting that Maliki will, in the last hours, endorse Al-Sudani’s nomination for the premiership.
However, Al-Saadawi’s interpretation is not unanimously accepted within the Shiite alliance, as it is countered by differing assessments that believe Al-Maliki remains a serious candidate and that he is handling the matter with strategic patience, drawing on his long political experience in crisis management and negotiating at the last minute—a tactic he has employed in previous stages of the political process.
(Maliki is a peanut head idiot, having almost destroyed Iraq during his 8 years as prime minister. How in hell does he even still exist? He has a long list of constitutional violations and orchestrated letting ISIS and the Iranians into Iraq. Do people forget his history? Why are they even letting him have a part in selection process, never mind being a candidate? Are these Iraqi wackos or what? Yes, regardless of other nonsensible articles you have read about Maliki challenging Sudani for the prime minister.)