A MEMBER OF THE “RECONSTRUCTION” COALITION: AL-SUDANI REJECTS EXTENDING HIS GOVERNMENT’S TERM
A member of the “Reconstruction and Development” coalition announced that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani rejected the idea of extending the term of his current government.
On Thursday, February 12, 2026, Sami Salam, a member of the “Reconstruction and Development” coalition, stated that the proposal to extend the term of the Sudanese government does not have the consensus of all parties within the “Coordination Framework,” but is a proposal submitted only by certain parties; while emphasizing that the Sudanese government categorically rejects this matter.
These statements come in conjunction with the meeting held yesterday between Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Nouri al-Maliki, head of the State of Law Coalition and the Coordination Framework’s candidate for the position of Prime Minister in the next government.
Regarding the content of the meeting, Salam explained that “the issue of extending the government’s term was not discussed at all, but rather the talks focused on the position of the President of the Republic, the current tensions in the region and with Iran, in addition to a range of local and regional issues.”
In a related development, amid reports that Nouri al-Maliki has been nominated as a candidate for the coordinating framework for the premiership, US President Donald Trump expressed his concern about this in a letter, indicating that the United States would stop providing aid to Iraq if al-Maliki were chosen as prime minister.
Nevertheless, Sami Salam believes that Nouri al-Maliki remaining a candidate for the framework does not pose any danger to Iraq, considering that the existing disputes relate to political and security issues, most notably the nature of the relationship between Iraq and Iran.