Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Qasim Soleimani (File)
2018-06-13
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BAGHDAD — Informed sources said that talks conducted by the commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Qasim Soleimani, with the five largest Shiite parties have resulted in the nomination of three potential nominees from each party for the post of prime minister.
The newspaper al-Hayat quoted the sources on Wednesday (June 13) that Soleimani had proposed a comprehensive national unity government, where the Sunnis and Kurds would choose a Shia prime minister from the names nominated by the five Shia lists.
The newspaper said that the leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada al-Sadr, continued his efforts to form a cross-sectarian government.
Sources close to Sairoon, which received the most votes in the parliamentary elections, has confirmed that two meetings have taken place between Soleimani and Sadr in the past two weeks about creating a unified Shia government.
On the other hand, the MP for Anbar province Ahmed al-Salmani, said that "the decision of the parliament to manually recount votes had delayed negotiations between almost all blocs, including the blocks of the provinces liberated from Islamic State.”
He added that "the Sunni bloc wants to negotiate on the basis of the real size, which may be affected by the recount, so will be careful about announcing alliances.”
An adviser to the Kurdistan Democratic Party warned that the repercussions of the Iraqi election crisis have pushed the country towards the "unknown" amid a "major challenges" and that the Kurds would unite in Baghdad, according to al-Hayat.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday that he was opposed to re-running the election and threatened to punish any party seeking to sabotage the political process, noting that only the Supreme Court is empowered to determine whether the elections should be re-run.
(NRT)