Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi in Baghdad. File photoBEIRUT, Mar 27 Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi called on the political forces in the country to reconsider their positions and promote the formation of a government, the press service of the head of the Iraqi cabinet said. «I call on all political forces to act as soon as possible for the sake of forming a government that can serve its people … It is necessary to respect the constitution, state logic and the needs of the population,» the press service quoted the prime minister as saying. jpg» />Iraqi presidential election procedure Al-Kazemi noted the need to find solutions to resolve political differences and called for responsibility in the performance of their public duties in order to overcome the “difficult period.” On Saturday, the speaker of the Iraqi parliament once again postponed a meeting to elect the president. motherland» told the Shafaq news agency on Saturday night that at least 200 deputies would attend the parliamentary session. At the same time, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, which has 19 seats in the legislative assembly, announced a boycott of the meeting. Under Iraqi law, the parliament elects the head of state by a two-thirds majority. The new list of candidates includes 40 applicants, including the current head of state, 61-year-old Barham Saleh and Rebar Khalid, a candidate from the recently formed Save the Motherland coalition. 53-year-old Khalid has been heading the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Iraqi Kurdistan since 2019. The Salvation of the Motherland coalition included blocks of the Shiite leader Mustafa al-Sadr (73 seats in parliament), the Democratic Party of Kurdistan with 33 seats and the Sunni coalition Sovereignty (as-Siyada ) with at least 38 seats. According to representatives of the coalition, now it is the most numerous in parliament. Al-Sadr called on independent MPs to help elect a president and form a government.
