The Kurdish Barzani's hopes of passing their candidate for the presidency of the republic revived after the Iraqi parliament reopened the door for candidacy again For the position of President of the Republic in light of the decision of the Federal Court.
The two main contenders for the presidency became Kurds, one of whom is the current president, Barham Salih, of the Kurdish Patriotic Union Party. The second is Reber Ahmed, the candidate of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
The Kurdish Democrat said that his candidate is supported by the Kurdish Tripartite Alliance, al-Sadr al-Halbousi, in a clear indication of the presence of Agreement to pass a candidate Barzani to the presidency.
Behind the scenes, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, asked Barzani to replace his cousin, Reber Ahmed, as a leader Another member of the Democratic Party, al-Sadr justified his request with three reasons:
First: Reaper is unknown to the Iraqi people, and it is difficult to choose a president who is not known or known to the Iraqis .
Second: Barzani's candidate does not speak Arabic well in a way that helps him conduct dialogues with officials Arabs or Iraqis smoothly.
Third: He is from the Barzani family, which gives an impression of the political families' monopoly on important and sovereign positions in Iraq .
Political sources in Baghdad say that the name of the Kurdish politician Fadel Mirani, secretary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, is on the table In the political corridors instead of Reber Ahmed, but Barzani still clings to his cousin.
On the other hand, sources in the Legal Committee of the Iraqi Parliament said that the door to candidacy for the post of President of the Republic It will be closed within three days, and the presidential election session will be held early next week.
Sources in Parliament say that the tripartite alliance, which includes the Kurds represented by Barzani's party, and the Sunnis, by the Sovereignty Alliance And the Shiites, represented by the Sadrist movement, will pass the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister during one session, indicating that the leaders of the coalition The trio agreed on the presidents of the republic and the ministers, but decided not to announce them until the decisive session was held
