Baghdad : The Shiite political blocs in the Iraqi parliament have nominated Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani for the post of Prime Minister, months after failing to form a government due to a political row. The Coordination Framework, an umbrella group of Shiite parliamentary parties, said on Monday in a statement that the nomination came after a meeting held earlier in the day, during which the leaders of the Framework parties unanimously agreed to nominate al-Sudani for the post, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Coordination Framework became the largest alliance in the Iraqi parliament after the Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers in the Sadrist Movement, the biggest winner in the elections held on October 10, 2021, with 73 seats, to withdraw from the parliament. During the past few months, the continuing dispute among the Shiite parties have hampered the formation of a new Iraqi government, as the parliament has been unable to elect a new President by a two-thirds majority of the 329-seat parliament under the constitution.