Hawrami's statements came during a press conference in al-Sulaymaniyah earlier Saturday, January 29.
"The disagreement over the position is usual. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) wished that a Kurdish agreement settles upon a candidate."
"The KDP's objection did not revolve around the candidate himself, rather than the norms set 17 years ago."
"The common ground between the KDP and the PUK is larger than the position in Baghdad. The remaining time is sufficient to agree upon a mechanism or a candidate."
"Next Monday, the list of the presidential candidates will be released," he said, "the parliamentary interrogation was purely political. It was not related to his candidature conditions."
"The presidency of the republic is an entitlement of the Kurdish component. Nobody has the right to monopolize it. It must be subject to the national atmosphere inside the Kurdistan Region."
The first deputy of the Iraqi parliament speaker, Hakem al-Zameli, on Saturday headed an expanded meeting to deliberate the list of candidates vying for the presidency of the republic.
According to a readout issued by al-Zameli's bureau, the meeting was attended by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, chairperson of Integrity Commission, chairperson of Accountability and Justice Commission, and the senior undersecretary of the Interior Ministry, among other officials.
The meeting pondered the criminal record and the academic qualifications of 26 candidates, in addition to their history from the Integrity and Accountability Commission's point of view.
Al-Zameli said that the official documents and resumes were studied with extreme "transparency and professionalism" away from any political pressure that might be exercised on the relevant parties to impede or boost a certain candidate.
A senior member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) announced that Hoshyar Zebari, a senior member of the party, was nominated for the Iraqi presidency after the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) insisted that Barham Salih will be nominated for the post.
"We did not intend to go to the polls for the Iraqi presidential candidate with two candidates, and the candidacy of Zebari is not to pressure or gain votes from any movement or block, but it was a reaction to the PUK insistence on nominating Salih for the post," Majid Shingali was quoted as saying by the al-Maelomeh News Agency.
Shingali added: "The presidency is the share of the Kurds, not a specific party, and there should be changes to the post, because presidents after Jalal Talabani did not play a big role."
The senior KDP member also said: "The political tradition regarding the election of the Iraqi president will change. The gap among the Kurds occurred in 2018 and we have clear agreements and commitments at the current stage and the number of representatives supporting each candidate in the Iraqi parliament will decide.
Meanwhile the co-chair of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Bafel Talabani, arrived on Monday evening last week in Baghdad to discuss the issue of the Iraqi presidency with the Shiite and Sunni political parties.
Also a high-level delegation from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) arrived on the same day in Baghdad to hold talks about their nominee for the presidency.
Earlier, the KDP spokesman said that the Presidency position is an entitlement of the Kurdish component, not a party itself.
Mahmoud Mohammed's remarks come amid a disagreement between the two leading Kurdish parties in the Kurdistan Region over the next President of the Republic of Iraq.
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