Sadr may nominate cousin for Iraqi PM: sources

<p style="text-align: left;">Moqtada al-Sadr may nominate his cousin Jaafar al-Sadr, the son of Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr, to take up the post of premiership, sources familiar with the government formation negotiations stated.

Sadr&rsquo;s Sairoon list received the most parliamentary seats in the May 12 elections with 54.

Jaafar al-Sadr currently resides in the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

He received a bachelor's degree in sociology and anthropology from the Lebanese University and won a seat in the House of Representatives in 2010 with Maliki&rsquo;s State of Law Coalition, but decided to resign from the post because of "the prevalence of nepotism and corruption in Iraqi politics&rdquo; at the time.

According to NRT the sources added that "Jaafar al-Sadr is a moderate person and is welcomed within the al-Sadr family, being the only son of the prominent Shia cleric Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr.&rdquo;

Jaafar al-Sadr&rsquo;s name was floated in 2010 as a compromise candidate for prime minister and has good relations with both al-Maliki and Moqtada al-Sadr. He is an advocate of the civil, technocratic state, according to the source.

The source added that "Moqtada al-Sadr had previously hinted support for the nomination of the governor of Maysan Ali Douai and the secretary of the Communist Party of Iraq Raed Fahmi, for the post of prime minister," but later ruled out the idea of Douai to the post, while Fahmi is still considered " acceptable."

Sairoon does not oppose the current Prime Minister, leader of the alliance victory, Haider Abadi, the second term of prime minister, provided that he abandons the Islamic Dawa Party, the source reported.

A number of blocs and political figures oppose the continuation of the Dawa Party running the government in Iraq, blaming it for the "failures" that accompanied the Iraqi political process after 2003.

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