Iraq elections
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Denial of Nouri Maliki's withdrawal from the prime ministerial candidacy
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - While speculations about Nouri Maliki's resignation have increased, Hizb al-Dawa emphasized that Maliki's candidacy for the post of prime minister is still valid and no decision has been made to withdraw.
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Kurdistan Democratic Party recalls its representatives from the Iraqi government and parliament
Iraq and Kurdistan region service – The Kurdistan Democratic Party decided to return its representatives from the federal government and parliament to Erbil in protest at the way the country's president was elected, declaring that the elected president did not represent the majority of Kurdistan.
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Deadlock in Baghdad; how to take the politics of Iraq hostage?
Iraq and Kurdistan region service – While looking at the Iraqi parliament's meeting to elect a president, shows evidence that doubts about the completion of the quorum for the meeting have been increased, and the current crisis is a complex product of regional policy rights and balances; Now the two-thirds installer has become an obstacle and a tool for reproducing deadlock.
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Law Government do not participate in the presidency election meeting
Iraq and Kurdistan service - Law Government Party in the Iraqi Parliament announced that do not participate in the presidency election meeting due to fundamental differences between political forces.
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Iraqi Parliament Speaker announces date for presidential election session
Iraq and Kurdistan Region service – The Iraqi Parliament's Presidium announced on Monday that it has set Saturday, April 11, as the date for the Parliamentary session to elect a new Iraqi president.
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Massoud Barzani called for the postponement of the presidential elections.
Iraq and Kurdistan region service - Massoud Barzani sent a letter to the coordination Framework calling for the postponement of the Iraqi presidential elections and emphasizing the need for further dialogue to reach a political agreement.
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Once again, the election of the president in the Iraqi parliament was postponed
Service of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region - While the process of electing the president of Iraq is still in an aura of uncertainty, the parliament of this country will meet again next Sunday without including this issue in the agenda.
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The presidential candidate must be chosen by agreement
Iraq Service and Kurdistan Region - The head of the coordination office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party stated that the determination of the final candidate for the position of the president of Iraq, as a legal right, requires an internal agreement in Kurdistan, and said that the talks with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan to form a new regional government are nearing the final stage, but the political situation in Iraq and regional conflicts have delayed the process.
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Request from the Kurds to determine the assignment of the presidential issue
The service of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region - Iraq's coordination framework, in its most recent meeting, called on the two major Kurdish parties to decide on the presidential issue in order to maintain their national obligations.
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Barzani's meeting with the US special representative; Emphasis on Iraqi sovereignty and regional stability
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - Massoud Barzani, in a meeting with US President's special representative Tom Barak, emphasized that as long as the post of Iraqi president is the share of the people of the Kurdistan Region, its candidate should represent the true will of the people of this region.
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Vice President of the Iraqi Parliament:
The current policy of the Patriotic Union has made it difficult to introduce a joint candidate for the Kurds
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - The second vice president of the Iraqi Parliament, pointing to the interference of Shia currents in the process of appointing the president, criticized the current approach of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and said that this policy has made it difficult for the Kurds to present a common candidate.
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Bafel Taliban meets with Ammar Hakim:
The Patriotic Union is ready to elect a president
Service of Iraq and Kurdistan Region - The head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, in a meeting with Ammar Hakim, announced the party's readiness to elect the president of Iraq, and emphasized the need to complete the legal processes in the parliament.
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Nechirvan Barzani:
The final agreement between the Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union has not yet been reached
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - The head of the Kurdistan Region says that despite the positive meetings between the leaders of the Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union, the final agreement has not yet been announced, although the process of talks is promising.
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Fouad Hossein:
The Patriotic Union and the Kurdistan Democratic Party have not yet reached an agreement on the presidency
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - The Iraqi Foreign Minister announced that the disagreement between the two main Kurdistan parties over the presidential candidate continues.
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Mulla Bakhtiar:
I have never accepted Bafel Talabani as the head of the Patriotic Union
Service of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region - Mullah Bakhtiar, a former member of the Supreme Political and Interest Council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, announced: "I have never accepted Bafel Talabani as the head of the Patriotic Union, and I will not accept it now." "I was left out purposefully, and if it were not for the pressure of the Patriotic Union, I would have been a candidate for the post of the president of Iraq."
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The Iraqi parliament will vote after the meeting of the two main Kurdistan parties
Service of Iraq and Kurdistan Region - While the disputes over the prime ministerial candidate continue, the Iraqi presidential nomination case is on the verge of being finalized and it is likely that the parliament will convene tomorrow, Thursday, to elect the president.
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Talabani and Halbusi meet on the issue of the presidency
Bafel Talabani met with Mohammed Halbusi and discussed the post of president.
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Increasing the seats of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the Iraqi Parliament
Service of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region - With the resignation of Badr Mahmoud from the Iraqi parliament and his return to the position of Salahuddin governorship, Karim Shakur, the candidate of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan from the coalition "Al-Jamahir al-Wataniyyah", will enter the Iraqi parliament as a replacement representative, and the .number of seats of the patriotic union will increase from 18 to 19 seats
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Senior member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan:
An agreement on the presidency has not yet been reached
Service of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region - A member of the political office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, while stating that no agreement has been reached on the presidential post, said: "All parties, especially the Patriotic Union, want the Kurds to enter this race with a single candidate.
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Meeting for agree on a common candidate of Iraqi president
Iraq Service and Kurdistan Region - Coordination Framework, by holding an urgent and separate meeting with the representatives of the Patriotic Union and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, emphasized the need to agree on a common candidate for the post of Iraqi president. This is while the session of electing the president in the parliament has been postponed.