INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Shafaq News / The Federal Supreme Court dismissed the complaint filed by the Coordination Framework against the candidature of Rebar
Ahmed.MP of the Framework, A'liyah Nassif, had previously submitted a complaint against the President and the Parliament Presidium,
requesting to dismiss the candidature of Rebar Ahmed.Earlier today, Iraq's highest court also dismissed a complaint filed by lawyer Shehab
al-Naimi challenging the presidential candidates roster.Yesterday, the trilateral alliance among the Sadrist bloc headed by Shiite cleric
Muqtada al-Sadr, Masoud Barzani's the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) faction, and the Sunni al-Siyada (Sovereignty) Alliance headed by
Khamis al-Khanjar announced a new pact titled "Rescue Alliance" and unveiled their nominations for the presidency and premiership
In a live press conference aired by Iraq's state television, the alliance nominated Reber Ahmed, a Kurd from the KDP for the Iraqi
presidency, and nominated Iraq's current ambassador to the United Kingdom, Mohammad Jaafar al-Sadr for the position of prime minister
The latter is al-Sadr's cousin and son of the revered Shiite leader Sayyid Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr.Muqtada al-Sadr later on described in a
tweet the alliance as "the largest bloc" and a "milestone towards forming a national majority government without delay".According to Iraq's
constitution, a parliamentary bloc with the biggest number of lawmakers is entitled to name a prime minister, who has the most powers within
the country's governing system.
