Iraqi political sources said that President Barham Saleh faces problems in nominating a new candidate to take over the task of forming the new government to succeed the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi, which submitted its resignation to parliament, where these consultations support the submission of an independent candidate, while protests continued in the country.
The sources pointed out that the alliance «Sairon», the largest bloc in the Iraqi parliament, announced its withdrawal from the formation of the new government, which means that the President of the Republic to go to the second largest bloc in the parliament, a conquest led by Hadi al-Amiri.
And before the Iraqi president, according to the constitutional deadline, 15 days to nominate a new candidate to form a government, after the elaboration of a position in cooperation with the blocs and political parties and consider the demands of the demonstrators on the mechanism to form a government.
Demonstrators are threatening to continue the protests and possibly expand if the political blocs put forward a candidate among them for the post of the next prime minister, as this means a jump on their demands to be the next prime minister is independent and qualified to run the country in the interim period.
According to the constitutional mechanism, the Iraqi president is tasked with the largest bloc in parliament to submit a candidate within a period of 15 days to form a new government, and then assume the new prime minister within 30 days to submit his cabinet to parliament for approval.
Iraqi political sources expect that the features of the candidate to form the new government will be clear before the end of this week, due to several considerations, most notably the control of the state of lawlessness witnessed in a number of cities, as well as the benefits of approving the federal budget of the country on time, in addition to the parliamentary blocs are compatible to walk To meet the demands of the demonstrators to nominate an independent person to form a new government.
As for Iran's powerful neighbor in Iraq, it will "not give up easily," political analysts say.
On the other hand, there is the highest religious authority in Iraq, Ali al-Sistani, who pushed for the withdrawal of confidence from Adel Abdul Mahdi, and the international community, which expressed its condemnation of the repression of the protests and left more than 420 dead, in addition to the pressure of the street.
Two months after the first spontaneous protests in Baghdad and southern Iraqi cities, the conviction of the country's top political cadres was born that "demonstrations are stronger than foreign intervention." Demonstrators, who still control the scene of the protests, once limited to jobs and public services, have escalated demands for a comprehensive overhaul of the political system set up by the United States after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003. Changing the political class they accuse of corruption and evaporating is equivalent to twice the GDP of Iraq. Among the richest countries in the world, oil is a prerequisite for the protesters who are now repeating in all cities their refusal to remain the current "corrupt" and "all politicians".
In the meantime, protesters continue to assert their demands in Baghdad and scattered cities in the south of the country, including Hilla, Kut, Najaf, which has been living amid a wave of violence since the burning of the Iranian consulate last Wednesday evening.
• Before the Iraqi president, 15 days to nominate a new candidate to form a government.