Politics

Iraq's top court postpones ruling on parliament's decision to reopen door for presidential candidates

This will further delay Iraq's ongoing government formation process and the parliament's election of the country's next president and prime minister.

Dler S. Mohammed 2022/02/23 13:52

Iraqi judges attend a court session at the Supreme Judicial Council in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Dec. 27, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court (FSC) decided on Wednesday to postpone its ruling on the Iraqi Parliament's decision to reopen the door for submitting new candidates for Iraq's presidency until Mar. 1.

This will further delay Iraq's ongoing government formation process and the parliament's election of the country's next president and prime minister.

On Feb. 8, the Iraqi Parliament reopened the door again for political parties to nominate new presidential candidates.

Having postponed a session on Feb. 7 to elect Iraq's next president, the parliament has not yet set a new date for the election.

The deadline for electing Iraq's next president was Feb. 8. However, since the parliament failed to meet this deadline, it had to reopen the door for receiving new candidates and set a new deadline.

A total of 59 candidates applied to run for the presidency, the Council of Representatives said in a statement on Tuesday.

The statement added that 33 candidates fulfilled the required conditions under the law to run for the presidency.