BAGHDAD: Iraq’s incumbent Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani said Tuesday he had joined the country’s main Shiite alliance, the majority bloc that will nominate the next premier.
The move by Sudani, who is seeking a second term as prime minister, gives the Coordination Framework alliance of Shiite factions an outright majority of 175 seats in the 329-seat chamber.
During a conference in the northern city of Duhok, Sudani said his alliance “the Reconstruction and Development coalition is part of the Coordination Framework, which has decided to form the largest bloc.”
He added that seeking a second term “is not about personal ambition, but about fulfilling his responsibility to see through the mission.”
During his first term Sudani had pursued policies vowing reconstruction and stability in Iraq.
