Independent politician Ayed Al-Hilali said on Sunday that most of the names being floated for the next prime minister are facing strong vetoes, mainly because they don’t have a real plan to run the country in the coming phase.
Speaking to dinaropinions.com, Al-Hilali described the nomination process as more political maneuvering than serious leadership selection. He said that some of the names being promoted for the top job are simply not qualified, pointing out that the Sadrist movement has clearly rejected the return of Nouri al-Maliki.
He added that other candidates were pushed forward through agreements within the Coordination Framework. However, many of these nominees don’t actually represent the blocs they are said to belong to, and their nominations did not come directly from those blocs.
According to Al-Hilali, this has created confusion and weakened the credibility of the process. He stressed that most of the proposed candidates have been blocked because they lack a clear vision or concrete program for leading the government in the next stage.
In his view, without a serious plan and broad political acceptance, these nominations will remain stalled, leaving the next phase of government leadership uncertain.
