The alliance said on Saturday that it “reiterates its support for its nominee, Nouri Kamel Al-Maliki, for the premiership.”
In a statement, the Coordination Framework affirmed that selecting a PM is an internal constitutional matter and should take place without foreign interference, Lebanese Al-Manar reported.
“Choosing the prime minister is an exclusively Iraqi constitutional matter … free from foreign dictates.”
Earlier this week, Trump threatened Iraq that if Al-Maliki were chosen as Iraq’s next prime minister, then Washington would withdraw support, the latest in a growing list of interventions in the politics of other nations made by Trump or members of his administration.
Al-Maliki rejected Trump’s threat on Wednesday in a post on X, condemning the “blatant American interference in Iraq’s internal affairs” and insisting that he would not withdraw his candidacy for the top job.
MNA
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