The new president of Iraq appoints the prime minister
The new president of Iraq appoints the prime minister
BAGHDAD: Iraq's newly elected president appointed a new prime minister after a compromise between rival Shiite factions that ended weeks of growing tensions.
President Barham Salih on Tuesday called on Adel Abdul Mahdi to form the next Iraqi government, almost five months after an election in which the United States and Iran supported rival political factions.
The Iraqis this summer demonstrated against poor public services. Those demonstrations turned into violent rejections by the entire political class, which led Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, to dismiss the current prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, whose prospects were already fading.
Veteran Shiite politician Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum said that popular anger and pressure from Mr. Sistani had encouraged rival Shiite parties to agree that Mr. Abdul Mahdi should be a compromise candidate.
The new government will face a huge list of national and regional challenges after Iraq recently emerged from a three-year war with the Islamic State that devastated parts of the country. The Islamic State has already returned to the insurgency and tensions between the United States and Iran are intensifying as the Trump administration tries to isolate Tehran.
Following the elections of May 12, their rivalry intensified dangerously in Iraq when the demonstrators in Basra in September burned the Iranian consulate Y Rockets were fired at diplomatic missions in the United States.. I know. UU They blamed the Iranian representatives for the attacks and last week He closed his consulate in Basra.. Iran, in turn, has accused the United States of instigating the protesters to burn their consulate.
Mr. Abdul Mahdi is seen as a moderate who can balance the interests of Iraq with those of the United States and Iran, say some analysts and politicians.
He entered the political process after the US-led invasion in 2003 as part of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution sponsored by Iran, but also has good relations with the United States.
The US ambassador to Iraq, Douglas Silliman, congratulated Mr. Abdul Mahdi on his Twitter nomination: "The United States will work with the future Prime Minister to help his government meet the needs and aspirations of the entire people of Iraq. "
Mr. Abdul Mahdi now has 30 days to present a cabinet, which requires a majority of the votes of the assembly.
The May 12 election was marred by allegations of fraud and did not produce a clear winner. The Shia parties split into two camps, resulting in a deadlock between the parties grouped around Mr. Abadi, whom the United States had hoped would win a second term, and the other dominated by factions with close ties to Iran.
Once Mr. Abadi was set aside, the road was paved for an agreement, said Kirk Sowell, who publishes a bulletin on Iraqi politics. "With Abadi out of the way, that broke the polarization that existed. All I had to do was find a consensus candidate. "
The quick nomination of Mr. Abdul Mahdi came as a surprise to Iraqis who were expecting a prolonged exchange of horses for government positions. According to the constitution, a prime minister must be appointed within two weeks after the election of the president, but sometimes it has taken months.
Mr. Salih secured the presidency in a parliamentary session early on Tuesday after the other main contender, Fuad Hussein, withdrew from the race for a mostly ceremonial position. The new president immediately nominated Mr. Abdul Mahdi.
Mohammed Salman, a spokesman for the parliament spokesman, said that the nomination of Mr. Abdul Mahdi was agreed two weeks ago: "Once the problem of the presidency was resolved, the plan could be implemented."
The presidency is reserved for the Kurds under the political system that took shape after the US-led invasion in 2003, while the president of the parliament is a Sunni and the prime minister is of the Shia majority.
The presidency is a largely ceremonial position, but Mr. Salih, a former deputy prime minister, is expected to play a positive role in balancing Iraq's relations with the two foreign powers, some analysts and politicians say.
"Barham Salih represents a balancing factor between everyone, mainly Iran, which is an ally of Iraq and the United States, which is a friend of Iraq," said Ahmed al-Sharifi, a political analyst based in Baghdad.
Write to Ali Nabhan in ali.nabhan@wsj.com and Isabella cabbage isabel.coles@wsj.com
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