According to Sky News Arabia, the Kurdish parties in Iraq have decided to support Abdul Latif Rashid as their consensus candidate in the upcoming presidential elections. This agreement was reached today, Wednesday.
As a result of calls from the seven largest industrial powers in the world to send election observers to ensure free and fair elections, as well as round-the-clock media coverage, the Iraqi elections are gaining significant worldwide interest.
Huge security and political obstacles, including sectarian quotas used to intimidate voters from different sects and nationalities, are besieging Iraq in the midst of a spate of murders and mass exodus.
In another instance, there were fights following efforts to breach a security barrier leading to the Green Zone in the capital city of Baghdad, which resulted in 20 deaths and 200 injuries, among them some Iraqi security personnel.
According to media reports, the protesters held up signs demanding for the political establishment in Iraq to be overthrown.
Storming the Parliament
Hundreds of supporters of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al -Sadr, stormed the parliament building in the Green Zone in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in protest against the “coordination framework” candidate for the prime minister.
Political difficulties
Media published a group of photos of the former Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al -Maliki, carrying weapons near his home in the Green Zone in central Baghdad..
Abdul Latif Rashid is selected as a presidential candidate by consensus among Kurdish parties in Iraq.
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