SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraq’s federal court on Thursday rejected a complaint filed against Rebar Ahmed, a Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) candidate for the position of Iraqi president.
The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court convened on Thursday to rule on a case filed by lawmaker Alia Nusayf against the “constitutional or unconstitutional candidacy” of Ahmed.
Iraqi media reported that the court had rejected the complaint in its meeting.
Ahmed is KDP’s second candidate for the position of Iraq’s president after the federal court ruled last month to reject the nomination of Hoshyar Zebari as a candidate for the presidency.
In 2016, Iraqi parliament sacked Zebari from his post as finance minister over alleged corruptions and misuse of public funds. Zebari denied the accusations.
Zebari, who also served as Iraq’s foreign minister for more than a decade, lost a no-confidence vote by 158 to 77.
Iraqi parliament is scheduled to hold a session on Saturday to vote on the selection of a candidate for the post of Iraqi president.
On Wednesday, an alliance between the Sadrist Movement led by Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, part of Sunnis and the KDP announced its candidates for the posts of Iraqi president and prime minister.
The names Ahmed as a candidate for the presidency and Mohammed Jaafar al-Sadr for the country’s prime minister.
Ahmed is the current minister of interior in the Kurdistan Region and Sadr is Iraq’s ambassador to the UK.
