SULAIMANI (ESTA) —Al-Sadiqoun bloc spokesperson said on Sunday that its party supports the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan candidate for Iraq’s presidential election.
Spokesperson to the bloc Mohammad Rubaiy told Iraq Media that, the speaker of the Iraqi parliament Mohamed Al-Halbousi had called them in order to hold a certain session on the presidential election in the Iraqi council of representatives.
“We support PUK candidate for the president of Iraq position” he stressed.
Regarding Iraq’s premiership candidate he noted, “The Shiite coordination framework has two candidates, it will be decided in the next few hours”
The spokesperson’s words came as The Iraqi Council of Representative presidency directed an invitation letter late on Saturday to the head of the parliament factions in order to convene and set a date for the presidential election.
