The Independent Iraq alliance affirms participation in the Presidential vote

Shafaq News/ The "Independent Iraq" Alliance confirmed today, Wednesday, that it would vote for the candidate for the presidency, who can achieve the "public interest" of the country.

The Vice-President of the Alliance, Hassan Al-Khafaji, told Shafaq News Agency, "all 11 deputies will attend the session for selecting the president of the republic," stressing that "we have no objections to any of the 25 candidates for the presidency."

Earlier, the head of the "Independent Iraq," Abdelhadi al-Hasnawi, revealed that his bloc would participate in the Presidential election session on Saturday.

Speaking to Shafaq News Agency yesterday, the member of the independent parliamentary bloc composed of six MPs, Yaser Iskandar, said, "we, in the independent Iraq bloc, will attend the session in response to the invitation of Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement. The political process should not be kept on halt because of a political disagreement between two parties."

Iskandar said that he expects wide participation from independent lawmakers outside the Independent Iraq bloc. "We will not be among the MPs seeking to block the quorum and hinder the council's convention."

"Iraq cannot tolerate further conflicts over the formation of the government. Forming a government as fast as possible is imperative to address the crisis Iraqis have been suffering from for years."

Earlier on Monday, the leader of the Sadrist movement invited the independent members of the Iraqi parliament to attend the parliament session called next Saturday to hold the presidential vote.