The Coordination Framework, Iraq’s main Shia alliance which holds a parliamentary majority, has reiterated its support for reinstating Nouri Al-Maliki as prime minister, despite US President Donald Trump threatening to end US support to the country.
The alliance said on Saturday that it “reiterates its support for its nominee, Nouri Kamel Al-Maliki, for the premiership.”
In a statement the Coordination Framework affirmed that selecting a PM is an internal constitutional matter and should take place without foreign interference.
“Choosing the prime minister is an exclusively Iraqi constitutional matter … free from foreign dictates.”
Earlier this week, Trump threatened Iraq that if Al-Maliki were chosen as Iraq’s next prime minister, then Washington would withdraw support, the latest in a growing list of interventions in the politics of other nations made by Trump or members of his administration.
Al-Maliki rejected Trump’s threat on Wednesday in a post on X, condemning the “blatant American interference in Iraq’s internal affairs” and insisting that he would not withdraw his candidacy for the top job.
نرفض رفضا قاطعا التدخل الاميركي السافر في الشؤون الداخلية للعراق، ونعتبره انتهاكا لسيادته ومخالفا للنظام الديمقراطي في العراق بعد العام 2003، وتعديا على قرار الاطار التنسيقي لاختيار مرشحه لمنصب رئاسة الوزراء.
— Nouri Al-Maliki (@nourialmalikiiq) January 28, 2026
ان لغة الحوار بين الدول هي الخيار السياسي الوحيد في التعاطي وليس…