The Binna’a Coalition in the Iraqi parliament submitted a request to the Iraqi president to nominate Qusay al-Suhail as prime minister, despite public anger.
The request was signed by the leaders of the coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, Hadi al-Amiri, Faleh al-Fayyad, Mohamed al-Halbousi, and Khamis al-Khanjar.
Suhail, higher education minister, is expected to become Adil Abd al-Mahdi’s successor.