Shafaq News / Iraqi Intelligence Director ,Mustafa Al-Kathemi rejected his candidacy to the head of the government, which turned into a caretaker after Adel Abdul-Mahdi resigned as a result of bloody protests more than two months ago.

Al-Kathemi’s name was put together with a mini-list to head the government, after a popular rejection of the majority of names that are presented informally, especially from party figures or who took positions in successive governments after 2003.

In this regard, Deputy Faik Sheikh Ali was asked, in an intervention at his expense on Twitter, about Al-Kathimi's candidacy to head the Iraqi government, where he replied, "Al-Kazemi - does not accept, he says it is a holocaust."

The political blocs in Iraq are locked in last minute negotiations to name a new candidate to form the transitional government, following the resignation of the previous government headed by Adel Abdul Mahdi early this month.

These consultations and meetings come at a time when Baghdad and nine governorates are witnessing since the beginning of last October, unprecedented demonstrations and sit-ins in the history of Iraq, to ​​demand a change in the political process and legislation for a new election law to form a new government.