Baghdad’s reading is not Washington’s. The Coordination Framework picked a businessman…He has never held public office. He has never run for one…Iraqi-press channels…are reading the pick as the coalition buying itself another negotiating cycle. Sudani’s bloc and the Framework’s larger blocs both expect al-Zaidi may not clear the 167-vote confidence floor inside the 30-day window. A failed nomination resets the constitutional clock under Article 76 and hands the coalition another month. Washington signs the chair because the man in it is personally clean, and Baghdad picked the same man because he is structurally disposable. Neither side expects the cabinet clock to close their problem in 30 days. Reset Intelligence
