PM-Designate Zaidi Submits 14-Pillar Governance Program to Parliament; Confidence Vote Scheduled

Prime Minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi submitted a detailed 2026–2029 ministerial program to the Iraqi Council of Representatives on May 4–5, 2026, spanning 14 policy pillars including security sector reform, oil revenue diversification, anti-corruption measures, infrastructure investment, and KRG-Baghdad relations. Parliament scheduled a special plenary session for the confidence vote by the end of the following week (approximately May 8–9). The program signaled Zaidi's intent to present himself as a technocratic reformer rather than a sectarian political figure, consistent with his non-political background as a businessman. Political analysts noted the program's substance would be tested against the entrenched muhasasa patronage system and PMF power centers.