Iraqâs powerful Kurdish Alliance has nominated Jalal Talabani to be the countryâs president for a second term, a senior Kurdish official said on Sunday. âWe had a meeting yesterday and we agreed to nominate President Talabani to one of the main posts in the country â the presidency,â Kurdish official Barham Salih told Reuters. Political sources say that Iraqâs other main parties are unlikely to try to block the Kurdish nomination. The countryâs main Shia Islamist alliance, which dominated last monthâs election, has already made it clear that it is more interested in the prime ministership, and no other party or coalition is likely to have enough influence within the new government to thwart Talabani. However, it remains to be seen how powerful the new president will be. Talabani has repeatedly said he would not stand for re-election unless the post came with more powers. That was interpreted by some as a call for a redrafting of Iraqâs constitution, which will be reviewed once the new government comes to power. But Salih said that was not what Talabani wanted. âHe had never called for amending the constitution but rather for a political agreement in which the authorities of the president are reinforced,â said Salah, planning minister in the current government.