The Iraqi parliament on Tuesday scheduled a March 26 session for deputies to hold a delayed vote on the country’s president. Parliament also released a final list of 40 candidates for the post, a largely ceremonial role reserved for the Kurds. Among the frontrunners are Barham Saleh, the incumbent and member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, and Rebar Ahmed of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the PUK’s rival. Lack of a quorum and legal issues have held up the contest, adding to war-scarred Iraq’s political uncertainty because the president has to name a prime minister backed by the largest b…