In an address on state TV, Mr Maliki criticised Fuad Masum for not
intervening after parliament failed to give him a third term as PM.
Mr Maliki is facing calls to step down amid the jihadist insurgency in the north.
The US, which has urged Iraq to form an inclusive government, issued a statement backing Mr Masum.
Pro-Maliki security forces took up positions around Baghdad shortly before Mr Maliki's speech.
Earlier, Iraqi Kurds appealed for international military aid to help defeat the Islamist militants.
The US has already launched four rounds of air strikes targeting Islamic State (IS) fighters near Irbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.
A Kurdish official said recent US air strikes on IS militants in Nineveh province had helped the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters retake the towns of Gwer and Makhmur after heavy fighting.
Read more: BBC News - Iraq crisis: Embattled PM Nouri Maliki attacks president
Mr Maliki is facing calls to step down amid the jihadist insurgency in the north.
The US, which has urged Iraq to form an inclusive government, issued a statement backing Mr Masum.
Pro-Maliki security forces took up positions around Baghdad shortly before Mr Maliki's speech.
Earlier, Iraqi Kurds appealed for international military aid to help defeat the Islamist militants.
The US has already launched four rounds of air strikes targeting Islamic State (IS) fighters near Irbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.
A Kurdish official said recent US air strikes on IS militants in Nineveh province had helped the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters retake the towns of Gwer and Makhmur after heavy fighting.
Read more: BBC News - Iraq crisis: Embattled PM Nouri Maliki attacks president
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