No, he's totally mistaken. Coming from a shia tradition, they hold the alternative perspective of imamate rather than caliphate. Islamic sunni scholarship has always had agreement and consensus on the ahkam of the caliphate - the Islamic form of governance.
This piece critiques Mehdi's stance on the subject in some detail:
It is pretty comprehensive.
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