Early Tuesday Morning Iraq News 4-26-22

Early Tuesday Morning Iraq News 4-26-22

Deputy: There is no convergence of views between the coordination framework and the tripartite alliance

political| 09:24 - 26/04/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News, a representative of the Parliamentary Tasmeem bloc, Ghassan Al-Eidani, confirmed today, Tuesday, that there is no convergence of views between the coordination framework and the tripartite alliance, saying that the tripartite alliance "still relies on itself."

Al-Eidani said, "The political blockage is still clouding the political process, especially the alliances between the coordination framework and the tripartite alliance, and there is no convergence of views," adding that "the tripartite alliance is still involved in itself, and has not yet participated in the initiatives, and this was reflected It negatively affected the Iraqi political reality and sent unreassuring messages about the lack of hope for a breakthrough."

Al-Eidani continued, in a statement to the official newspaper, "Al-Sabah", which was followed by "Mawazine News", that "

He stressed, "Political detente can only be achieved by the presence of understandings on a real dialogue table between the tripartite alliance and the coordination framework," continuing: "There must be a breakthrough, and it is the responsibility of the political blocs to conclude agreements and alliances and expedite them to form the government, because not concluding any alliances or Agreements that will affect the Iraqi people, especially the poor classes who suffer from many economic and social crises. Ended 29/N33 https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=191267

Half of the 40-day period has crossed, and the solution options are open to Al-Kazemi’s survival or the coordination’s defection

Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan   More than half of the "40-day" period granted by the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr to his opponents, has now passed, without indications of a soon date to form the government, with the exception of relying on "surprises".

The last crisis is not the first in the history of government formation after 2003. In terms of time, it is so far within the middle space, which increases expectations that a solution is approaching.

The government that was formed after the first elections in 2005, took 9 months to form, after a frantic struggle for office between Ibrahim al-Jaafari and Nuri al-Maliki.

The polls closed at the time in September 2005, while Al-Maliki was able to obtain the confidence of Parliament to pass his government in May 2006.

]In the subsequent elections, which took place in March 2010, the formation of the government was delayed by 6 months, as Al-Maliki formed his second government in September 2010.

Then the period of exceeding the constitutional deadlines decreased to 5 months in the April 2014 elections, when al-Maliki reluctantly handed over the reins of power to Haider al-Abadi, who formed the government in September of the same year.

The same period lasted by the political forces to pass the government of Adel Abdul-Mahdi after the elections that took place in May 2018, when Parliament approved the “ministerial cabinet” in October of the same year.

On the other hand, the crisis of the 2021 elections is now in its sixth month, and judging by the previous complications, the chances of a breakthrough after the Eid holiday are possible.

Well-informed political sources told Al-Mada that "the possibility of resolving the crisis may escalate after the Eid holiday, based on the movement of political forces."

The leader of the Sadrist movement began a "political fast" with the beginning of Ramadan until after the Eid holiday, and he only broke it once due to the return of some controversial Sunni figures.

Sources close to the atmosphere of the dialogues, who asked not to be identified, indicated that "the breakthrough will be by changing the form of the expected government without compromising the content."

The leader of the current had announced, days after the end of the last elections, that he was seeking to form a “majority government” instead of the “consensual government” that had prevailed since 2005.

The sources continue: "The government will remain a political majority, but it will expand with the inclusion of parties from the coordination framework and some independents."

And it has already been revealed part of the review stage carried out by the Shiite "coordinating framework" of the issue of government formation, where he returned to talk again about "the coalition slimming" to convince the Sadrists.

These reviews are being conducted with the support of Tehran, and its former diplomatic envoy, Hassan Danai-Far, who has recently seized the Iraqi file.

On the other hand, the day before yesterday, the first party that had boycotted previous sessions of Parliament announced an initiative to resume the presidential elections sessions after the upcoming Eid holiday.

]The last chapter in the political crisis, which was about to end last January, after the election of Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi, began with the Federal Court's famous interpretation of the quorum of the "president" selection session.

And the interpretation of the "Federalism", which demanded the presence of at least two-thirds of parliament members (220 seats out of 329) in the session, established what later became known as the "blocking third", in which the coordination framework is placed as the spearhead.

Subsequently, the tripartite coalition (Save the Homeland), which includes the Sadrists along with the Sunni "Sovereignty" coalition, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, failed to pass the presidential candidate twice.

The selection of the President of the Republic falls in the penultimate episode of the dismantling of the crisis, where, according to Article 76 of the Constitution, the President of the Republic assigns the candidate of the largest bloc to form a government.

The "triple alliance" tried to win over the neutral parties in Parliament, but they hesitated, including the Alliance for the People, which took the last initiative to hold a new session to elect the President of the Republic.

The head of the Alliance for the People, Alaa Al-Rikabi, indicated that there are solutions to get out of the crisis by “setting the date of the election session for the president of the republic after the feast, at a parliamentary request,” noting that his alliance submitted that request and is awaiting the approval of the Presidency of Parliament.

In a statement to the official agency, Al-Rikabi called for "the necessity of activating the articles of the internal system of the House of Representatives, which hold those absent from its sessions accountable."

The coalition had participated in the first session of the presidential elections after declaring a boycott of the “blocking third” of Parliament last month, and then missed the second session that took place in the same month without explaining the reasons.

Al-Rikabi stressed that "there are no signs yet to resolve the current political crisis, and unfortunately, the Federal Court, the Presidency of Parliament and the blocs winning the elections are all silent, and no date has been set for holding the presidential election session due to the rivalry of the large blocs."

Controversy over "Solomon" continues

During the last week, the political forces seemed preoccupied with the story of Ali Hatem Al-Suleiman's mysterious return so far to the political scene, while accusing parties from the "Coordination" of orchestrating his reappearance in Anbar and Baghdad.

So far, two MPs from “the movement” and another from “the framework” submitted requests to the judicial authorities to investigate the return of the tribal leader, who had established during the emergence of the “ISIS” organization in 2014, what was known at the time as the “Anbar Revolutionaries Military Council.”

Last Sunday, the representative of the Sadrist bloc, Ghassan Hashem Al-Saidi, filed a lawsuit against "Ali Hatem Al-Sulaiman."

Al-Saeedi stated, according to a document published in the media, that Al-Sulaiman had "incited violence and sectarian strife, and also called for raising arms in the face of the armed forces."

And before that, MP Mustafa Al-Maryani, who is affiliated with the "Coordination", addressed, last Saturday, the Public Prosecution by activating a previous arrest warrant issued against Ali Hatem Al-Sulaiman]

Al-Maryani said in a document signed by him directed to the Public Prosecution: “In the previous days, the presence of the named (Ali Hatem Al-Sulaiman) was noted in Baghdad, who is accused of serious terrorist cases, and an arrest warrant was issued against him by (Al-Khalidiya Investigation Court / Anbar Federal Appeal Court).”

The race of the "framers" to issue statements rejecting the presence of the tribal leader and accusing them of concluding a deal for his return to Iraq, prompted Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement, to break his silence for the first time.

In a tweet he published about the attacks on Shiite mosques in Afghanistan, Al-Sadr criticized Al-Sadr's condemnation of his opponents abandoning what is happening in Afghanistan and paying attention to the return of what he described as "extremists" in order to share power.

Al-Sadr said, in the tweet on “Twitter”: “All blame on the Shiite politicians who remain silent about these grievances in Afghanistan, Palestine and Sweden and rush to reconciliation with the extremists whose hands are stained with blood for the sake of power and influence.”

It was understood, according to observers, that the tweet indicated interest in the issue of the appearance of Ali Hatem Al-Sulaiman, who had held a meeting with political figures in his home in a neighborhood in the west of the capital under the protection of Shiite armed factions, according to some leaks.

Regarding the crisis, Ziad Al-Arar, a researcher in political affairs, told Al-Mada that "the tripartite alliance is the closest to forming a government and has at least 180 seats, and surprises may occur after the feast."

In all cases, Al-Arar indicates that in the event of failure to secure a two-thirds majority, "all options are open", including going to the dissolution of Parliament or maintaining the government of Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

On the other hand, Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein denied the existence of any progress in the file of negotiations between the political forces to form a government.

Hussein said in an interview with an Arab channel: “We hope to form a government and that should happen after the elections, but there are no developments so far,” denying his knowledge of whether there was a breakthrough in the crisis after the Eid holiday. LINK

 Al-Halbousi threatens to reconsider his participation in the entire political process “to control the country by the militants.”

Posted On2022-04-26  By Sotaliraq   On Tuesday, the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi, announced his intention to reconsider his entire participation in the political process in Iraq “in view of the rule of outlaw armed men” in the country, vowing to hold accountable all those who “criminalized against the people, absented their men and killed their youth while they were demanding their rights” in A clear reference to his opponents from among the Sunni leaders, who recently returned to the scene after settling the charges against them by the judiciary.

Al-Halbousi said in a tweet to him on social media early in the morning that "political action is governed by principles and ethics, and disregard for the security of citizens, and stirring up strife among the people for any reason, cannot be classified as maneuvering or political pressure."

He added, “Therefore, we will take serious and unitary positions in the entirety of participation in the political process, given the control of the armed outlaws, their tampering with the security of the country and the people, and their continuous attempts to absent the state, weaken the law and tamper with the social fabric, as it is not possible to build a state without justice and justice, and the right of the citizen is not respected in it. in a dignified life.”

Al-Halbousi pointed out that, “Sooner or later, everyone who has committed crimes against the people, looted their wealth, absented their men, killed and obstructed their youth while they were demanding their rights, and others who deserted them from their homes, and deposited innocents instead of criminals who were smuggled from prisons in broad daylight, will be held accountable.   LINK

The Framework Reveals Secret Negotiations To Form The New Government

The political impasse continues

Today, Tuesday, the leader in the coordination framework, Aid Al-Hilali, revealed leaks about the existence of secret negotiations between the political blocs to resolve the issue of forming the next government as soon as possible.

Al-Hilali said that the tripartite alliance is fragile and will not remain coherent, and the evidence is the statements of one of the leaders of the Democratic Party, in which he announced the need to proceed with the formation of the government, which reflects the coalition's unwillingness to maintain the political stalemate with the insistence of the Sadrist movement and its leader not to include some parties in the framework. LINK

Al-Maliki: We Trust The Judiciary And Rely On It To Retry The Returnees

 2022-04-26 05:30    Shafaq News/ The head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, expressed today, Tuesday, a position regarding the "victims of terrorism" and those returning to the country, stressing his confidence in the Iraqi judiciary in retrialing the accused.

 Al-Maliki said in a video tweet posted on Twitter, "The victims of terrorism and those affected have the right to demand their right from the criminals who killed their relatives and caused them harm, and harmed the homeland and its security."

The former Prime Minister added, "The controversy over the returnees who surrendered  is a judicial issue that does not bear controversy and create a crisis," stressing, "We trust and rely on the judiciary, and it is the one responsible for the returnees in retrialing them in presence in accordance with judicial procedures."

The political platforms in Iraq are witnessing a great debate about the return of prominent Sunni politicians to the country, who were accused of “terrorism” during the period of al-Maliki’s assumption of his second government term 2014-2018, amid speculation of a political deal, while the Iraqi judiciary warned against putting his name in this controversy. .   LINK

Al-Maliki's Coalition: Dialogues With Al-Sadr's Movement Have Not Been Interrupted, And The Crisis Will Break Out After The Eid Holiday

On Monday, a deputy from the State of Law led by Nuri al-Maliki considered that the political crisis and the political "thaw" would break out after the Eid holiday, stressing that the dialogues between the coordination framework and the Sadrist bloc "have not been interrupted."

Jawad al-Bolani told Shafak News Agency, "The political meetings contribute to easing the stalemate and addressing the political blockage, and thus the political will provides a compromise formula for the problem, and the convergence of views between the political parties."

Al-Bolani added that "the political forces will enter, after the Eid al-Fitr holiday, in more serious dialogues," noting that "the initiatives that are being proposed are the result of political meetings and meetings to get out of the political blockage."

And the representative of the state of law stated that "the dialogues between the coordination framework and the Sadrist bloc did not stop, despite the fact that the current stage contains stagnation and political stagnation," stressing that "the détente of the crisis and the thawing of political ice will be after the Eid holiday." LINK

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