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Samson:  Support: the resignation of Abdul-Mahdi and his government a big victory achieved by the people

2019/11/29 19:50

MP from the opposition bloc of wisdom Hassan al-Janabi support Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced today his intention to submit his resignation from the post to the House of Representatives.

"The resignation of Adel Abdul Mahdi and his government team is a great victory achieved by the Iraqi people," he said in a statement received by the Euphrates News agency.

The Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, announced today his intention to submit his resignation from the post to the House of Representatives, after the invitation of the supreme religious authority in Friday sermon House of Representatives "from which the current government to reconsider his options in this regard and act as dictated by the interest of Iraq and the preservation of blood To avoid a slide into violence, chaos and devastation. "   LINK

Samson:  Allawi calls for the formation of a caretaker government to prepare for elections in a period not exceeding 5 months

2019/11/29 19:08

The head of the Iraqi Platform, Iyad Allawi, called for the formation of a caretaker government after Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced on Friday his intention to submit his resignation to the House of Representatives.

Allawi said in a statement received by the agency (Euphrates News) a copy of "after two months of the start of peaceful protests, and the accompanying excessive violence as long as we warned of the continuation and caused by the bloodshed of innocent people, we make clear to the public that the issue of demonstrations and demonstrators does not bear just Abdul-Mahdi only the smallest part of it

As the bulk of the problem lies in the nature and structure of the political process that has become harmful and devastating for Iraq, and led to fragmentation, and adopted marginalization, exclusion, and political sectarianism, and depend on its decisions to the regional external powers, and introduced the fate of Iraq after weakening it To play E Nations."

He added: "How much we have called for and worked for the reform of the political process before things got to where they were and we made our proposals for a deep belief in the homeland and the citizen." Allawi continued: So what should work today is:

1. Form a caretaker government whose task is to prepare for early and fair elections not exceeding 4 or 5 months.

2. The dismissal of the current Commission and the adoption of a new Commission from the Union of Teachers, Lawyers and former members of the former commissions known for their competence and integrity.

3. To prosecute the spoilers and their protectors and anyone involved in the shedding of Iraqi blood and to bring them to public trials.

4. Liberate the Iraqi sovereign decision and ensure its independence away from the degrading regional influences of one party or the other.

5- Preventing the emergence of sectarian quotas and amending some paragraphs of the constitution and completing them from an elected government and parliament.   LINK

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Don961:  Washington comments on the resignation of Abdul-Mahdi and appeals to "Iraqi leaders"

Politics 2019/11/29 20:30 1968    
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The United States commented on Friday, November 29, 2019, on the intention of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, to resign to the House of Representatives, while making a request to "Iraqi leaders."

Al Arabiya said the event, in an urgent news that "Washington calls on Iraqi leaders to respond quickly to the demands of protesters after the resignation of Abdul Mahdi."

Earlier, the spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Abdul Karim Khalaf, confirmed that the armed forces are exercising their role away from the political movement.

Khalaf said in a brief statement that "our forces exercise their role away from the political movement."

This comes against the backdrop of the announcement by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, that he will submit to the House of Representatives, requesting his resignation, in response to the invitation of the religious authority.

Abdul Mahdi said in a statement received (Baghdad today), "I listened very carefully to the speech of the Supreme Religious authority on 29/11/2019 and stated that (in view of the difficult circumstances experienced by the country, and the apparent deficit in dealing with the authorities concerned with the developments of the two months The Council of Representatives, from which the current government emerged, is called upon to reconsider its options in this regard and act in the interests of Iraq and to preserve the blood of its people, and avoid sliding into a cycle of violence, chaos and devastation. "

He added: "In response to this call and to facilitate and expedite its completion as soon as possible, I will submit to the House of Representatives the official letter requesting the resignation of the current government to enable the Council to reconsider its options."

He warned that "the proximal and distant knows that I have already made this option publicly and in official notes, and in the interest of the people and the country."

The highest religious authority represented by Mr. Ali al-Sistani, has seen, today, that the House of Representatives, which chose the government is invited to reconsider its options, and it is called to accelerate the adoption of a package of reform legislation to be in preparation for free and fair elections.   LINK

Samson:  Deputy: Parliament is obliged to accept the resignation of Abdul Mahdi during the next session

08:55 - 30/11/2019

Al-Nasr MP Nada Shaker Jawdat called on Saturday for an emergency session of the House of Representatives to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi.

Jawdat said in a statement to / information / that "the political blocs are required to come to an emergency session of the House of Representatives during the coming hours to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi."

She added that "the demands of the reference clear to keep the House of Representatives as it is until the order of the new government and the adoption of the laws of the elections and the Electoral Commission." 

Jawdat called on the House of Representatives to "draft a parliamentary resolution to hold all military leaders involved in bloodshed and use excessive force to suppress demonstrations."  LINK

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Samson:  Legal: All cabinet cabs are covered by resignation and this will happen next month

08:44 - 30/11/2019

The legal expert Ali al-Tamimi, on Saturday, details of the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, noting that all members of the cabinet are covered by the resignation according to the Constitution.

Al-Tamimi said in a statement to the information that "the constitution provides for the inclusion of all ministers to resign the prime minister from his position without excluding any person."

He added that "the government of Abdul-Mahdi will be transformed into a caretaker government for a period of only one month is not extendable provided that the President of the Republic is committed to designate the second bloc to nominate the prime minister."

Al-Tamimi said, "The President of the Republic will head the government with the powers of a caretaker government in the event of the expiry of the month without identifying a candidate for Abdul Mahdi."   LINK

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Samson:  Extraordinary session of the Council of Ministers on the resignation of Abdul Mahdi

30th November, 2019
The Council of Ministers, on Saturday, an extraordinary session called by Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi to present the subject of his resignation and the government and submitted to the House of Representatives, and to discuss the consequences of the government of the conduct of daily affairs in accordance with the Constitution.

"The Prime Minister affirmed the principle of the peaceful transfer of power in the democratic system, and the achievement of the interests of the people is an underestimating goal," a statement issued by the council told Shafaq News. He called on the House of Representatives to find appropriate solutions at its next session, and called on members of the government to continue their work. While forming the new government."

"The Prime Minister reviewed the complex circumstances in which the government was formed, the challenges it faced and the achievements it has achieved in the past period at the internal level and foreign relations," the statement said.   LINK

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Samson:  The Cabinet approves the resignations of Abu Jihad and Ghazi

30th November, 2019
The Council of Ministers approved on Saturday, the resignations of the Director of the Office of Prime Minister Abu Jihad al-Hashemi and Secretary-General of the Council Hamid al-Ghazi from their positions.

Government sources told Mawazine News that the cabinet approved the resignation of Prime Minister Abu Jihad al-Hashemi's office. She added, "The Council also approved the resignation of the Secretary-General of the Council Hamid al-Ghazi."

Both al-Ghazzi and al-Hashemi resigned from their posts in the wake of protests in Baghdad and the southern governorates.  LINK

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Samson:  Delegation of the Kurdistan Region: our dialogues with state institutions and not personalities and we will visit Baghdad tomorrow

30th November, 2019
The resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi from his post will not affect the course of the ongoing negotiations on the draft budget law, confirming a visit to the capital Baghdad on Sunday.

"The prime minister has submitted his resignation and we should not anticipate the events and wait for what happened," regional minister Khalid Shwani said in a press statement.  

He added that "we will visit Baghdad tomorrow and we will meet with the Iraqi parties in order to reach a final agreement on the budget law and go to submit its draft law to the House of Representatives for approval."   LINK