Monday Afternoon Iraq Parliament News Highlights 8-1-22

The National Coalition Launches An Initiative To Solve The Current Crisis

Policy  2022-08-01 | 04:56   969 views  Alsumaria News – Baghdad The National Coalition called on the political parties to calm down, give priority to reason and dialogue, respect the right to demonstrate and preserve the prestige of the state.

In a statement received by Alsumaria News, the coalition stated that "Iraq has faced during the past few days serious developments in the escalation of positions between the parties to the political and electoral crisis, forgetting the constitutional timings that resulted from early elections that were not appropriate conditions to hold."

The statement added: "And out of concern for stability and civil peace and constitutional contexts, the National Coalition affirms the following:

First - Calling all parties to calm and give priority to the language of reason and dialogue, and concern for the public interest of citizens and the sovereignty and independence of Iraq and its territorial integrity.

Second - Respect for The right to peaceful civilized demonstration, with the need to preserve the prestige of the state and its institutions, authorities and national, sovereign and legal symbols.

Third - Refusal to allow state institutions and authorities to be a field for conflicts and exchange of messages between the parties to a political crisis

Fourth - The coalition believes that dismantling the crisis and removing the causes of political tension requires holding a conference for national dialogue between all parties, to agree on acceptable common options, either by proceeding with holding a session of the House of Representatives to choose a President of the Republic and then forming a government, or moving towards dissolving Parliament and calling for early elections , provided that the solution is preceded by the adoption of a new electoral law and a truly independent commission; With the transformation of the current government into a transitional government with legislative powers temporarily.

Fifth - In confirmation of the continuous calls for the National Dialogue by the leader of the coalition, Iyad Allawi, and given that the National Coalition maintains good relations with all parties, especially the coordination framework and the Sadrist movement, it expresses its full readiness to host, sponsor and support the National Dialogue sessions anywhere that is agreed upon.

Sixth - The National Coalition calls on regional and international powers to respect Iraq's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to respect the national will of the Iraqi people in choosing the regime they want.

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Al-Sadr's Minister Responds To Al-Amiri: You Must Withdraw With Your Bloc From The Framework

Policy  2022-08-01 | 04:31   Source:  Alsumaria news   26,967 views  Alsumaria News - The policy of   Talib Salih Muhammad al-Iraqi, nicknamed Minister al-Sadr, today, Monday, the head of the Al-Fateh Alliance Hadi al-Amiri to withdraw with his bloc from the coordination framework.

Al-Iraqi said in a Facebook post, which was followed by Alsumaria News, "Brother Al-Amiri's call for dialogue between the framework (to which he belongs) and the Sadrist movement, which he has abandoned, is repeated. I say that if we compromise and accept the dialogue, this is conditioned on the following:

First: “Brother Al-Amiri and his bloc withdrew from the framework.”

Second: "A frank denunciation of what (Speicherman) said in the leaks a few days ago."

Third: "You were among the signatories to a reform document..and it was not implemented..who is the guarantor of the implementation of the reform dialogue?!You must specify a guarantor in order to save Iraq from the teeth of corruption."

Earlier in the day, Al-Amiri said, "I repeat my sincere appeal to the brothers in the Sadrist movement and to the brothers in the coordinating framework to overcome the logic of reason, wisdom, self-restraint and deliberation, and to advance the interest of the country and people through serious and constructive dialogue, to reach solutions to the points of differences between them. Iraq is dear to everyone.   LINK

"Internal Affair"... The First Official Iranian Comment On The Events Of Iraq - Urgent

Policy   2022-08-01 | 02:50  7,957 views   Alsumaria News – Politics   Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said today, Monday, that Iran "has always emphasized stability and the importance of stability and security in Iraq and believes that the security of this country is the security of Iran and the region."

On Iran's position on the latest developments in Iraq, Kanaani said, according to Mehr News Agency, that "Iraq is a large and important country. Of course, we are following the current developments in this country with precision and sensitivity."

He stressed that "Iran has always emphasized stability and the importance of stability and security in this neighbor, friend and brother country, and believes that the security of Iraq is the security of Iran and the region. We are following the developments of this country with precision and sensitivity    LINK

Member Of Parliamentary Law: The Constitution Cannot Be Amended At The Present Time

Political | 12:29 - 01/08/2022   Special - Mawazine News, a member of the Parliamentary Legal Committee, Salem Al-Anbaki, confirmed, on Monday, that it is not possible to make amendments to the constitution at the present time.

Al-Anbaki told Mawazine News, "The decision to amend the constitution requires a collective political decision and not for one party without another. Kurdish and Sunni parties do not call for changing the constitution, so it cannot be amended at the present time."

He added, that some provisions of the constitution need to be amended, but amending them will not be easy unless legal experts are sought and a request is submitted to the Parliamentary Legal.

He continued, "Calls for calm and the opening of dialogue channels are much better than aggravating the current situation." Ended 29/N33    https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=201150

Al-Sadr: A great opportunity to fundamentally change the political system, the constitution and the elections

Posted On2022-08-01 By Sotaliraq   The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, called on the clans, the security forces and the popular crowd to support the "revolutionaries for reform."

Al-Sadr said, in a tweet to him, yesterday, "I call on everyone to support the revolutionaries for reform, including our proud clans, our heroic security forces, members of the Mujahid Popular Mobilization Forces who refuse to submit and subjugation, and all groups of the people to support reform, men, women, old people, youth and children," adding, "Not under my banner or my leadership." Rather, it is under the banner of Iraq and the people’s decision, even if some claim that the current revolution is a Sadrist.”

Al-Sadr described these demonstrations as “another opportunity to dispel darkness, darkness, corruption, exclusivity in power, loyalty to the outside, quotas and sectarianism that have permeated Iraq’s chest since its occupation and to this day,” expressing his hope that “the tragedy of missing the first golden opportunity in 2016 will not be repeated.”

He considered the current demonstrations "a spontaneous, peaceful revolution that liberated the (green) region as a first stage," noting that it is "the golden opportunity for all of the people stigmatized by the fire of injustice, terrorism, corruption, occupation and dependency."

He also wrote, "Yes, a great opportunity to fundamentally change the political system, the constitution, and elections that, if rigged in favor of the deep state, have become the best free and fair elections, and if they are fair and remove the corrupt, they have become fraudulent and are rigged by the hands of the corrupt on the one hand and malicious lawsuits on the other."

Al-Sadr’s statement, made an appeal to the Iraqi people, saying: “Oh, the proud and free Iraqi people who love reform, democracy, citizenship, law, independence, sovereignty, prestige, and confining arms to a strong, patriarchal state that imposes the law on itself before the poor and does not exclude the influential, militias, and the like.”

Beloved, you are all responsible and all of you are at stake.. Either an Iraq lofty among nations or a vassal Iraq controlled by the corrupt, vassal and those with religious ambitions, and even moved by the hands of the outside, east and west, and then I have no choice but to pray and cry over the end of Iraq, which is near.” chest statement.

And he added: "Oh, free people, it is the cry of Imam Hussein: It is humiliating, and his cry: Who heard our conscious and did not help us." And he continued, “So I say: Whoever hears the awareness of reform and does not support it, he will be a prisoner of violence, militias, kidnapping, greed, intimidation, marginalization, poverty, humiliation and the erasure of dignity. Your Iraq is the Iraq of sacred things, the Iraq of civilization, the Iraq of jihad and the Iraq of the reformist spring, so do not miss the opportunity, or else there will be no time.”

Al-Sadr warned not to miss the current opportunity, saying: “If you miss the opportunity, do not blame me, for I invite you to what is in your best interests and reform, and to save your homeland, your dignity, your food, your good deeds and your prestige … and there is no way.”    LINK 

Al-Sadr is looking for his opponents' recognition of the error of the interpretations of the blocking third and the largest bloc before the sit-ins were dispersed

Posted On2022-08-01 By Sotaliraq   Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan

Nuri al-Maliki, the leader of State of Law, pressed the “wounding of defections” within the “coordination framework” again while he was waiting for the arrival of human reinforcements to a center affiliated with the Dawa Party in one of the prestigious neighborhoods of Baghdad, where he was preparing to respond to the Sadrists storming Parliament for the second time.

On the other hand, the protesters of the Sadrist movement have spent their first night in the corridors of Parliament “without vexation” from the supporters of the “frameworkers” who vowed to send them to occupy the Prime Minister’s office on the principle of “an eye for an eye.”

After the decision to sit in Parliament, the demonstrators practiced their normal lives and set up “Hussainia mourning” councils, while others went to assume the role of ministers and the Speaker of Parliament and sign blank papers.

Calm prevailed in the capital, yesterday, after a night in which dramatic events took place as protesters toppled concrete barriers on the Jumhuriya Bridge linking Tahrir Square and the Green Zone, then opened a gap in the walls and reached Parliament.

The government announced late Saturday evening the suspension of official working hours on Sunday, for all institutions except for the security, while it did not provide a reason to stop working, while the following hours witnessed the opening of streets and bridges that were closed on the day of the storming.

The breath was held due to the escalation of threats by the "Coordination Committee", which then retreated to the request of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, for a comprehensive dialogue, while in return, "Al-Sadr" might ask his opponents to "confess the mistake" that took place after the last elections, before his supporters evacuated. Parliament.

Parliament Speaker Muhammad Al-Halbousi decided on Saturday evening to suspend the parliament’s sessions until further notice, while the demonstrators and the security forces demanded the preservation and protection of public institutions, in return, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi called on everyone to adopt dialogue.

Close to the Sadrist movement revealed to (Al-Mada) what they described as a "tempting offer" made by the "coordinating framework" during the past 48 hours, in exchange for the demonstrators' withdrawal from Parliament, but they confirmed that "the offer is rejected."

The Coordination Council seemed confused after the shock of the protesters entering Parliament 3 days after the first storming, as the security forces had deployed dozens of concrete walls on bridges and entrances to the Green Zone, and more than 100 people from both sides were injured in the recent events.

With these intensive security measures and the security forces' attempt to push the demonstrators away from the green walls, the "framers" had no chance of accusing the government or hinting that it had facilitated the protesters' entry to the fortified area, as happened in the first storming that occurred on Wednesday evening.

And about the retreat shown by the “coordinator” in his positions, close to the movement said that “the coordination offered a deal to the Sadrists to end the sit-in, including returning the resigned deputies (73 deputies) and participating in the government while giving the movement the right to name the prime minister,” and part of the deal from him had been offered. On “Al-Sadr” during the last crisis before his withdrawal last month, and was rejected.

Those close to the Sadrist movement point out that "the offer is certainly rejected because it does not achieve the goals of the leader of the movement, which wants to build a real democracy and form a majority government that bears the responsibility for success and failure in its performance."

On this basis, those close to the movement reveal that "Muqtada al-Sadr wants his opponents (coordinating) to admit the mistakes that occurred after 10/10 (the last legislative elections) from the issues of the largest bloc and the blocking third."

Those parties add: “The interpretation of the blocking third, which is a heresy that emerged after five electoral cycles, must be retracted, and a return to the minutes of 2005 and the subsequent formation of a government regarding the interpretation of the largest bloc, which is the winning bloc after the elections by the number of seats and not arising from alliances.”

Those close to the movement indicated that "Al-Sadr is not interested in the return of parliamentarians or the formation of the government, but rather wants to establish these facts and prevent fraud and politicize the judiciary," noting also that "the re-election is not on the table now, because if (the elections) take place, it will cost the country new money, while it will produce the same problem."

The protesters had decided, shortly after entering Parliament, to go to the Judicial Council, which mobilized the Sadrists against it during the past days, before the "minister of the leader" who is close to al-Sadr published a tweet calling on the supporters of the movement to "return to the parliament because it is the symbol of the people."

From escalation to dialogue

In a moment of reviewing the positions following the events of Saturday, all the leaders of the coordination “framework,” including “Al-Maliki,” the leader of the Sadrist movement, called for dialogue, hours after an “escalatory statement,” which later turned out to be written by the “revolutionaries” within the Shiite bloc.

An informed politician confirmed to (Al-Mada) that "Nuri al-Maliki and some of his supporters within the coordination framework drafted the statement of escalation that was published after the storming of Parliament, which did not satisfy the rest of the Shiite leaders and was replaced after that by a call for dialogue."

The statement was drafted during Al-Maliki’s meeting in the Al-Abrar Hall, which is a luxurious hall that cost 20 billion dinars to build, according to the latter’s statements in 2018, affiliated with the Dawa Party in the Jadriya area, where it was supposed to gather the supporters of the “Coordination” to respond to the Sadrists.

At that moment, “frameworks” leaked information that “supporters of the framework, the crowd, and the resistance will enter the Green Zone and occupy the prime minister’s office in response to the Sadrists,” while the “schism” within the Shiite group caused a coup that was carried out by the leader of the state of law more than once against the consensus of “leaders.” Coordination” in the absence of those reinforcements.

And the well-informed politician adds that “only dozens of Maliki supporters arrived at the righteousness hall, while there were opinions from some frameworks threatening elements of the crowd to cut their salaries if they did not join the demonstrators in Baghdad.”

Such information was leaked during the demonstrations organized by the "Coordination Committee" at the end of last year, when (the framework) was objecting to the election results, during which his supporters surrounded the Green Zone for two months, with the help of elements of the Popular Mobilization after threatening them to cut their salaries.

The Coordination statement, which was described as “escalatory,” stressed that “the state, its legitimacy, its constitutional institutions, and civil peace are a red line,” calling on “all Iraqis to prepare to defend it in all possible peaceful ways.” LINK