Monday Afternoon Iraq Parliament News Highlights 8-29-22

Al-Sadr Announces “Final Retirement”: Everyone Has A Solution From Me

Political | 12:54 - 29/08/2022   Baghdad - Mawazine News, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced today, Monday, the "final retirement" of political work.    https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=203798

Member Of The Coordination Framework: Al-Sadr Wants To Preserve Al-Kazemi

Policy   2022-08-28 | 14:30   Source:   Alsumaria news   6,684 views   A member of the coordination framework, Jabbar Al-Maamouri, considered, on Sunday, that the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada Al-Sadr, wants to preserve the caretaker prime minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

Al-Maamouri said during his speech to the "Eshreen" program broadcast by Alsumaria satellite channel, that "there is no project for Mr. Al-Sadr," wondering, "Who is he?"

Saleh Mohammed Al Iraqi Is it one or three people?

And he added, "Al-Sayed owns all the government, from the central bank to dozens of general managers, and he wants to preserve Al-Kazemi."

Al-Maamouri asked, "If the state is in his hands, where does it give space to others," noting that "the framework does not want a ghost, it wants someone to sit in front of it."

gave a leader Sadrist Movement  Muqtada al-Sadr  Yesterday, Saturday, an initiative he described as "more important than dissolving parliament and holding early elections."

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Saleh Mohammed Al Iraqi In a statement received by  Alsumaria news Al-Sadr said: “There is something more important than dissolving parliament and holding early elections. The most important thing is that not all parties and personalities that have participated in the political process since the American occupation in 2003 until today, with all its details, leaders, ministers, employees, and special ranks affiliated with the parties. Absolutely, including Sadrist Movement   I say it full of mouth."  LINK

Full Details Of The Meeting With The Presidents Of The Republic And The Ministers

Policy   2022-08-28 | 08:28   2,286 views   Today, Sunday, the presidents and ministers stressed the importance of serious and effective dialogue to reach solutions to the current political crisis.

The Office of the Presidency of the Republic said in a statement received by Alsumaria news, the "President of the Republic" Barham Saleh Received today, Sunday, August 28, 2022, at the Peace Palace inBaghdad, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi".

During the meeting, many issues related to the general situation in the country were discussed, especially the existing political crisis and its repercussions, as the importance of serious and effective dialogue to reach solutions to the crisis and solutions that take into account the delicate circumstance the country is going through and the aspirations of citizens.

The statement also stressed the need to strengthen the home front and pursue courses of action based on the supreme national interest, contributing to extricating the country from the current crisis, facing political, economic and financial challenges, responding to the expected benefits, consolidating security and stability, and protecting civil and social peace in the country.   LINK

A New Meeting Of The Four Presidencies.. These Details

Political | 01:00 - 29/08/2022  The text of the Presidency statement:

Today, Monday, August 29, 2022, the President of the Republic, Dr. Barham Salih, hosted a meeting that included Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, Parliament Speaker Muhammad Al-Halbousi, and the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Faiq Zaidan, to discuss developments on the national scene.

The meeting stressed that maintaining security, stability, and the democratic and constitutional path in Iraq is the duty of all Iraqis, as is the duty of state institutions and national political forces, and that constructive dialogue is the right way to end all current disputes in order to preserve the country's capabilities.

The meeting renewed its support for the Prime Minister's call to hold a new round of national dialogue this week to discuss and discuss ideas and initiatives related to resolving the current crisis, and we renew the invitation to the brothers in the Sadrist movement to attend the dialogue session.

The attendees stressed the high appreciation of the reform proposals at all levels, the development of the work of various institutions and the fight against corruption, and the need for the national dialogue to take its course to discuss everything that would translate the aspirations of our honorable people into an actual reality.

The meeting called on all national forces to assume responsibility in the current situation in the country, including the adoption of calm at all levels and stopping the political escalation, allowing a fruitful discussion of the immediate solutions offered, a discussion of the general political situation and improving the environment for relations between the various political forces on the basis of the supreme national interest. On the basis of the requirements of reform at its many levels.

The meeting also called for an immediate halt to the current media escalation, which negatively affects the interests of the country and raises concern among the people.

The meeting thanked the national social and cultural activities in support of the national dialogue and efforts for calm, resolution and solidarity among the people of the same country.

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One Day After The End Of The "Sadr Deadline" To Expel The 2003 Parties, And The "Framework" Considers It An Unconstitutional Demand

Posted On2022-08-29 By Sotaliraq   Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan   There is only one day left for the political forces to sign the "Agreement to Expel Parties 2003" put forward by the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, to get out of the crisis that has been going on for more than 10 months.

Al-Sadr had given the parties 72 hours to sign the new road map, according to which all forces that emerged after 2003 would refrain from participating in power.

The new deadline ends with an expected date for the Federal Court session to consider the cases brought about the dissolution of Parliament.

At the same time, the coordinating framework is trying to break up all the barriers towards the new parliament hall, in which it intends to hold a session even if without a speaker and a deputy!

And before estimates multiplied about what would happen if the "federal" refused to dissolve parliament and the parties insisted on remaining in power, the answer was to "stop oil exports."

Two days ago, news platforms close to the current began promoting large demonstrations to close companies, oil wells and ports, before deleting these news following a statement from Al-Sadr's office.

The statement issued on Saturday evening, shortly after Al-Sadr's deadline, in which the bureau warned against some news platforms, which it described as "suspicious."

These sites then deleted maps they had previously published of oil sites and ports in Basra, which they incited to close if Sadr's efforts failed.

These platforms then tried to distance the Sadrist movement from the expected protests near the oil outlets, and began using the word "protesters" instead of the "Ashura revolution", which is the name of the movement led by al-Sadr.

Prior to that, these news platforms had also published locations and coordinates of offices and sites they called “safe houses” for some factions in Baghdad.

These platforms seemed to incite attacks on the factions' sites, as they stated that these offices contained a number of weapons.

On the ground, according to those close to the protests of Sadr's followers who spoke to Al-Mada, "the instructions so far are to stay in the well-known sit-in places in front of the parliament building."

Hazem al-Araji and Ibrahim al-Jabri, two Sadrist leaders and members of the sit-in organizing committee, appeared on Saturday evening in one of the protest tents inside the Green Zone.

The two leaders chanted slogans in support of the leader of the movement, as appeared in a video clip that was broadcast on sites close to the movement, while it seemed that the protests were continuing in the old sites without change.

The sudden progress of the protesters last week towards the Judicial Council took place without introductions or insinuations from al-Sadr or his minister, as in the previous times.

A day after the protesters withdrew from the Judicial Council based on “al-Sadr’s advice” at the time, the latter hinted through the “minister of the leader” close to the steps of “a surprise that did not come to their minds,” referring to his opponents who expected this surprise to be “civil disobedience.”

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Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi, or “minister of the leader,” who broadcast on Saturday evening, al-Sadr’s last deadline, yesterday photographed Iraq, which the leader of the current aspires to after the “deportation agreement” or the party’s retirement after 2003.

Addressing the Iraqis, the Iraqi said: "Come to a new Iraq in which there is no subordination... and no militias...".

And he added in a tweet on "Twitter", speaking about the new Iraq, according to the current's viewpoint: "There is a law that is enforced...and an impartial judiciary...and where young people are appointed...in which agriculture and industry thrive."

Al-Iraqi had quoted "Al-Sadr" on Saturday evening, the latter's willingness to sign an agreement to resolve the crisis, provided that the parties do not participate in the elections.

So far, the political forces, especially his opponents, have not issued any official position on the deadline that ends on Tuesday.

At a time when a former Sadrist deputy considered that "Al-Sadr's" recent call, it opened a way for politicians to "implement it" before "the people's revenge."

Ghayeb Al-Amiri said in a tweet on Twitter: "Here he proves his sincerity (referring to Al-Sadr) as every time he is (Ibn Al-Sadr Al-Sadiq) and launches an invitation that shortens all initiatives and closes the door on every shy or incomplete initiative in the coming days."

He added, "He would give up everything for the sake of Iraq and its people, with unique courage and genius... by making way for a new Iraqi generation to lead the next stage."

The former deputy, who was recently issued an arrest warrant for threatening the judiciary, continued, "With his morals and his highness, he cuts the sedition that Aslan Al-Falout desires and desires, with a war between the sons of the homeland that does not happen against their will with the presence of the honorable reference and the master of peace al-Sadr...".

Al-Amiri continued, “All parties should thank God Almighty for the presence of the author of this tweet, who opened an outlet for them to implement from what was left for them, for he is a generous brother and a generous nephew.”

And the leader of the Sadrist movement added, "The interruption of tweeting and its absence will be for the vengeful people to say and never regret...

Al-Iraqi had said in a tweet on Saturday, quoting "Al-Sadr" that the most important thing than the dissolution of parliament and early elections, is: "The non-participation of all parties and personalities that participated in the political process since the US occupation in 2003 to this day."

In the dimensions document, the Iraqi included all the leaders, ministers, employees and special ranks of the parties, and added: "Indeed, absolutely.. including the Sadrist movement.. I say that with full mouth."

Al-Sadr considered that his initiative is reminiscent of all previous initiatives, and stressed: "I am ready, within a maximum period of (72) hours, to sign an agreement that includes this."

On the other hand, the leader of the movement rejected calls: "to achieve this (in reference to the reforms) after the upcoming elections," or by a "bloody method."

Al-Sadr threatened again to withdraw and said, "If this is not achieved, there is no room for reform, and therefore there is no need for me to interfere with what is happening in the future, not by tweeting or anything else."

Do you hold parliament session?

As for the coordination framework movement, it does not seem interested in "Al-Sadr's call" and is struggling with time to hold a session of Parliament before surprises occur.

The Federal Court had announced that it had set the current day of August 30 (tomorrow, Tuesday) to consider the cases brought about the dissolution of Parliament.

A member of the "framework", a spokesman for (the term), says that "the call of the leader of the Sadrist movement is not clear and is not constitutional, and we are working to hold a session of Parliament."

A member of the coordination framework, who asked not to be named, clarified that “the session may be without a parliament speaker or even his deputy.”

So far, Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi has not shown a clear position on the calls for holding a session after news of the existence of signatures between 170 to 180 deputies demanding that measure.

As for his second deputy, the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Shakhwan Abdullah, he had ruled out a few days ago from holding the session.

The Democratic Party had previously refused to enter into new dialogues without the presence of the Sadrist movement, a position it was understood that (the party) refused to attend the new session.

The member of the "framework" adds: "If the Sovereignty Alliance and the Democratic Party attend, the session will be to choose the president of the republic and then complete the rest of the powers."

The "Coordination" is still sticking to its candidate, Muhammad Shia'a Al-Sudani, to head the next government, despite the objections of Haider Al-Abadi, the leader of Al-Nasr, and Hadi Al-Amiri, the leader of Al-Fateh, who is pushing for a settlement with Al-Sadr.

The member of the "framework" believes that the session may be in the former People's Assembly at the time of the previous regime in the Al-Alawi region, to which the office of former Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi moved in 2018 for the first time outside the Green Zone since 2003.   LINK

After Al-Sadr's Retirement... Allawi's Coalition Sends A Message To Political Forces - Urgent

Policy   2022-08-29 | 07:24   12,246 views  Alsumaria News – Politics The National Coalition headed by Iyad Allawi, today, Monday, sent a message to the political forces, following the recent escalation in the country following the retirement of the Sadrist movement's leader Muqtada al-Sadr from political work.

In a statement received by Alsumaria News, the coalition stated that "the coalition warns once again of the seriousness of the situation and its tragic repercussions on the Iraqi people in general, and warns of the dangers of an escalation in the pace of political conflicts and any external interference inIraqOr the course of events that have reached a peak of hardening, fragmentation and division, which calls on all political parties to give precedence to the logic of wisdom, calm, and a sense of national and humanitarian responsibility, which we all need today more than ever before, in the face of the enormity of internal and external risks and challenges.

He added, "There is no way to solve except through a national dialogue that includes all political, social, popular and professional activities on the basis of patriotism, citizenship, mutual acceptance and political and social justice, and the rejection of all forms of quotas, dominance and exclusion."

A short while ago, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced his final retirement from political work, while instructing not to involve the name of the movement in political conflicts at all.

After al-Sadr's retirement, his office issued a statement, in which he directed to prevent interference in all political, governmental and media matters, raising slogans, flags and political chants, and using any media, including social media platforms, in the name of the Sadrist movement.   LINK