Tuesday Afternoon Iraq Parliament News Highlights 9-6-22

The First Dialogue After The Events Of Al-Khadra: A Committee To Repeat The Elections And Change The Law Of The Commission

Posted On2022-09-06 By Sotaliraq   Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan   At a time when a political summit was being held at the Government Palace in Baghdad, Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement, renewed his famous phrase in which he refuses to submit to "Eastern or Western" agendas.

And it was understood from the timing of the new “tweet” that it came in response to leaks about the presence of foreign hands trying to take the political forces gathered to boycott the movement to another direction.

In his "last tweet", al-Sadr hinted at the continuation of his alliance with other parties that share with him the approach of neutrality and Iraq in taking political decisions.

Those close to the Sadrist movement told Al-Mada that "the movement boycotted the dialogue session because the leader of the movement was clear regarding the negotiations when he requested that they be public."

Al-Sadr revealed last month that the coordination framework rejected the "public dialogue" initiative that he had presented to Jeanine Plasschaert, the United Nations representative in Iraq.

And concluded the first meeting after the Green clashes, in which the presidencies participated in the presence of Blackshart, to repeat the same recommendations in the first meeting that took place last August, and re-demand from the Sadrists to join the dialogue.

During the second round of the national dialogue, which was attended by all forces except the current, al-Sadr called for the continuation of reform, as he reiterated his commitment to the "Iraqi" decision and not to be subordinate to any eastern or western party.

According to those close to the movement, "the meeting had Iranian interventions that tried to pressure to proceed in forming the government and not pay attention to the opposition leader of the Sadrist movement, which did not happen."

Al-Sadr said in a tweet yesterday on Twitter: "Continue to reform, no matter what happens. I and my companions are neither easterners nor westerners. No one will rule over us (Ibn al-Dua'i) whoever he is."

On the other hand, the government statement after the meeting, which took place at the invitation of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, concluded with 6 points, which are:

1. The conferees affirmed that the developments in the political situation and the differences that led to it bear the national responsibility of everyone in maintaining stability, protecting the country from crises, supporting calm efforts, preventing escalation and violence, and adopting a national dialogue; To reach solutions, they stressed the need to continue the national dialogue sessions.

2 The meeting decided to form a technical team from various political forces; To mature common visions and ideas about the road map for a national solution, and to bring the views closer; In order to reach early elections and fulfill their requirements by reviewing the electoral law, and reconsidering the commission.

3- The attendees emphasized the activation of institutions and constitutional entitlements.

4 The meeting renewed the invitation of the brothers in the Sadrist movement to participate in technical and political meetings, to discuss all controversial issues, and to reach solutions to them.

5- The conferees stressed the necessity of purifying the atmosphere between the national forces, including preventing all forms of escalation, rejecting speeches that are issued or leaked and that cause damage to historical brotherly relations, and address them through the available legal means, in a manner that preserves the dignity of the Iraqi people, their feelings, their entitlements, and respect for religious considerations. political, and social.

6- The attendees stressed the need to achieve reform in the structure of the Iraqi state, and to value the demands to address any imbalance in the political or administrative frameworks through the necessary legislation and effective government programs, with the cooperation of all political forces, and with the support of our dear people, including discussing the foundations of constitutional amendments. And adherence to constitutional options in all stages of dialogue and solution.

The day before yesterday, Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi had stipulated 10 conditions in return for attendance, most notably setting the date for early elections and reinterpreting the largest bloc, while the "framework" refused to set preconditions.

The steadfastness of the armistice

In addition, the unwritten "truce" between the Sadrist movement and the parties in the coordination framework has been holding since last Friday, despite the presence of a security escalation.

Yesterday, fears emerged of a return of the wave of assassinations in the south of the country, after two previous waves in Maysan, which is the city of the traditional conflict between the movement and some armed parties.

According to security sources, a shooting incident at the car of a high-ranking national security officer in the south of Al-Amarah (the center of Maysan governorate), led to the death of two and the injury of others.

According to the sources, Brigadier General Qassem Daoud (National Security) was killed in the accident, while there were conflicting reports about the killing of another officer in the same vehicle after they were exposed to fire from unknown persons in an area called Al-Tawahin between Al-Amarah and Basra.

The protection of the high-ranking officer was also injured during the incident, while the victim officer had earlier participated in arrests against armed factions in the province.

It is believed, according to those security sources who spoke to (Al-Mada), that "Maysan is the site of a security escalation between the Sadrist movement and some factions that are trying to confuse the former, considering the city as one of the most important strongholds of the Sadrists."

Last May and June, two officers were killed in Maysan, who were working to arrest suspects in corruption cases, three months after similar assassinations in the same city of an officer and a judge.

At that time, well-informed political parties told Al-Mada that the security escalation in Maysan came after Al-Sadr's warnings of assassinations affecting his partners or he personally.

Those parties pointed out at the time that the danger in the expected assassinations was that they were led by a group called "the pumice" in relation to their speed of execution.

And these “khafafs” are accused of killing a number of activists and journalists during and after the October demonstrations in 2019, and they are secretly affiliated with armed factions.

The political parties revealed at the time that the team members were expelled by some well-known factions - whose names were not mentioned at the time - even if they were arrested, no party could be accused of being behind those assassinations.

In the capital, a mortar shell fell at dawn yesterday near a telecommunications company in the Al-Arasat area in central Baghdad, while the security services did not comment on the incident.

News platforms published pictures of the damage to part of the company's building, while sources from the region confirmed to (Al-Mada) that "the accident was caused by the fall of a mortar shell," while the company surrounds the headquarters of factions in the Popular Mobilization.

Al-Sadr's circles had revealed their belief that the parties behind a fire that broke out at dawn last Sunday in a commercial complex in Al-Shula area, west of Baghdad, was carried out by a "mortar" as well, as the complex belongs to one of the followers of the movement.

A truce described as "fragile" began after the clashes in Baghdad and Basra at the end of last week, which included the withdrawal of the "framework" from holding a parliament session and forming a government until after the Arba'een visit (after mid-September).

Armed factions accused of being behind the violence that took place in the capital and the south of the country have closed their headquarters until further notice in compliance with the truce.

On the other hand, the Sadrists, in turn, retreated from the escalation, and Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi, known as "the Leader's Minister", stopped publishing "tweets" for the third day in a row.   LINK

A Second Round Of National Dialogue In The Absence Of My Chest And Six Outputs, Without Interaction From Tenderness

Posted On2022-09-06 By Sotaliraq   A second round of national dialogue called for by Mustafa Al-Kazemi, head of the caretaker government, was attended by the presidencies and the leaders of the blocs, and absent from it was the representative of Muqtada Al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement for the second time.

The outcome of the session did not touch the minimum conditions of the leader of the movement, as there is no declared decision to dissolve parliament and hold early elections, nor does a transitional government pave the way for that.

Ehsan Al-Shammari, a political analyst, told UTV that "this session shows the depth of the crisis between the political parties on the one hand and the Sadrist movement on the other."

What distinguishes the outcomes of the second round of dialogue from the first is the consensus to form a team of various political forces to discuss a road map that compensates for a dead end between the coordination framework and the Sadrist movement, hoping that Hananah will have a presence in the expected third round, and the session was devoid of talk about forming a framework government because Sadr's position on it even after his retirement from politics.

Salam al-Zubaidi, a spokesman for the victory coalition, told UTV that "the meeting did not address any talk about a new government or the name of the prime minister, because there is rejection and congestion in the street, and also a rejection from the Sadrist bloc, and therefore any attempt to name a prime minister or form a government is far from Compliance with the pectoral block will not be successful.”

A source from the Kurdistan Democratic Party told UTV that the party would not be a party to the formation of any government before it gets full guarantees for the implementation of the agreed terms.

The second round of the national dialogue comes a day after Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi presented a road map saying that it is not possible for the political process to proceed without agreement on it. LINK

Al-Maliki's Coalition: Choosing An Alternative To The Sudanese Is Debatable

Political | 08:45 - 05/09/2022   Baghdad - Mawazine News   The State of Law coalition revealed, on Monday, the possibility of choosing an alternative to Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, the candidate for the coordination framework to head the next government.

The representative of the state of law, Ahmed Al-Fawaz, said in a television interview followed by / Mawazine News / that the political conflict requires that all forces bear the responsibility to open the door for dialogue, calling on the political forces to initiate the formation of a service government that is responsible for approving the federal budget.

Al-Fawaz pointed out that the formation of a transitional government with full powers to restore bridges of confidence with the citizen and ensure the success of the democratic process.

He added, "The Kurdish forces must resolve the issue of choosing the president of the republic in a consensual way or through the political space."

Al-Fawaz stressed that the framework candidate for prime minister is Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, noting that the political process cannot depend on a specific person.

He continued, "The choice of an alternative to the Sudanese is debatable and subject to viewpoints in the interest of the Iraqi people."   https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=204607

Talabani Is In Baghdad Soon To Complete Al-Amiri's Mission

Posted On2022-09-06 By Sotaliraq   The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan confirmed, on Monday, that the meetings held by the head of the Al-Fateh Alliance Hadi Al-Amiri with the heads of the Kurdish parties came out with positive results, while revealing an upcoming visit to the President of the Union, Bafel Talabani, to Baghdad to complete Al-Amiri's mission.

The leader of the Patriotic Union, Ghiath al-Sorji, said in a statement that "the mission of the head of the Al-Fateh Alliance to meet with the leaders of the political forces in the Sulaymaniyah province, led by the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Bafel Talabani, was not difficult because the relationship between the coordination framework and the Patriotic Kurdistan was originally compatible."

Al-Sorji added, "Al-Amiri's meeting with the heads of the Kurdish parties in Sulaymaniyah came out with positive results and a welcome for Al-Amiri's initiative to call for a comprehensive national dialogue for all Iraqi political forces."

He added that "the meeting that brought together al-Amiri and Talabani did not address the issue of choosing the president of the republic or holding a session of parliament, but rather focused on the issue of the comprehensive national dialogue to exit the stifling political crisis."

Al-Sorji pointed out that "the head of the National Union, Bafel Talabani, will visit Baghdad in the coming days to hold meetings with all political leaders, including the leaders of the coordination framework for the same issue."    LINK

Leader By Law: 20 Political Blocs Support Amending The Electoral Law

Posted On2022-09-06 By Sotaliraq   The leader of the State of Law coalition, Turki Al-Atabi, revealed, on Monday, that there are more than 20 political blocs that support amending the terms of the electoral law in Iraq.

Al-Otabi said in an interview that “an important part of the political crisis in the country is due to the mistakes and loopholes in the election law, which we warned early on of its repercussions,” noting that “the current events are the result of a law that was not just and fair to all.”

Al-Otbi added, "More than 20 political blocs in Iraq support making fundamental changes to the provisions of the election law in a manner that achieves transparency and fairness and guarantees the votes of voters from all shades," noting that "the holding of early elections depends on the return of the parliament, which is the one who decides as the representative of the people of all stripes."

He pointed out that "the political crisis in the country cannot be resolved without the parliament's sessions returning to their normal state." Finished/ 25 F   LINK

Parliamentary Tendency To Withdraw The Hand Of The Governor Of Salah Al-Din: "Weak" And Did Not Fight Corruption

Sumerian special   2022-09-06 | 07:19   918 views   Alsumaria News - Salah al-Din, the representative of Salah al-Din Governorate, Mahdi Taqi Amerli, revealed today, Tuesday, a tendency to collect parliamentary signatures to withdraw the hand of Governor Ismail al-Halloub, while submitting a request to the caretaker prime minister, Mustafa al-Kazemi, on this issue.

Amerli said in an interview with Alsumaria News, "The amounts spent by Salah al-Din Governor Ismail al-Halloub since taking office, there has been no change in the governorate and we have not touched anything of it," noting that his decisions are weak, and we as Salah al-Din's representatives are not satisfied with this current situation in the governorate from Significant marginalization of regions at the expense of others

He added, "The northern and southern regions of Salah al-Din suffer from marginalization in the management and implementation of projects." Amerli

explained that "the governor is unable to manage the security file despite his being the head of the security committee," adding, "We need a governor to adapt himself to work in all cities of the province without discrimination."

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He continued, "Al-Halloub is very weak in moving corruption files in the province, but we, as a supervisory committee, will do our part and move these files."  LINK

New Details About The Judicial Investigation Of The "Leaks Of Al-Maliki"

Shafaq News/ An informed judicial source revealed, on Tuesday, new details regarding the investigation opened by the Supreme Judicial Council, regarding the audio leaks of the leader of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki.

The source told Shafak News Agency, "The investigations are still ongoing in accordance with legal and fundamental procedures, and this file has not been closed."

And he indicated that "there are many specialized bodies participating in this investigation to reach the facts, and there is no pressure on the judicial authorities to close this file. Rather, there is a legal process that the investigation authorities are going through to announce the results in the near future."

On the nineteenth of last June, the Supreme Judicial Council announced that the Karkh Investigation Court (in Baghdad) had received a request submitted to the Public Prosecution to take legal measures regarding the audio leaks.

In his speech, according to the recordings published by journalist blogger Ali Fadel, Al-Maliki touched on topics related to Sunni Arabs that were considered sectarian, in addition to describing the "popular mobilization" as "a nation of cowards", while talking about arming clans and groups estimated at 20,000 fighters on the ground, asking him for support. Financially, logistically and legally, and he promised to provide this, in order to protect him from the leader of the Sadrist movement Muqtada al-Sadr, who wants to "slaughter everyone," according to Al-Maliki.

The former prime minister also spoke about "financial and administrative corruption" in the PMF, and about the fact that the "Badr" organization, led by Hadi al-Amiri, receives financial salaries for about 40,000 people, while it does not have that number on the ground.

After these recordings, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, asked al-Maliki to surrender himself and those who sought refuge from the corrupt to the judicial authorities.

The "Technology for Peace" team, the most famous Iraqi technical team, had confirmed the authenticity of the recordings attributed to al-Maliki, and said that they were "not fabricated", noting in a report published earlier, that "despite the repeated denials of the owners of those recordings, and his claim I fabricated it by quoting and fitting excerpts from his voice to appear in this way, but the observations we made about the audio clip prove otherwise.  LINK