Tuesday AM Iraq Parliament News Highlights 6-7-22

Tuesday AM Iraq Parliament News Highlights 6-7-22

Coordinating Committee: “Food Security” is against the Constitution, and we will not vote on it in its current form

Sumerian special  2022-06-07 | 05:57  And she continued, "Therefore, we have fear as a framework of voting on this law without refining it and setting only the three foundations (food, electricity, social security), as we vote only on these foundations."

The member of the coordination framework concluded her speech, that "there are funds in the law that include rights Euphrates The center and the south, but there are spoils for distributing this money to other governorates illegally and unconstitutionally.”   LINK

The Council Of Ministers Holds Its Regular Session Headed By Al-Kazemi

Policy   2022-06-07 | 05:16  Source:  Alsumaria News – Baghdad Today, Tuesday, the Council of Ministers held its regular session, headed by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

The media office of the President In a brief statement, Alsumaria News reported that:  Council of Ministers[/url]It held its regular session under the chairmanship of the Chairman Council of MinisterMustafa Al-Kazemi". LINK

Next Wednesday... Parliament Will Vote On "Food Security"

Policy  2022-06-06 | 16:01  Source:  Alsumaria news  4,403 views Alsumaria News publishes the agenda of the parliament session scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday.  The agenda includes a vote on the proposed law on emergency support for food security and development.   LINK

A Representative From The National Union Proposes To Mix All Initiatives With One Initiative To Solve The Political Blockage

Iraq   09:04 - 06-07-2022   The representative of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Party, Suzan Mansour, suggested that "all initiatives are mixed and a single national initiative is drawn from them, meaning that all initiatives are taken into consideration. The framework initiative, the tripartite alliance, and the independents will ultimately benefit the Iraqi citizen."

Representative Suzan Mansour said in a statement to Al-Sabah newspaper that "the goals of all political forces in the arena are common, such as fighting corruption, providing services to the citizen, and economic, security and political stability, and all of this affects the stability of the country, and therefore let us work to take the common points in the proposed initiatives, and consider the different points in them." .

And she indicated that "independents have an influence in the political arena, they have experience, they have their fans, and they have weight in the political arena," adding that "the National Union is working to unite all political forces and is at the same distance from them and still maintains these distances between the blocs."

And Representative Suzan Mansour continued, "The political blockage does not lie in the political agreement on the position of the President of the Republic, but if there is an agreement on the position of the Prime Minister, the election of the President of the Republic will pass smoothly, and our only candidate is still Mr. Barham Salih." https://kirkuktv.net/AR/Details/6579

A Deputy In The National Union Proposes (Mixing) Initiatives And Confirms: Saleh Is Still Our Only Candidate For The Presidency

political| 10:39 - 07/06/2022  Baghdad - Mawazine News, the representative of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Party bloc, Suzan Mansour, reiterated, on Tuesday, that her party's "only" candidate for the presidency is "Barham Salih".

Mansour suggested in an interview with the official "Al-Sabah" newspaper, followed by Mawazine News, that "all initiatives are mixed and a single national initiative is extracted from them, meaning that all initiatives are taken into consideration.

She added that "the goals of all political forces in the arena are common, such as fighting corruption, providing services to the citizen, and economic, security and political stability, and all of this affects the stability of the country, and therefore let us work to take the common points in the proposed initiatives, and consider the points on which they differ."

And she indicated that "the independents have influence in the political arena and they have experience and have their fans and they have weight in the political arena," adding that "the National Union is working to bring all political forces together and is at the same distance from them and still maintains these distances between the blocs."

Mansour continued, "The political blockage does not lie in the political agreement on the position of the President of the Republic, but if there is an agreement on the position of Prime Minister, the election of the President of the Republic will pass smoothly, and our only candidate is still Barham Salih." Ended 29/N33 https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=195717

Al-Sadr Responds To An Unannounced Message From The “Framework”: We Choose The Prime Minister And Dissolve The Factions Within 6 Months

Posted On 2022-06-07 By Sotaliraq   Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan   Once again, the coordination framework received a categorical rejection by the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, in the efforts of the Shiite group to form a partnership government.

The Sadrist movement had considered in its deliberations during the "second deadline" that the leader of the movement granted to his opponents, that "consensuality" means turning Iraq into a playground for regional states.

Amid great secrecy and tension between the two parties, the leader of the movement reiterated in a new response to the "framework" his intention to form a "majority government", and set a short time for dissolving the armed factions.

For more than 60 days, Al-Hanana - which is the headquarters of "Al-Sadr" in Najaf - has closed its doors in front of all attempts by the "Coordination Committee" to reach the leader of the movement.

Nevertheless, the coordinating framework managed to leak a few questions to the leader of the movement, in an attempt to find out his final response to the formation of a consensus government.

According to well-informed sources in Najaf, she confirmed to Al-Mada that "the Sadrist movement is committed not to communicate with the political forces, but there is the insistence of the coordination team to meet with Al-Sadr."

With al-Sadr's second term approaching its end, which was set for at least one month (starting on May 15th), the current leader finally responded to the messages of the "frameworkers".

According to the sources, the response to those messages confirmed once again that "there is no room for an alliance between the current and the framework... and there is no consensual government."

In his response, al-Sadr stressed that "the nomination of the prime minister is the one chosen by the Sadrist movement, after consulting with its partners in the National Salvation Alliance."

With regard to the request of the "coordinating body" to obtain 6 ministries in the next government, the Sadrist movement made it clear, that "the ministers must be independent."

In addition, Al-Sadr repeated his previous request to dissolve the armed factions. According to the sources, the leader of the current "granted the coordination framework for 6 months at most to dissolve these factions through a joint committee between the Ministry of Defense and the Popular Mobilization Forces."

Leaks had revealed in the first meeting that brought together "Al-Sadr" with the Coordination Framework Group in Baghdad, at the end of last year, that the leader of the current demanded "dissolving the factions" and "presenting the corrupt to the courts", without any political force interfering to protect them.

These demands caused, after that, the famous and only meeting that brought together all the "coordinating parties" with "Al-Sadr" in Baghdad, to widen the gap between the two parties.

According to what sources close to the meeting told Al-Mada, "Some frameworks fear that the leader of the Sadrist movement will try figures within the group, and disarm parties after dissolving the factions."

After that, twisted attempts by the "Coordination Committee" to ensure a minimum level of participation in the government began, before the Federal Supreme Court issued an explanation last February about the session to choose the president of the republic, which caused the emergence of what has become known as the "blocking third."

Prior to that, the "framework" tried to find a sovereign position for the leader of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki (the most prominent leaders of the coordination), fearing that "Al-Sadr" intends to prosecute him in the future regarding the fall of Mosul and accusations of wasting 450 billion dollars during the last two terms as prime minister.

Last March, al-Sadr responded to the "Coordination Committee" that the continuation of the political blockage "is easier for him than agreeing with you and better than sharing the cake with you, for there is no good in a consensus government."

And he reiterated his refusal to ally with the "frameworkers" last month, when he described the "blocking third" as "nothing without authority."

He said in a televised sermon at the time, directing his words to the "blocking third" that "these actions of yours will compel us to ally with you, no and a thousand no."

Coordination opportunities.

With the leader of the Sadrist movement responding to the last “coordination” message, the “frameworkers” have no choice but to make a final proposal, part of which was revealed two weeks ago, and related to going to early elections and an interim government for a year, or waiting for what might come out of the Kurdish dialogues. -Kurdish.

It is assumed that the "Coordination" held a new meeting this evening (yesterday) at the house of the leader of the State of Law coalition called by the coalition parties on Monday, to determine its new options.

In the remaining solutions to the « frameworks », the leaks about the dissolution of Parliament indicate that the Sadrist movement is ready to hold early elections, but now prefers to continue to give its opponents more time to resolve the crisis.

As for the other solution related to the Kurds, it seems that the negotiation rounds between the two Kurdish parties "the Democratic Party" and the "PUK" have not yet reached a discussion of the issue of choosing the president of the republic.

The political crisis had reached a node in the (president's) elections, but Kurdish officials refuse to portray the crisis as being on the Kurdish side only, but rather accuse the "blocking third".

Yesterday, the Kurdistan Region's Interior Minister and presidential candidate, Riber Ahmed, confirmed that the blockage in the political process is not caused by the failure to choose a candidate for the presidency.

Ahmed added in an interview with reporters, "The solution lies in the agreement of the Shiite house itself, and without that, the political process will not return to moving forward."

Regarding the negotiations taking place between the two main Kurdish parties, Ahmed, a leader in the Democratic Party, said: "We met with the PUK and there is a rapprochement, but so far the presidency has not been discussed and there is no agreement on my withdrawal."   LINK