Tuesday Evening Iraq Parliament News Highlights 5-24-22
Tuesday Evening Iraq Parliament News Highlights 5-24-22
Parliamentary legal reveals the existence of 120 neglected laws from previous parliamentary sessions[/size]
Iraq 09:46 - 2022-05-24 The Parliamentary Legal Committee revealed that the Committee has 120 neglected laws submitted by ministries and parliamentary committees from previous parliamentary sessions.
Committee Chairman Mohamed Anouz said in a statement, "The committee seeks to expedite the submission of overdue laws that meet the constitutional requirements, especially those that are of great importance in the lives of citizens, as it was agreed to submit the retirement and social security laws for voting."
The statement added, "The members of the Legal Committee agree to work in a way to accomplish the tasks and not to delay any draft law that meets the legal requirements."
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The President of the Republic receives the Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Islamic Union[/size]
Iraq 06:07 - 2022-05-23 Today, Monday, May 23, 2022, the President of the Republic, Dr. Barham Salih, received the Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Islamic Union Salah El-Din Muhammad Bahaa El-Din and his accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, they discussed the general situation in the country and political developments, as it was stressed the need to achieve national and constitutional benefits and end the political crisis by relying on dialogue and convergence to overcome the outstanding issues between the parties in a spirit of responsibility and patriotism, and to start meeting the living and service requirements of citizens as a top priority by forming a government Capable and able to respond to the current requirements in the country. https://kirkuktv.net/AR/Details/6248
Iraqi Political Forces Await "White Smoke" From Erbil
Posted On 2022-05-24 By Sotaliraq Kurdish parties stir stagnant water Baghdad: «Asharq Al-Awsat»
As a result of the inability of the political forces in Baghdad to reach any agreement that would end the political stalemate in the country, seven months after the early elections (2021), attention began to turn to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah. After a rupture between the two main Kurdish parties in the Kurdistan region, the visit of the region's president, Nechirvan Barzani, to the city of Sulaymaniyah recently stirred the stagnant waters between the two parties for more than four months.
Although he has not yet nominated what can be dealt with as the beginning of a solution or a breakthrough for the political crisis in Kurdistan between the two Kurdish parties, the inability of Baghdad’s political forces, especially the continuation of the dispute between the two main Shiite forces (the Sadrist movement and the coordination framework) opened a window of hope that the Kurdish-Kurdish agreement It would end the crisis at the level of the position of President of the Republic.
The Iraqi constitution defines legal mechanisms for the formation of the Iraqi government, which should come through the most numerous parliamentary bloc, which is either the list that won the most votes in the elections, or the one that is registered in the first session of the elected parliament. The constitution itself, which made the process of government voting in parliament based on a simple majority of parliament members (half plus one), set out a complex mechanism for electing the president of the republic.
According to the constitutional text, the President of the Republic, who must be elected after the first session of Parliament, and within the 15 days during which candidacy for the position is opened, must obtain two-thirds of the members of Parliament. Since the Iraqi parliament is composed of 329 members, any president of the republic must obtain 220 votes, a number that cannot be reached through the majority versus the minority, but rather requires consensus among all parties.
In the recent elections that took place late last year, and due to the insistence of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, to form a national majority government, his coalition, which also includes the Sunni Sovereignty Alliance led by Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi and the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Massoud Barzani, was not able to obtain this number of deputies because of owning His Shiite opponent (the coordinating framework) is what has come to be called (the blocking third).
The blocking third includes the majority of Shiite forces that challenged the election results, including the Fatah Alliance led by Hadi al-Amiri, State of Law led by Nuri al-Maliki, Asa’ib led by Qais Khazali, the Wisdom Movement led by Ammar al-Hakim, al-Nasr led by Haider al-Abadi and armed factions.
What made matters more complicated is the new interpretation of the Federal Court, which stipulates that the quorum of the session continues by a two-thirds majority throughout the duration of the election of the President of the Republic, whether in the first or second session in the event that none of the contenders obtains a two-thirds majority.
For this reason, the forces of the Shiite coordination framework began to blame the Kurdish leader, Massoud Barzani, for splitting the Shiite ranks when he allied with Al-Sadr at their expense in order to pass his candidate for the presidency, Riber Ahmed, after the Federal Supreme Court excluded his former candidate, former Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari.
For their part, the opposing Shiite forces (the current and the framework) have been unable over the past seven months to reach a solution to the crisis of choosing the prime minister among them, even though al-Sadr nominated his cousin Jaafar al-Sadr, Iraq’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, for the position of prime minister without the support of this nomination from the forces of coordination framework. As a result of all this, attention began to turn to Erbil, whether in terms of what was said that there is an initiative by Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani that has not been announced so far, or the recent visit of Nechirvan Barzani to Sulaymaniyah.
But, according to what was reported by "Al-Sharq al-Awsat", an informed Kurdish source, "Nechirvan Barzani's visit to Sulaymaniyah, despite its positiveness, especially in terms of his meeting with the President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Bafel Talabani, however, during this visit no agreement was reached regarding the position of President of the Republic.
" The source added that “what happened is the agreement to resume the dialogue between the two parties, which stopped months ago,” noting that “this dialogue includes not only the National Union, but other Kurdish parties, especially since there are close elections in the region, which requires coordination between the partisan forces within the region.”
The source explained that "what the president of the region did by investing in the graduation of the military course in Qalagolan in Sulaymaniyah paved the way for a positive movement. Barzani himself, with the assistance of the Speaker of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani, played a role to bridge the views between the Kurdish parties." LINK
A New Initiative From The Region To Decode The Blockage
Posted On 2022-05-24 By Sotaliraq Baghdad: Muhannad Abd al-Wahhab The political parties and movements welcomed the step of rapprochement that took place in the “Kurdish House” represented by the visit of the President of the Region, Nechirvan Barzani to the city of Sulaymaniyah and his meeting with leaders of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and other parties, while the political circles in Baghdad are awaiting the new initiative that is expected to be proposed by one of the leaders in the region to break the political obstruction camping on The Iraqi atmosphere and scene in general.
The representative of the State of Law bloc that is affiliated with the coordination framework, Jawad al-Bolani, said in an interview: “The framework, the Sadrist bloc and the independents put forward initiatives and they were close to each other, and the situation could devolve into a national dialogue that results in a week of national consensus to produce a political plan and pass the blockage stage.” He called on "political blocs in general and influential decision-makers in the political scene to rapprochement with each other because of the commonality of the people of the same nation."
He added, "Political stalemate is not strange to the political process in Iraq. After each election, a new problem occurs. Although the elections are a national entitlement for all Iraqis; However, the weak participation rate in it is a dangerous indicator, and if the political forces fail to overcome this stage, the country will enter a difficult situation,” adding: “But there is still hope for the political leaders to overcome this stage with the least possible losses, and the corresponding concessions by the political blocs. Some of them have something good for the Iraqi people.”
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Saleh Calls For The Implementation Of Constitutional Entitlements
Posted On 2022-05-24 By Sotaliraq The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, called, during his meeting with the Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Islamic Union, Salah al-Din Muhammad Bahaa al-Din, on Monday, the necessity of implementing the constitutional entitlements.
According to a presidential statement, the two sides discussed, in the meeting, the general situation in the country and political developments.
The statement added, "The necessity of implementing national and constitutional entitlements and ending the political crisis was emphasized by relying on dialogue and convergence to overcome the outstanding issues between the parties in a spirit of responsibility and patriotism, and to begin meeting the living and service requirements of citizens as a top priority by forming a capable government that is able to respond to the country's immediate requirements." . LINK
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Al-Bayati: The Kurdish House Will Join Any Coalition That Guarantees Its Interests... The Breakthrough Is Coming
POLITICIAN 2022/05/24 | 9:19 AM Information/Baghdad... The political analyst Kamel Al-Bayati said that the Kurdish House will meet and agree on a candidate for the presidency of the republic between the two parties, the National Union and the Democratic Party, pointing out that the Kurdish weight will join any alliance that guarantees it to achieve its interests in the next government.
Al-Bayati told Al-Maalouma, "The two parties, the Union and the Democratic Party, will go together in the coming days to one of the tripartite alliances or the framework to achieve the number required to pass the President of the Republic, which represents a stumbling block in the way of ending the political blockage."
He added, "The agreement of the two parties on a candidate for the presidency of the republic will lead to an implicit breakthrough that may lead the parties of the Shiite house to resolve differences and agree on the formation of the largest bloc."
And he indicated that "the consensus within the Kurdish house hints at a near breakthrough to the current crisis, and it is likely that the parties of this house will go towards the coordination framework that launched an initiative that allows everyone to participate in forming the government to ensure everyone obtains his electoral entitlement away from the exclusivity of power in favor of one party without another." finished 25 https://almaalomah.me/2022/05/24/599541/
A Deputy Calls For An Emergency Meeting After The “Al-Islah” Massacre.. 3 Big Question Points
Politician Last Update 05/24/2022 | 9:28 AM Information / Diyala
Deputy Mudar Al-Karawi called, on Tuesday, for an emergency security meeting after the Al-Islah massacre, northeast of Diyala.
Al-Karawi said in an interview with "Information", that "14 civilians were killed and wounded in a sinful terrorist attack on the outskirts of Al-Islah village near Jalawla district (70 km northeast of Baquba) in the late hours of yesterday evening, in the largest bloody outcome of ISIS terrorist attacks."
Al-Karawi called for an emergency meeting to be held to discuss the security of Diyala in general, after a series of bloody massacres, which claimed the lives of dozens of martyrs and wounded, stressing that what is happening carries 3 major points of concern, namely, why do not fill the dangerous voids and do not support the regions in defending themselves in the face of a brutal enemy, and why the results of investigations are not announced in every bloody breaches.”
He pointed out that "the repetition of massacres will create very dangerous repercussions in the liberated areas and possibly forced displacement again, stressing the need to pay attention to the gravity of the situation and to support the areas affected by terrorism by recruiting their sons and support to confront the evil crows of ISIS."
ISIS had attacked the vicinity of Al-Islah village near Jalawla district yesterday evening, killing and wounding 14 people, including an entire family. https://almaalomah.me/2022/05/24/599543/
Al-Bolani Talks About “Agreement Week” To Produce A New Political Plan
Politician 2022/05/24 | 10:01 AM The Information/Baghdad…
Jawad Al-Bolani, the representative of the State of Law bloc affiliated with the coordination framework, revealed, on Tuesday, the possibility of resorting to a national dialogue that would result in a week of national consensus to produce a political plan.
Al-Bolani said in an interview seen by / the information /, that "the framework, the Sadrist bloc and the independents put forward initiatives and they were close to each other, and it is possible that the situation will lead to a national dialogue that will result in a week of national consensus to produce a political plan and pass the blockage stage," calling "political blocs in general and the owners of The decision that influences the political scene leads to a rapprochement between them due to the presence of common interests that unite the sons of the same nation.
He added, "Political stalemate is not strange to the political process in Iraq. After each election, a new problem occurs. Although the elections are a national entitlement for all Iraqis; However, the low participation rate in it is a dangerous indicator, and if the political forces fail to overcome this stage, the country will enter a difficult situation.”
However, al-Bolani added, "But there is still hope for the political leaders to overcome this stage with the least possible losses, and the corresponding concessions by the political blocs to each other is something commendable for the benefit of the Iraqi people." https://almaalomah.me/2022/05/24/599550/
Frustration Hits The Trio After 7 Months Of Failing To Achieve His Ambitions
Politician 2022/05/24 | 11:03 AM Information/Baghdad. The deputy of the coordination framework, Ahmed Al-Moussawi, confirmed, on Tuesday, the failure of the tripartite alliance to achieve his most important dreams by forming a majority government, indicating that the tripartite would not achieve the conditions of the political majority and Saud would open the doors for dialogue.
Al-Moussawi said in a televised interview, which was followed by / the information /, that "the Sadrist movement and those with it were unable to achieve their most important dreams within its slogan of forming a majority political government."
He added, "The situation of the tripartite alliance is very critical, after more than seven months have passed, and many axes have been opened to reduce the coordination framework and the National Union, but the coordination has achieved more than 150 deputies so far."
Al-Moussawi pointed out that "it is shameful to accuse the National Union of not attending a quorum to achieve the external will, but the tripartite alliance reached the conviction that the majority was not achieved." finished/25 d https://almaalomah.me/2022/05/24/599568/