Tuesday PM Iraq Parliament News Highlights 8-9-22

Tuesday PM Iraq Parliament News Highlights 8-9-22

Al-Sadr: (Dissolving Parliament) Has Become A Popular, Political And Elitist Demand For Which There Is No Alternative

Shafaq News/ On Saturday, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, renewed his adherence to the demand to dissolve the Iraqi parliament and to hold early legislative elections in the country, stressing the continuation of the movement's supporters in continuing the protests until the demands he calls for are achieved.

Al-Sadr said in a tweet today, "Positive responses came regarding (dissolving Parliament) and a popular and clan response, from academics, civil society institutions, and preachers of the Husseini pulpit, and even from some scholars of the honorable seminary and from some Kurdish, Sunni and even Shiite political leaders."

Al-Sadr thanked those who supported the idea of ​​dissolving parliament, saying, "I call on them to take a serious stand to save Iraq from the tusks of corruption and dependency and to correct the course of the political process that harmed the people and the country."

He added, "So come to a common word and to serious and real actions, and let's move away from meager dialogues. Iraq needs actions, not words."

Al-Sadr also indicated that "the people yearn for real reform that will save them from the suffering they are in, for which patience is no longer commendable."

He said, "Let everyone know that the revolutionaries will continue their revolution until the demands are fulfilled and they will not give up at all. It is their only and last chance. So, beloved ones, continue until the demands are fulfilled, and I am with you, the proud people of oppression, like Imam Hussein."

And the leader of the Sadrist movement continued by saying, "(Dissolving Parliament) has become a popular, political and elitist demand that has no alternative. Let all the corrupt mouths be silenced wherever they are."

The political scene is living in a crisis situation and a dead end unprecedented in the history of Iraq, as more than 300 days have passed since the early elections without being able to form a new government in the country, and the survival of the caretaker government headed by Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

On the tenth of last October, Iraq held early legislative elections to get out of a political crisis that swept the country after large demonstrations in the central and southern regions in 2019 in protest against the widespread unemployment in society, the spread of financial and administrative corruption in government departments and institutions, and the deteriorating reality The service and the livelihood, which prompted the former prime minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, to resign under popular pressure.

As soon as the preliminary results of the elections were announced, the voices of forces and political actors rose in their rejection of losing many seats, accusing them of major fraud in the ballot, which was denied by the executive and judicial authorities, at a time when the United Nations and international organizations praised the integrity of the electoral process.   LINK

Al-Sadr: Reform Will Defeat Corruption In Iraq

Posted On2022-08-09 By Sotaliraq   The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, said Monday in a new tweet on the social networking site "Twitter" that reform will defeat corruption in Iraq.

Al-Sadr said in his tweet, which came on the occasion of the approaching Ashura of Imam Al-Hussein (peace be upon him), which falls on Tuesday in Iraq, in which he said: “Oh God, accept our current protest stance in the Green Zone with you. “.

He added: "Just as blood triumphed over the sword in kindness, so will reform triumph over corruption in our beloved Iraq."

We follow together the text of Mr. Al-Sadr's tweet: LINK

After Defining His Demands, Will Al-Sadr Negotiate The Coordination Framework?

Posted On2022-08-09 By Sotaliraq   The researcher in political affairs, Nabil Jabbar, stressed today, Monday, the difficulty of conducting early negotiations between the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr and the coordination framework, expecting the return of political intersection between the two parties.

Jabbar said in an interview that "it is very difficult to conduct early negotiations between al-Sadr and the framework forces, at least for the time being," noting that "the tour of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Jenin Plasschaert, between the head of the Al-Fateh al-Amiri coalition and al-Sadr during the past days was expressive of The extent of the isolation between the two parties.

He added, "If we assume the return of negotiations, it is difficult to predict a breakthrough or to expect a political agreement to end the crisis. Al-Sadr had previously lowered the ceiling of his demands to focus exclusively on holding new and early elections."

And he indicated that "the legal path to re-election may require the formation of the government first, the drafting of a new electoral law, and then setting a date for holding the elections and a session to dissolve parliament, and perhaps this will not be an easy matter."

Jabbar expected "the return of political intersection between the two parties, which foreshadows the return of fears of confrontation in the street, and it is possible to consider the existing period as a period of political truce during which the two parties try to find a way to end the crisis while preserving the gains for the benefit of each of them." LINK

Sadr's Supporters Inaugurate The Ninth Day Of The Sit-In With Hundreds Of Tents

Posted On2022-08-09 By Sotaliraq   For the second week, al-Sadr's supporters continue their sit-in in the vicinity of Parliament with the same demands. Dissolving Parliament, and holding early elections that do not include old faces.

The story started from the Ministry of Defense gate at the end of the Al-Jumhuriya Bridge, and although the road to Parliament is closer if you continue in a straight line, the protesters preferred to turn left to pass through the Green Zone, where government headquarters and diplomatic missions are.

This turn may have been to gain more time and show strength and numbers on the road.

As soon as the crowd began to reach this door, cheers and chants erupted, and within minutes they were able to sit on the red benches.

Despite the temperatures that broke the fifty mark, the protest pace continued inside and outside the parliament building, making the political scene in the country complicated after the crowds insisted on staying and waiting for the instructions of tenderness.

The number of protesters reached the most, at the end of the sixth day of the protest, after 4 provinces joined in preparation for Friday prayers in the celebrations square, and entry to Parliament was not limited to the staff gate, as the back gate of representatives and presidents was also filled with protesters after its opening.

In the celebration square, the prayer was held on the seventh day. The number of arrivals at mid-afternoon on Friday could not be estimated, but in the general view it was close to a million worshipers.

Mr. Muhannad Al-Moussawi's sermon confirmed Al-Sadr's insistence on maintaining the sit-in until Parliament was dissolved so that the same scene would continue, and the only change was the evacuation of Parliament and the protest in its surroundings.

Today, the protesters inaugurated new tents around the parliament, enough to double the existing number, and this is an indication of the expansion of the protest area in the coming days.  LINK

Al-Sadr Proposes A "Solution" To The Political Crisis: Forming A Government Devoid Of The Sadrists And "Malikis"

Shafaq News/ An informed political source revealed, on Monday, a proposal by the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, to form a government without the participation of his bloc and the State of Law coalition, to get out of the political crisis.

The source told Shafaq News Agency, "The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, sent messages to the coordinating framework forces, which included a proposal aimed at ending the political crisis in Iraq, by forming a new government, without the participation of the State of Law coalition led by Nuri al-Maliki and the absence of the Sadrist movement's participation in it." ".

And that "the tasks of the government will be for a period of one year only, during which it will prepare for holding early parliamentary elections in September of next year, and the prime minister will be consensual between the Sadrist movement and the coordination framework."

The source pointed out that "the leaders of the coordinating framework have not yet responded to al-Sadr's proposal."

The political process in Iraq, since the announcement of the election results in October 2021, has witnessed a suffocating obstruction, which culminated in the alliance of the Sadrist bloc with the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Alliance of Sovereignty, and then when the House of Representatives held a session to elect the President of the Republic, who in turn assigned the largest parliamentary bloc to form The government, and escalated further after the Sadrist bloc’s 73 deputies submitted their resignations from the House of Representatives at the request of the Sadrist leader Muqtada al-Sadr. Their leader Muqtada al-Sadr.  LINK

Al-Sadr: God Does Not Judge Us (The Corrupt)

Shafaq News/ The leader of the Sadrist movement renewed, on Tuesday, his refusal to take over the reins of power in Iraq from what he called the corrupt.

This came in a tweet he posted on social networking sites "Twitter" on the occasion of the tenth of Muharram, the anniversary of the killing of Imam Hussein bin Ali and a group of his family and companions in the year 61 AH by the army of the Umayyad Caliph Yazid bin Muawiyah, what is known as the "Al-Tuff" incident in Karbala, Iraq.

Al-Sadr said in his tweet today, "God does not judge us (corrupt), and like me, he does not pledge allegiance to (corruption), will not Nasser help us!?"

Al-Sadr's position comes after the head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, refused, on Monday, to dissolve the Iraqi parliament and hold early elections, except after the parliament returns to meeting normally.

Al-Sadr recently adopted the slogan of dissolving the House of Representatives and proceeding to hold early elections in the country, after bringing the followers of the current to the street in a clear position in raising the ceiling of demands against the background of the failure in the political process.

The political scene in Iraq has undergone serious developments since supporters of the Sadrist movement led by prominent Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed the parliament building in the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, and protested against the nomination of the coordination framework, Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, for the position of Prime Minister for the next federal government.

Then, near the suspension bridge leading to the Green Zone, demonstrations against the Sadrist movement took place by the audience of the coordination framework, after an invitation from the "Organizing Committee to Support Legitimacy and Preserve State Institutions."

The Sadrist bloc had obtained the highest votes in the early legislative elections that took place in October of 2021, but the efforts of the leader of the current failed to form the new federal government due to the Shiite coordination framework standing in its way by obtaining a fatwa from the Federal Court with the so-called blocking third in a contract The session for electing the President of the Republic, which paves the way for naming the Prime Minister.

The three-way alliance between the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Masoud Barzani, the Sovereignty Alliance headed by Khamis al-Khanjar, and the Sadrist movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr was broken following the resignation of the Sadrist bloc's deputies, and the movement's withdrawal from the political process by order of al-Sadr.

The political scene is living in a crisis situation and a dead end unprecedented in the history of Iraq, as more than 300 days have passed since the early elections without being able to form a new government in the country, and the survival of the caretaker government headed by Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

On the tenth of last October, Iraq held early legislative elections to get out of a political crisis that swept the country after large demonstrations in the central and southern regions in 2019 in protest against the widespread unemployment in society, the spread of financial and administrative corruption in government departments and institutions, and the deteriorating reality The service and the livelihood, which prompted the former prime minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, to resign under popular pressure.

As soon as the preliminary results of the elections were announced, the voices of political forces and actors rose in their rejection of losing many seats, accusing them of major fraud in the ballot, which was denied by the executive and judicial authorities, at a time when the United Nations and international organizations praised the integrity of the electoral process.   LINK

The Coordinating Framework Reveals The Truth Of The Agreement To Change Al-Sudani To Absorb Al-Sadr's Anger

Shafaq News/ The coordination framework that brings together the Shiite political forces revealed today, Sunday, the fact that there is an agreement between the framework forces to change their candidate for prime minister, Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, in order to absorb the anger of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada Al-Sadr and his supporters, the sit-in inside the fortified Green Zone in the center of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

The leader in the framework, Ali Al-Fatlawi, told Shafak News Agency, "The news that talks about this matter are absolutely incorrect, and there is no such proposal during the meetings of the framework forces."

And he indicated that "the coordinating framework forces are well aware that even if they change Muhammad Shia'a al-Sudani, the political crisis will not be resolved, and the Sadrist movement opposes the idea of ​​the framework forming any government, and for this the framework forces are sticking to their candidate for prime minister and the movement to form the government is still ongoing."

The political scene in Iraq has undergone serious developments since supporters of the Sadrist movement led by prominent Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed the parliament building in the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, and protested against the nomination of the coordination framework, Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, for the position of Prime Minister for the next federal government.

On Monday, demonstrations against the Sadrist movement took place near the suspension bridge leading to the Green Zone by the Coordination Framework's audience, after an invitation from the "Organizing Committee to Support Legitimacy and Preserve State Institutions."

The Sadrist bloc had obtained the highest votes in the early legislative elections that took place in October of 2021, but the efforts of the leader of the current failed to form the new federal government due to the Shiite coordination framework standing in its way by obtaining a fatwa from the Federal Court with the so-called blocking third in a contract The session for electing the President of the Republic, which paves the way for naming the Prime Minister.

The three-way alliance between the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Masoud Barzani, the Sovereignty Alliance headed by Khamis al-Khanjar, and the Sadrist movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr was broken following the resignation of the Sadrist bloc's deputies, and the movement's withdrawal from the political process by order of al-Sadr.

The political scene is living in a crisis situation and a dead end unprecedented in the history of Iraq, as more than 300 days have passed since the early elections without being able to form a new government in the country, and the survival of the caretaker government headed by Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

On the tenth of last October, Iraq held early legislative elections to get out of a political crisis that swept the country after large demonstrations in the central and southern regions in 2019 in protest against the widespread unemployment in society, the spread of financial and administrative corruption in government departments and institutions, and the deteriorating reality The service and the livelihood, which prompted the former prime minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, to resign under popular pressure.

As soon as the preliminary results of the elections were announced, the voices of political forces and actors rose in their rejection of losing many seats, accusing them of major fraud in the ballot, which was denied by the executive and judicial authorities, at a time when the United Nations and international organizations praised the integrity of the electoral process.    LINK

Al-Maliki: Parliament Will Not Be Dissolved Or Early Elections Unless This Condition Is Met

Shafaq News / The head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, refused, on Monday, to dissolve the Iraqi parliament and hold early elections, except after the parliament returns to meeting normally.

Al-Maliki said in his speech on the occasion of Ashura, "Iraq is a country of components and its people are made up of components, sects and nationalities, and therefore no will can be imposed on it, except with the will of the entire people, through its constitutional institutions, which are represented by the elected parliament."

He added: "Therefore, there is no solution for Parliament, no regime change, and no early elections, unless the Parliament returns to session, and it is the one that discusses these demands, and what it decides we proceed with."

The political process in Iraq, since the announcement of the election results in October 2021, has witnessed a suffocating obstruction, which culminated in the alliance of the Sadrist bloc with the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Alliance of Sovereignty, and then when the House of Representatives held a session to elect the President of the Republic, who in turn assigned the largest parliamentary bloc to form The government, and escalated further after the Sadrist bloc’s 73 deputies submitted their resignations from the House of Representatives at the request of the Sadrist leader Muqtada al-Sadr. Their leader Muqtada al-Sadr.  LINK

Al-Kazemi And Al-Halbousi Present Joint Visions To Strengthen The Constitution And The Law

Shafaq News/ Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi and Parliament, Muhammad Al-Halbousi, presented, during a meeting that brought them together, today, Sunday, joint visions to strengthen the course of the constitution and the law.

The office of the Speaker of Parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi, said in a statement received by Shafak News Agency, that the latter received, today, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi; To discuss the overall current political situation that the country is going through, noting that, during the meeting, views were exchanged, and the latest developments in the political and parliamentary situation were discussed.

According to the statement, the two parties also discussed ways to enhance understandings at the level of national political forces within the framework of the initiative presented by Al-Kazemi; To get out of the current crisis, and to develop solutions to it; For the interests of the Iraqi people.

During the meeting, the two parties presented joint visions aimed at strengthening the course of the constitution and the law, putting the interests of the citizen first, and taking into account that its results are the true expression of the will of the Iraqi people and their aspirations to sustain security and stability, according to the statement.    LINK