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Fahmi:  close to victory and wisdom and Kurdish parties and Sunni forces to form the next government and the agreement may take place within days

May 15, 2015

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Policy  2018/05/15 15:41  152

Baghdad today – Baghdad

The leader of the alliance of Saher Raed Fahmi, Tuesday, that his coalition has already moved towards the coalitions of victory and wisdom and the forces of Kurdish and Sunni to form the next government.

Fahmy said in a televised interview that “they are close to victory and wisdom and the alliance of Baghdad and Sunni and Kurdish forces to form the next government,” stressing that “there is a possibility to hold a broad coalition to achieve the parliamentary majority within days”

He pointed out that “the talks to form a government will not last long and must agree on a unified program to form the majority bloc.”

On the nomination of the current Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi for a second term, Fahmy explained that “the alliance of others has many candidates, including Abadi,” asserting: “Not important is the person of the candidate, but is able to implement the agreed program.”

He added: “others have the right to submit its candidate for prime minister, and this is also due to the extent of the consensus that will occur, and when the choice of the next prime minister.”

The spokesman for the leader of the Sadrist movement, Salah al-Obeidi, earlier in the day Tuesday, an explanation of the tweet published by Sadr yesterday, which some considered explicit call for the alliance blocks mentioned in his twitter, denying at the same time the closure of the door to the alliance with the rule of law and conquest, Lonely.

Al-Ubaidi said in a televised statement, “Baghdad today,” in response to a question about the chanting of Sadr, whether the blocks he mentioned are concerned with the next coalition only: “No one has any objection to a block or boycott it, and the list of opening we have no objection to Participation in the government, as long as within the program, “noting that” our problem with the imposition of personalities, whether ministers or the Prime Minister. ”

“I have not seen the tweet of Thamir al-Sbahan or Khamis al-Dangar. We have been running the elections and many operations are going on without relying on an opinion from outside Iraq, whether from Iraqis abroad or other countries, to be a tail for anyone,” he said. , This is what we do not want, the list is not supported by any of the neighboring countries like the other blocks supported, and support is clear, and I do not want to call them.

Al-Obaidi said: “We have a national program to cooperate with all these blocks mentioned by al-Sadr in the twinkle, without there being a requirement to have a share.”

The leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr has chirped on Monday, an encrypted message counted by observers to reveal his alliance to form the next Iraqi government, hours after the results of preliminary legislative elections showed the victory of its list.

Sadr said in his twitter: “We (s) b (wisdom) and (national) to be (will) the people demand and build (a new generation) and to witness (change) towards reform and to be (the resolution) (The capital) of our identity and let our (democratic) movement establish a patriarchal government of uncompromising technocrats.

For their part, observers saw that the glee of the chest is a “coded message” to announce the shape of the ribs of his new coalition to form the next government.

Where the twinkle marked the name of the lists, which does not put the leader of the Sadrist lines red coalition with them to build the next government, where the twinkle mentioned the most prominent names of competing lists on the Iraqi arena, and a small number has won a limited number of seats according to preliminary results of the elections.

Only the names of my “Fatah” and “State of Law” lists, close to Iran as observers note, are clearly and explicitly opposed by Sadr.

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Sadr's office official reveals his agenda to counter any Iranian interference in the formation of the government

May 15, 2018

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Policy  2018/05/15 19:26  275

Baghdad today – Baghdad

The head of the political bureau of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Zia al-Assad, sought alliances to counter any Iranian intervention in attempts to form a government and the exclusion of deals with Hadi al-Amiri or Nuri al-Maliki.

“Asadi, who heads the Sadr bloc in the outgoing parliament, according to Reuters, they will seek alliances to counter any Iranian intervention in attempts to form a government and the exclusion of deals with Amiri or al-Maliki.

He added: “We do not hide our fear that there will be interference by internal or external forces, and Iran one of them,” and expressed the hope that “political leaders learned not to allow Iranian intervention to dictate the outcome of the elections.”

Al-Asadi stressed that “the Sadr bloc will exert pressure through legal and democratic channels rather than popular protests if Tehran sought to influence the formation of the government.”

According to the preliminary results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission, the list of others backed by the leader of the Sadrist movement at the top of the lists winning the elections across the country, followed by the list of opening, which includes many factions of the popular crowd led by Hadi Amiri, The current prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, is third, in a result described as shocking to the West.

The Iraqi elections, which took place on Saturday 12 May, witnessed a record boycott rate, the first of its kind in previous electoral trials since 2003. The Iraqi Electoral Commission announced a 55% boycott, while observers and sources are likely to be much higher, At a time when 24 million Iraqis are entitled to cast their votes, out of the total 37 million population.

The political parties participating in the legislative elections of 2018, doubts about the integrity of the voting process, in a number of the provinces of the country, including Kirkuk, Sulaymaniyah, Nineveh and Anbar, as well as other areas scattered in the country, where a number of them to cancel the results or the adoption of manual counting and sorting instead of E-mail.

The current Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that the general election process in the 2018 legislative elections took place freely and safely in all Iraqi provinces for the first time after the defeat of the organization in the country, while living security forces, state institutions, the media and all those involved in the success of the electoral process.

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Iraqi Election Frontrunner Moktada al-Sadr Courts Partners to Govern

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A cleric spoke at a rally for the Sairoon alliance led by the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr in Baghdad last week.CreditIvor Prickett for The New York Times
May 15, 2018

The front-runner in Iraqi elections, the populist Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, wasted little time trying to prove to potential allies that he is serious about shaking up the government and cleaning up corruption as he worked to cobble together a governing coalition.

His spokesman, Saleh al-Obeidi, said in an interview in Baghdad on Tuesday that Mr. Sadr’s movement is seeking allies who agree to its three-plank manifesto — ending the practice of awarding ministries on sectarian quotas, fighting corruption and allowing independent technocrats to manage key government agencies.

“Sai’id Moktada wants to bring Iraq out of crisis and out of misery,” Mr. Obeidi said, using an honorific. “We want to start a whole new way of doing things.”

The surprising upset in elections this weekend by Mr. Sadr’s unlikely alliance of communists, Sunni businessmen and pious community activists comes amid long-simmering anger at the established politicians who have controlled government since Iraq’s first democratic election in 2005 after the fall of dictator Saddam Hussein. Mr. Sadr, who once called for attacks on American forces, capitalized on this widespread discontent by rebranding himself in recent years as a champion of the poor, a firebrand against corruption and a patriot who rails against outside interference by Iran as well as America.

 
 

But the path toward coalition building is not straightforward in Iraq and there is no guarantee that the party that wins the most seats in Parliament will get the first shot at forming a government. Instead, rival parties can try to pre-empt them with another permutation of seats that controls a majority in Parliament.

After the elections, Iraqi political parties shifted to the next phase — phone calls, back-room meetings and deals all with the aim of getting themselves and their allies into government.

 
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The surprising upset by Mr. Sadr’s bloc of communists, Sunni businessmen and pious community activists comes amid long-simmering anger at established politicians.CreditAlaa Al-Marjani/Reuters

Although the final results have not been released, most of the country’s politicians have accepted the tally so far showing Mr. Sadr’s Sairoon alliance as the surprise winner. Partial vote counts from the country’s 18 provinces indicate that Sairoon, which translates as Moving Forward, won about 54 seats, far short of a majority in the 329-seat legislature.

Two other blocs that partial results indicate came in second and third, Hadi al-Ameri’s Fatah and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s Nasr appear to have won 45 and 39 seats, respectively. Mr. Ameri’s coalition largely consists of militia members who helped defeat the Islamic State. Mr. Abadi’s coalition is a cross-sectarian alliance of mostly politicians, businessmen and academics.

Mr. Sadr started his outreach on Monday night.

He posted a lyrical tweet in which he described his political goals, weaving in the names of several rival political factions as a hint that he sees them as natural allies. Included were Mr. Abadi’s coalition, as well as two Sunni alliances, and a mainstream and opposition Kurdish party.

 

Mr. Sadr, who is based in Iraq’s Shiite holy city of Najaf, and Mr. Abadi had a warm telephone conversation on Tuesday, their aides said. Senior leaders from the Kurdistan Democratic Party based in the Iraqi Kurdistan region also called him.

Mr. Obeidi said that he expects coalition building to start in earnest only next week, as the final results of the election are not yet tabulated and allegations of electoral fraud in two provinces are slowing down the process.

Politicians from across the spectrum believe that the government formation will take weeks if not months, given the number of political players, possible combinations of alliances and entrenched interests.

As an indication about how importantly America and Iran view these elections, governments of both countries sent top officials to assess the situation even before the final results came in.

 
 
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Americans recall Mr. Sadr as the leader of a militia that both killed American forces after their invasion in 2003 and spread sectarian violence and lawlessness across Iraq in the late 2000s.CreditHadi Mizban/Associated Press

The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps external operations, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, and Brett McGurk , the White House special representative in the fight against Islamic State, both were in Baghdad on Monday meeting with several political factions including Mr. Abadi and Mr. Ameri.

A senior aide to Mr. Sadr said that neither side had contacted them.

Americans recall Mr. Sadr as the leader of a vicious militia that both killed United States forces after their occupation in 2003 and spread sectarian violence and lawlessness across Iraq in the late 2000s. More recently, however, Iraqis have come to see him as a political disrupter, not a military one.

For years, Mr. Sadr has championed social protest movements, and allies from these marches and strikes, including Iraq’s moribund Communists, Sunni businessmen and pious community activists, joined him in the 2018 electoral campaign.

 
 

Several signs pointed to a rocky struggle to build a new governing coalition, including calls by several major political figures to annul the results of Saturday’s vote.

These include former prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, whose State of Law coalition ran Iraq for eight years. They are projected to finish a distant fifth.

Meanwhile, in Iraq’s Kurdish regions, several political factions have also criticized the vote results, alleging fraud.

On Sunday night, clashes between political parties broke out in Suleimaniyah. Vote totals in Kurdish-dominated Dohuk and the oil-rich Kirkuk region have still not been published.

The head of the Iraqi Bar Association, Ahlam Allami, who headed a large group of poll monitors, reported scattered and minor irregularities on Election Day, such as some polling stations not opening on time and campaigning occurring illegally close to voting stations. He urged investigations into these incidents.

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Maliki's spokesman: coalition of "state of law" will announce a majority coalition within 48 hours

 

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The Information Office of the President of the coalition, "state law," Nuri al-Maliki, Tuesday, near the completion of discussions to announce a coalition forming a majority government, noting that Kurdish parties will arrive in Baghdad to discuss the matter.

"The coalition of state law and for many months held many meetings with political forces in the Iraqi political scene and reached with them understandings about the project adopted by the coalition, which is the project of the political majority," said spokesman Hisham Rikabi, according to Russia today.

"The belief that the" state of law "that the only treatment for the situation suffered by Iraq and the consequences suffered by the quotas, is the project to form a strong government backed by a parliamentary majority, and this is the practice in all democracies of the world, so after the end of the voting process The results of the parliamentary elections resumed the coalition of "state law" consultation with the blocks, which has preliminary understandings on the implementation of this project.

He pointed out that "yesterday held a meeting today and tomorrow will be completed meetings, noting that delegations from the Kurdistan region will join these dialogues, and within two parameters of this alliance or the largest bloc, which will be in the parliament" .anthy 29 parameters will appear / h

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23 minutes ago, yota691 said:

Iraqi Election Frontrunner Moktada al-Sadr Courts Partners to Govern

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A cleric spoke at a rally for the Sairoon alliance led by the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr in Baghdad last week.CreditIvor Prickett for The New York Times

May 15, 2018

The front-runner in Iraqi elections, the populist Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, wasted little time trying to prove to potential allies that he is serious about shaking up the government and cleaning up corruption as he worked to cobble together a governing coalition.

His spokesman, Saleh al-Obeidi, said in an interview in Baghdad on Tuesday that Mr. Sadr’s movement is seeking allies who agree to its three-plank manifesto — ending the practice of awarding ministries on sectarian quotas, fighting corruption and allowing independent technocrats to manage key government agencies.

“Sai’id Moktada wants to bring Iraq out of crisis and out of misery,” Mr. Obeidi said, using an honorific. “We want to start a whole new way of doing things.”

The surprising upset in elections this weekend by Mr. Sadr’s unlikely alliance of communists, Sunni businessmen and pious community activists comes amid long-simmering anger at the established politicians who have controlled government since Iraq’s first democratic election in 2005 after the fall of dictator Saddam Hussein. Mr. Sadr, who once called for attacks on American forces, capitalized on this widespread discontent by rebranding himself in recent years as a champion of the poor, a firebrand against corruption and a patriot who rails against outside interference by Iran as well as America.

 

But the path toward coalition building is not straightforward in Iraq and there is no guarantee that the party that wins the most seats in Parliament will get the first shot at forming a government. Instead, rival parties can try to pre-empt them with another permutation of seats that controls a majority in Parliament.

After the elections, Iraqi political parties shifted to the next phase — phone calls, back-room meetings and deals all with the aim of getting themselves and their allies into government.

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The surprising upset by Mr. Sadr’s bloc of communists, Sunni businessmen and pious community activists comes amid long-simmering anger at established politicians.CreditAlaa Al-Marjani/Reuters

Although the final results have not been released, most of the country’s politicians have accepted the tally so far showing Mr. Sadr’s Sairoon alliance as the surprise winner. Partial vote counts from the country’s 18 provinces indicate that Sairoon, which translates as Moving Forward, won about 54 seats, far short of a majority in the 329-seat legislature.

Two other blocs that partial results indicate came in second and third, Hadi al-Ameri’s Fatah and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s Nasr appear to have won 45 and 39 seats, respectively. Mr. Ameri’s coalition largely consists of militia members who helped defeat the Islamic State. Mr. Abadi’s coalition is a cross-sectarian alliance of mostly politicians, businessmen and academics.

Mr. Sadr started his outreach on Monday night.

He posted a lyrical tweet in which he described his political goals, weaving in the names of several rival political factions as a hint that he sees them as natural allies. Included were Mr. Abadi’s coalition, as well as two Sunni alliances, and a mainstream and opposition Kurdish party.

 

Mr. Sadr, who is based in Iraq’s Shiite holy city of Najaf, and Mr. Abadi had a warm telephone conversation on Tuesday, their aides said. Senior leaders from the Kurdistan Democratic Party based in the Iraqi Kurdistan region also called him.

Mr. Obeidi said that he expects coalition building to start in earnest only next week, as the final results of the election are not yet tabulated and allegations of electoral fraud in two provinces are slowing down the process.

Politicians from across the spectrum believe that the government formation will take weeks if not months, given the number of political players, possible combinations of alliances and entrenched interests.

As an indication about how importantly America and Iran view these elections, governments of both countries sent top officials to assess the situation even before the final results came in.

 
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Americans recall Mr. Sadr as the leader of a militia that both killed American forces after their invasion in 2003 and spread sectarian violence and lawlessness across Iraq in the late 2000s.CreditHadi Mizban/Associated Press

The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps external operations, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, and Brett McGurk , the White House special representative in the fight against Islamic State, both were in Baghdad on Monday meeting with several political factions including Mr. Abadi and Mr. Ameri.

A senior aide to Mr. Sadr said that neither side had contacted them.

Americans recall Mr. Sadr as the leader of a vicious militia that both killed United States forces after their occupation in 2003 and spread sectarian violence and lawlessness across Iraq in the late 2000s. More recently, however, Iraqis have come to see him as a political disrupter, not a military one.

For years, Mr. Sadr has championed social protest movements, and allies from these marches and strikes, including Iraq’s moribund Communists, Sunni businessmen and pious community activists, joined him in the 2018 electoral campaign.

 

Several signs pointed to a rocky struggle to build a new governing coalition, including calls by several major political figures to annul the results of Saturday’s vote.

These include former prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, whose State of Law coalition ran Iraq for eight years. They are projected to finish a distant fifth.

Meanwhile, in Iraq’s Kurdish regions, several political factions have also criticized the vote results, alleging fraud.

On Sunday night, clashes between political parties broke out in Suleimaniyah. Vote totals in Kurdish-dominated Dohuk and the oil-rich Kirkuk region have still not been published.

The head of the Iraqi Bar Association, Ahlam Allami, who headed a large group of poll monitors, reported scattered and minor irregularities on Election Day, such as some polling stations not opening on time and campaigning occurring illegally close to voting stations. He urged investigations into these incidents.

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BAGHDAD - Iran is trying to tighten its grip on Iraq, which is gradually disintegrating whenever there is talk about the readiness of prominent cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, which won its list of first place in the parliamentary elections, through intensive meetings to convince Shiite political parties in the coalition to form a government.

Iran is seeking to bring together the main Shiite political forces around former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the leaders of the popular mobilization militias, by forming a solid bloc that could later build consensus around it, closing the way for the "Saroon" coalition, which brings together civilian forces in a rare alliance with Sadr.

Under the supervision of "Iranian advisers" who do not have much confidence in Sadr's independence, two meetings were held in Baghdad in the presence of Quds Force commander Qassim Soleimani. A source at both meetings said that they were the target of "forming a broad coalition and re-gathering the brothers of the enemies in the Dawa Party, Nuri al-Maliki and (Prime Minister) Haider al-Abadi, in addition to the opening list headed by Hadi al-Amiri, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ".

If the "Iranian" option is won, then "SaSron" will have won the elections without being able to form a government. And thus the hopes of many Iraqis will collapse in the fight against rampant corruption in the country, which will lead to further loss of confidence in government institutions.

But sources told the "Arabs" that the Sadrists appear intent on demonstrating to their allies and opponents that he is able to carry out the largest executive positions, even if the post of prime minister.

The list, supported by the Sadrists, won a surprise victory in the legislative elections in Iraq, which qualifies them to submit a candidate for the post of prime minister, although this requires a series of parliamentary alliances.

Muqtada al-Sadr said before the elections that he did not mind supporting Haidar al-Abadi for a second term, if he meets the conditions of the coalition.

Although Sadr did not back down from this support, he said one day before the election that one of his followers Ali Douai, who is the governor of architecture in the south, is fit to head the next government if the list of "Suron" enough votes.

"Ali Douai is the list's candidate to form the government," Sadr's spokesman said after the results were announced, which showed progress, but would not stick to it if political partners made guarantees of their commitment to a specific government program.

Sadr's spokesman said that the alliance may waive the prime minister's position on his election program, pointing out that the nomination of Douai is evidence of the ability of the Sadrists to "address any executive site, even if the post of prime minister," and that "many The parties are talking about the fact that the Sadrists are not the force that can govern the government, it is a protest movement only. "

The spokesman added that "Sadr supports the nomination of Douai to refute this idea."

Since the US invasion in 2003, the prime minister in Iraq has been named for three parties - Washington, Tehran and Najaf.

"The poor performance shown by Haider al-Abadi in the legislative elections is a blow to US influence in Iraq," said Simon Tsedal, a Middle East analyst for The Guardian.

But he also said that alongside the United States, "Iran seems to be the biggest loser to date, after the popular crowd has been marginalized by Sadr's advance, which believes that Iraqi governance should be run by Iraqis, not Washington, not Tehran or their instruments."

On Tuesday morning, Abadi congratulated Sadr on the election victory, after he called on Monday through an official letter to respect the results of the elections, which are positive indicators of the convergence of the two parties, according to observers.

According to his office, Sadr received a telephone call from Abadi, "congratulating his eminence on conducting the electoral process in a secure democratic environment and winning the National Alliance and winning first place in the electoral lists competing in the 2018 parliamentary elections."

Observers in Baghdad say that "Iranian intervention in the formation of the next Iraqi government, would enhance the fortunes of Abadi to Sadr in a second term."

On Tuesday, the commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, General Qassem Soleimani, arrived in the Iraqi capital to participate in the negotiations to form a government.

If the Shiite authority in Najaf maintains its anti-Iranian stances in Iraq, Sadr applied the slogan echoed by his supporters when he declared victory in the Iraqi elections, "Iran by land," in reference to their desire to get rid of Tehran's hegemony over the political decision In Baghdad, Soleimani will not be able to do anything, according to Shiite political sources.

"Iran is not in a position to pass a deal that could result in a government that is not loyal to it in Baghdad," said an Iraqi political analyst who preferred not to be named for the Arabs. "The international equation is no longer in its favor and needs external support in its conflict. Next. So Soleimani will seek to prevent an agreement between Sadr and Abadi leads to an alliance between them and then form the largest bloc that is entitled to nominate who can serve as prime minister.

With increasing international pressure on Tehran over its nuclear file and its interference in Lebanon, Syria and Yemen, Iraq appears to be a "life or death" for the Iranians, and they will try to intervene to form a government that agrees with their views.

But Sadr pre-empted the Iranian interventions, to announce his welcome alliance with all the winning lists in the elections, except for the opening list led by Hadi al-Ameri and the rule of law led by al-Maliki backed by Tehran.

In addition to his exclusion from the conquest and the rule of law, in a tweet on Twitter, Sadr did not mention the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which was founded and managed for years by the late Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, a party close to Iran.

Shiite sources say Sadr is seeking, through unspoken coordination with Supreme Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, to repel Iran's influence in forming a government and then agree on a cabinet reshuffle of "technocrats" led by Abbadi after binding a series of pledges.

"It is certain that Abadi will be under great pressure to prevent him from moving forward with his agreement with Sadr, and may be tempted to stay in a second term, which could break the relationship between the two men," the Iraqi analyst said.

But sources believe that Tehran may bow to this formula, which is dominated by the internal Iraqi character, but it certainly will not contribute to the provocation of the US Embassy in Baghdad.

These sources link Iran's compliance to this formula to Tehran's desire to calm the atmosphere with the United States in Iraq, fearing that the administration to narrow the screws on its interests in this country, which represents the strategic depth and the main gate to many areas of influence.

"The election results are shocking to Iran, so the options are no longer as easy as they were before. All the current circumstances will not lead to the re-establishment of the Shiite house, which was exposed to fragmentation and irreversible. There are among the Shiite leaders who are convinced of the need for a civil government away from the system of sectarian quotas, which eliminates the impact of sectarian polarization, which Iran has long been dedicated.

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5 hours ago, Synopsis said:

 

Here is an interesting excerpt that is scheduled to take place during Ramadan beginning nominally today and ending nominally a month from now on or about Thursday, June 14 with the Eid Celebration starting on or about Friday, June 15 that may last three days and end on or about Sunday, June 17.

 

Ramadan is a required time of fasting from food and water during the daylight hours with consumption of food and water occurring during the non daylight hours. As a result, although a time of fasting, normal functions should occur during Ramadan. There may be some Ramadan restrictions affecting the GOI functions but at least other normal activities should go on as usual.

 

Looks like the final election results are now available or will be available in the next day. So, as I understand it from this excerpt:

  • The Speaker Of The Parliament will be chosen with the newly elected Parliament by or on Thursday, May 31 (fifteen days from now).
  • The New President will be elected by the convening legislature by or on Sunday, June 3 (three days later).
  • The New President will then ask the Largest Parliamentary Bloc to form a New Cabinet - establishment date to be known on upcoming events.

To me, the indication is prospects are exceedingly good if Haider al-Abadi is indeed installed as the next Prime Minister. The cabinet formation will likely be heavily underway once the Prime Minister is voted in and may move rapidly to formation and installment once the New President requests the formation of the Cabinet. This may or may not move quickly. However, with the related issues pertaining to corruption removal, reconstruction, construction, economic development, and foreign investment, the GOI as well as the Iraqis will want to get this show on the road quicker and more securely than in the past. Not to mention the potential foreign investment pressure with possibly the Strategic Framework Agreements with The United States Of America and France to need to be implemented so the international goals and transactions are adequately facilitated.

 

Probably remains to be seen who will be the next Parliament Speaker and President. I am looking for the news of the fate of the filling of the Vice President positions if at all. If these positions are eliminated, then Nouri al-Maliki will simultaneously have his immunity striped. This would be good for corruption removal. However, there may still be Iraqi Constitutional requirements for the existence and filling of these Vice President positions.

 

Just my thoughts, opinion, and :twocents:

 

In The Mean Time.......................................

 

Go Moola Nova (YEAH AND YEE HAW, BABY!!!)!!!

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hey synopsis just wanted to clarify a couple things in your post. The prime minister when voted in has 30 days to pick his cabinet, and they have to be voted in by parliament. If for some reason he does not get confidence in his cabinet pick he will have another try if his 30 days are not up. If he surpasses that 30 days then a new prime minister must be chosen and the process starts again. Constitutionally there has to be at least 1 vice president so that if the president has to be replaced for what ever reason they have dont have a vacuum. Actually i think they can have up to two, but no more than that. Maliki was only there because he stood in the way of convening the last prime minister cabinet because they had the largest bloc in parliament and I dont think that he is going to make it in this time if sadr has anything to do with it. I would love to see rose nuri shaways from the kurds get the president position. He is a financial wizard and fought hard against maliki during his term in maliki's government, and he knows the imf and world bank in and out. I guess time will tell.. thanks for all of your input. ;)

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hey synopsis just wanted to clarify a couple things in your post. The prime minister when voted in has 30 days to pick his cabinet, and they have to be voted in by parliament. If for some reason he does not get confidence in his cabinet pick he will have another try if his 30 days are not up. If he surpasses that 30 days then a new prime minister must be chosen and the process starts again. Constitutionally there has to be at least 1 vice president so that if the president has to be replaced for what ever reason they have dont have a vacuum. Actually i think they can have up to two, but no more than that. Maliki was only there because he stood in the way of convening the last prime minister cabinet because they had the largest bloc in parliament and I dont think that he is going to make it in this time if sadr has anything to do with it. I would love to see rose nuri shaways from the kurds get the president position. He is a financial wizard and fought hard against maliki during his term in maliki's government, and he knows the imf and world bank in and out. I guess time will tell.. thanks for all of your input. ;)

 

Many, Many Thanks For Your Highly Valued Follow Up, MyLilPony, AND The Best Of Your Evening To You!!! :tiphat:

 

In The Mean Time................................

 

Go Moola Nova!

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4 minutes ago, markb57 said:

If Sadr is keeping out Iranian influence in the new govt, how does Maliki fit in? Seems that he still has allot of power...?

 

I hope Malaki * Fits in * a pine box *, and wait for it .........................................soon*  :)

 

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Al-Sadr chants again: There will be no "mix of Attar" We want the government of Bab Rizk for the people

 

 Since 2018-05-16 at 09:31 (Baghdad time)

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Sadr renewed the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr, on Wednesday, to launch his second letters about the formation of the government and revealed his intention to form a new government of technocrats will be a door to the people and not "the mixture of Attar."

"There will be no (Attar mix) coming to form a government of technocrats that will be a door to the people's livelihood and will not be able to steal parties," al-Sadr said in a tweet on May 16, 2018 at his own account on the social networking site Twitter. .

This time, Sadr is surprised by all the political forces attacking the "economic bodies", the groups formed by some parties to negotiate the deals of "important" positions, in the government departments and institutions, and access to government projects and contracting, resulting in "fictitious" financial profits and enter the process of forming the government in the gallery Deals and the sale of ministries to benefit from them in the future.

"Do the cooks mix sheep meat with fish and chicken meat and make it roasted, in order to change?" He said. "Will the Iraqi accept this mix?" Does not suit his taste? "

Sadr's alliance, which also includes the Communist Party and other civil forces, was ranked first in the parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results released by the Independent Electoral Commission (IHEC), which won votes in most of the central and southern governorates. 

"We are" going "with" wisdom "and" patriotism "to be the" will "of our people and our demand to build a" new generation "and witness" change "towards reform and to be" decision " , And to be "Baghdad" the capital "our identity" and to be "our democratic movement" towards the establishment of a patriarchal government of "cadres" technocrats do not have a party.

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Iraq has chosen national reconciliation and political maneuvers

 

 Since 2018-05-16 at 09:12 (Baghdad time)

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The Russian daily Kommersant published a report by Sergei Strukan in which she noted that the maneuvering phase of Iraqi politicians began, in particular, reflecting the orientations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The article titled "Iraq chose national reconciliation", which discussed the results of the parliamentary elections, said that the largest number of votes, according to preliminary results, received by the mass of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

According to experts asked by Kommersant, the success of Sadr's bloc, which succeeded in uniting religious and secular parties in a new political force, is explained by the growing demand in Iraqi society for national reconciliation.

However, maintaining the unity of the country after long years of deep national and religious division is difficult, given that after the start of the US military operation in Iraq, the country remains a battleground between the United States and Iran. Moreover, the escalation of the international conflict over neighboring Iran, linked to the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal with Tehran ... threatens to make this confrontation irreconcilable.

"The fact that the three winners are the Muqtada al-Sadr bloc, Hadi al-Amiri and Haider al-Abadi means that Iraq will remain an area for the American-Iranian confrontation with the participation of Saudi Arabia, the strategic adversary," said Gregory Kusac, a professor at the Moscow State University of Human Sciences. To Tehran and the United States' main ally in the Gulf. "

Experts note that the anti-American stance of Muqtada al-Sadr did not prevent him in the first years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein from distancing himself from Tehran. Thus last autumn he made a historic visit to Saudi Arabia, where he said that "popular diplomacy" does not suit Iran.

In turn, former Transport Minister Hadi al-Amiri prefers to call himself an "Iraqi patriot," despite his close ties with Iranian General Qassem al-Sulaimani, refusing to be labeled as an Iranian preacher.

Finally, the defeat of a pro-American organization under the leadership of Haider al-Abadi, as well as the latter's visits to Riyadh, which contributed to the growth of bilateral investment and economic cooperation, do not mean a break with Tehran. "The maneuvering of Iraqi politicians among the major foreign powers will remain constant in Iraqi politics," said Gregory Kosach.

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Azari reveals negotiations to form the largest bloc in parliament

 Since 2018-05-16 at 12:29 (Baghdad time)
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The official spokesman for the Sadikun bloc, Laith al-Athari, on Wednesday, talks between the coalition led by Hadi al-Amiri with other political lists to form the largest parliamentary bloc.

Al-Athari said, "There are negotiations and understandings with all lists of political blocs, to form the largest bloc in parliament." He pointed out that "contacts continue but so far have not reached the level of critical decisions."

"We do not have any problem with the alliance with any party that is compatible with our political program," the official said. "Whether it is the rule of law, wisdom or victory to form a majority in parliament to chart a sound political process."

The preliminary results of the parliamentary elections revealed progress on the rest of the competing lists followed by victory and the third conquest.

The Iraqis voted on Saturday 12 May 2018 to elect a new parliament. These elections are the first after the defeat of the "Da'ash" organization, while the Independent Electoral Commission announced that the participation rate in the elections reached 44%.

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The commander of the 'Iranian Quds Force' Kassem Soleimani a new blow, where he missed Prime Minister Haider Abadi, a meeting devoted to try to contain the repercussions of the parliamentary elections.

 

According to sources close to the Prime Minister 'Abadi refused to join the meeting held two days ago within the Green Zone in Baghdad, headed by Sulaimani and members of the Dawa Party, led by the party leader and former Prime Minister, the first man of Tehran in Iraq, Nuri al-Maliki, By sending delegates. ' 

 

And this step of the Prime Minister 'failed Sulaymani in his attempts to heal the rift in the Dawa Party, which belongs to Abadi and Maliki, and thus seeking to cut the way on the chest, which aims to build on the results of the parliamentary elections to form an expanded government absent from the parties associated with an organ in Tehran, And factions of the popular crowd.

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Al-Akhbar newspaper close to the Lebanese Hezbollah reported that the commander of the Quds Force of Iran, Qasim Soleimani, landed in Baghdad, a bit late for the special envoy of US President in the International Alliance, Brit McGovern, who arrived two days ago, Shuttle visits to politicians, and put him 'offers alliances' among the winning lists.

 

Sulaymani's first tour began with his meeting with former head of the National Alliance Ibrahim al-Jaafari, where the two sides discussed the results of the primary elections, the 'scenarios' of the supposed alliances and the form of the next government. A source in follow-up, confirmed in his speech 'that Soleimani asked Jaafari to play the role of mediator to gather the Shiite parties, because of the man's acceptance of them, pointing out that' Jaafari preferred to wait a little bit until the completion of the announcement of the election results and clear the picture '.

 

The newspaper said that a meeting held between the wings of the 'call' (Maliki and Abbadi), along with cadres of the 'conquest', led to the signing of a document of honor stating that not to nominate Amiri and Abadi and Maliki for prime minister and work to form the largest bloc, A source close to Maliki, that the meeting reached good results to form the largest list, 'warning of' regional or international influence .

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The first results of Sulaimani meetings: to drop the nomination of three hawks of the Prime Minister

The first results of Sulaimani meetings: to drop the nomination of three hawks of the Prime Minister
 



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The sources of media, the presence of the commander of the Iranian Quds Force Qassem Soleimani in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, to conduct dialogues with a number of Shiite parties to form the largest bloc in parliament and the isolation of the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr. 
The channel "free" US that "Qassem Soleimani is in the Green Zone in Baghdad to conduct dialogues with the head of state law Nuri al-Maliki and the head of the Fatah coalition Hadi al-Amiri in addition to leaders in the popular mobilization. 
She added that the purpose of his presence is "to form the largest bloc in the House of Representatives and isolate the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr and the leader of the coalition of victory Haider Abadi in the event that the latter refrain from joining the alliance that Iran seeks to form." 
The US channel confirmed that "the leaders of the Islamic Dawa Party and close to Abadi participated in the meetings that took place late, the first Monday."
The Iranian newspaper Al-Akhbar, close to Hezbollah, said that "the commander of the Qods Force, Qassem Soleimani, landed in Baghdad, a little late for the US special envoy to the international coalition, Brett McGurk." 
She explained that "the first stations of Sulaimani tour, began by meeting with the former head of the National Alliance and Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, where the two sides discussed the results of the primary elections, and scenarios of presumed alliances, and the form of the next government."

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Akhbar and confirmed the news that "Soleimani asked Jaafari to play the role of mediator to gather the Shiite factions, because of the man's acceptance of them, but Jaafari preferred to wait a little bit, until the completion of the announcement of the election results and clarification of the picture." 
The newspaper pointed out that "a meeting held between the wings of the Dawa Party (Maliki and Abadi), along with cadres of the alliance of conquest, led to the signing of a document of honor provides for not to nominate Amiri, Abadi, Maliki and prime minister, and work to form the largest bloc. 
Al-Akhbar quoted a source close to Maliki as saying that "the meeting reached good results to form the largest list," warning at the same time of "regional or international influence."

According to "Russia Today," Hisham Rikabi said that "a coalition of state law and for many months held many meetings with political forces in the Iraqi political scene and reached with them understandings about the project adopted by the coalition, the project of the political majority." 
He explained that the coalition, "the rule of law," resumed consultations with the blocks, which has preliminary understandings on the implementation of the majority project, "pointing out that" the only treatment of the situation suffered by Iraq and the consequences suffered by the quota. " 
He said Rkabi meeting Monday and Tuesday, The meetings will be completed, noting that delegations from the Kurdistan Region will join these dialogues, and within two days will show the features of this alliance or the features of the largest bloc in Parliament.

The supporters of Sadr's leader Moqtada al-Sadr, in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, rallied to celebrate the victory of the movement's "Surson" list, chanting slogans from Iran and Nuri al-Maliki. 
"Iran by land by road is free," Sadr's supporters chanted. 
Sadr's supporters chanted slogans from Maliki saying: "Bay Bay Nuri al-Maliki," intended to the latter will not get the post of prime minister in the new phase.

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Wisdom discusses under the chairmanship of Mr. Ammar al-Hakim map of alliances coming
(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Discussed the political bureau of the stream of national wisdom in an emergency meeting headed by the leader of the current Mr. Ammar al-Hakim, the map of political alliances coming.
A statement issued by the presidency of the current received the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it, "The meeting was held on Tuesday, at the headquarters of the central stream in Baghdad, during which the participants discussed the most recent developments in the political arena in Iraq, led by the reports of members of the Political Bureau, the electoral process and its outputs, , Including the role of the Independent Electoral Commission. " 
The meeting also discussed, according to the statement, "a map of the upcoming alliances and visions to form a government, and pivotal stream of national wisdom and its role in the gathering of parties and the crystallization of the national situation in the coming days, as well as discuss other axes."
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A member of the coalition Abadi expected to delay the formation of the next government to converge the election results
(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) A member of the coalition of victory, led by Prime Minister Haider Abadi, delay the formation of the next government to converge the election results between the winning lists.
"The electoral process proceeded naturally and there are no major irregularities," Abdul-Faisal al-Sahlani told AFP. "It is very normal for those who did not get seats and votes accusing the rest of the blocs of fraud." 
He added that "the talks and discussions continue and there are political dialogues going on," stressing that "the people are demanding a strong government out of the consensus and sectarian and ethnic and form a majority and meet opposition, which is a shadow government." 
He pointed out that "there is an electoral entitlement won by certain lists, but we will see blocs after the first session of parliament after the elections, and we hope it will be at the national level and not on the basis of quotas in which the minister appointed the next prime minister."
He pointed out that "the formation of the government will be delayed because of the convergence of the results of the blocks and non-resolution of the position of the majority within the House of Representatives, which may make the formation of the government needs more time and will not be the President's choice is easy." 
He pointed out that "the political process was built on suspicion and imposed, but the consensus and exit from the opposition position imposed that the President of the Republic of the Kurds to be aware that Iraq is a homeland for all and this is one of the elements to emphasize the unity of Iraq." 
He added that "this stage must be modified and that the other components have the existence and the end of the quota. I think the democratic process is based on three main pillars: the presidency, the parliament and the ministers. If they belong to the national understanding, there can be a democratic process and they are required to be one team. And a leader of Iraq. " 
He noted that "
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Sources: Soleimani camp in front of the Green Zone means confrontation with America

May 16 2018 05:14 PM
Sulaimani in Baghdad in an attempt to arrange the Shiite house and no meeting with Sadr
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Masad confirmed, the presence of Soleimani camp in front of the Green Zone.

 

The sources said in private statements, that this presence means confrontation with the United States of America directly and is required number one on the list of international terrorism.

 

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Abadi: The problem of the merger between victory and law lies in naming the leader

Abadi: The problem of the merger between victory and law lies in naming the leader

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The leader of the Islamic Dawa Party, Jassem Mohammad Jaafar, on Wednesday, the integration of a coalition of state law and victory is difficult, noting that the differences between the lists lies in naming the leader.

Jaafar said in a press statement that "the announcement of the merger of the victory coalition headed by Prime Minister Haider Abadi with the coalition of the rule of law led by Nuri al-Maliki is very difficult because of differences between the wings."

 Jaafar added that "the differences between the wings of al-Maliki and Abadi on naming the leader of the list is contributed to complicate matters and prevented the coalitions of coalitions."

The member of the alliance Fatah MP Nahla al-Hababi confirmed the possibility of alliance "conquest" with the coalition of victory and the rule of law and the rest of the small blocs to form a government of the majority.

 

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Sulaimani's mission in Iraq: a new government with Iran's approval

Sulaimani's mission in Iraq: a new government with Iran's approval



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Two Major General Qassem Soleimani is in talks with politicians in Baghdad to promote the formation of a new Iraqi government with Iran's approval, two sources familiar with the political process in Iraq said on Wednesday. 
Sulaimani, commander of external operations in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, arrived in Iraq on Saturday, which witnessed parliamentary elections. 
Initial nationwide results showed a surprise victory for the bloc, which backs Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who did not ally with Iran and campaigned on a national program, capitalizing on public discontent over widespread corruption and social strife. 
One of the exporters, who plays the role of mediator between Sadr and other senior politicians and a Shi'ite candidate, said Soleimani was in talks with rival politicians to pave the way for agreement on forming a ruling Shiite alliance. According to Reuters.
Formal talks to form a governing coalition will begin after final results are announced this week. 
Before the election, Iran publicly said it would not allow the Sadr bloc, an unusual coalition of Shi'ites, communists and secular groups, to rule. 
For his part, Sadr said he is not ready to make concessions to Iran to form a coalition with its main ally Hadi al-Ameri, commander of the Badr paramilitary or former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. 
A Reuters poll of provincial results, announced over the past three days, showed al-Sadr's list advanced, followed by al-Amiri, a close ally of Iran, a friend of Sulaimani and then the outgoing prime minister, Haider al-Abadi. 
Abadi won support from Iran and the United States in the three-year war against the Islamic state.
Saturday's elections were the first since militants were defeated last year after they swept through a third of the country in 2014. Soleimani's al-Quds force is the main foreign backer of the Badr Organization, the backbone of the popular grass-roots factions formed to fight the Islamic state.

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