Announcement of the largest bloc

[Pitcher]

While Iraqi parties have launched talks to form a coalition government after the recent parliamentary election, a political source speculated that the incumbent prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, will have the highest chance of retaking the helm. 

• May, 26, 2018 - 16:12

 

 

 

Alsumaria News quoted an Iraqi political source as saying on Saturday that Haider al-Abadi, Falih al-Fayyadh, Qusay al-Suhail, and Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani are the four figures with good chances of becoming the next prime minister.

The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the incumbent premier will have the highest chance of success, adding that the Sadr bloc, which came out on top in the election, has designated Jaafar al-Sadr as the candidate for the post of prime minister.

According to the source, Salih al-Hasnawi is also a potential major candidate for the post, should the Fatah alliance succeed to form a greater coalition.

Muqtada al-Sadr's Sairoon coalition took 54 out of 328 seats in the May 12 parliamentary election in Iraq.

With no bloc winning the 165 seats required for an outright majority, negotiations to form a coalition government in Iraq are expected to drag on for weeks.

 

https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/05/26/1735508/abadi-likely-to-remain-iraq-s-prime-minister-source

 

 

 

[Pitcher]

Iraqi PM Haider Abadi met Saturday with Vice President Iyad Allawi for consultations over the formation of the next government.

Abadi's press office said in a statement that the two sides "discussed the developments in the political process and the formation of the next government on a national basis."

Both sides tackled the possibility of integrating Allawi's National Alliance into the coming government as well as alliances of Sairun, Victory and Wisdom, the statement read. 

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/27765/Abadi-meets-Allawi-over-coming-govt-consultation

 

[Laid Back]

"negotiations to form a coalition government in Iraq are expected to drag on for weeks" ..... I hope not.!

 

For the CBI to increase the dinar exchange rate, " by Shabibi " they need:

- Complete seated Goverment 

- Security

- Stability

 

Go RV sooner than later

 

[Pitcher]

Agree, and dont forget the “ suitable environment “.  Love that term. 

[Calijim]

Drag on for weeks?  I’ve never seen anything happen any sooner with this bunch.

[ChuckFinley]

I think Sadr will be pushing this along. I feel he has had it with all this feet dragging and corruption. 

[ChuckFinley]

10 hours ago, Laid Back said:

"negotiations to form a coalition government in Iraq are expected to drag on for weeks" ..... I hope not.!

 

For the CBI to increase the dinar exchange rate, " by Shabibi " they need:

- Complete seated Goverment 

- Security

- Stability

 

Go RV sooner than later

 

Getting close, Sadr will get the seated government, which will give us stability, and security will be real close . It would be also there if Maliki was taken out of the picture completely. It will be some time for sure security to be a way of life. There is Iran and to much ethnic hatred. 

[yota691]

Sources: finalize the alliance of Abadi and Sadr and the number of deputies 160 deputies

 

 Since 2018-05-27 at 09:31 (Baghdad time)

Follow - Mawazine News

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Okaz newspaper reported on Sunday that it was close to reaching a declaration on the largest bloc to form a new Iraqi government.

The newspaper "Okaz" Saudi sources close to the alliance of victory, led by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi, said that "the meetings held by Sadr's leader Moqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad for a week close to reach the announcement of the largest bloc to form a new Iraqi government."

"The coalition is being finalized with Sadr's bloc," she said.

 The sources said, according to the newspaper, that "the stream of wisdom led by Ammar al-Hakim will be within the coalition expected amid expectations to gather 160 seats."

The sources suggested that "the alliance of Abadi and Sadr joins other Sunni and Kurdish parties, forming the largest bloc in parliament, and expected that this coalition will succeed in gathering about 160 seats, while the majority needs 165 seats to pass the government."

The leader of the stream of wisdom, Salah al-Arabawi announced in a tweet on Twitter, that the next Iraqi government is not Iranian, not American, but Iraqi, which confirms the position of wisdom on one line with the Sadrist movement.

[yota691]

A spokesman for Sadr: We will end the formation of the largest bloc in two weeks

 

 Since 2018-05-27 at 10:00 (Baghdad time)

Follow-up of Mawazine News

Salah al-Obeidi, a spokesman for the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr, said that the formation of the largest bloc will be completed within two weeks, while referring to the refusal of Maliki's return to the presidency of the government.

"We are seeking to form a new type of government, we have the outline of this program and we want to discuss it with other parties on how to achieve a full program," Al-Obeidi told NPR News.

"While previous governments have chosen a prime minister and a cabinet based on party loyalty and quotas, the formation of a new government must first be in agreement on a reform program and a cabinet of qualified people to run the government," he said.

During their meetings with the Sadrists, political leaders revealed their intentions and programs through photographs gathered and published. One of Sadr's tweets, a style he never used, was used to suggest that his political bloc might share with any other bloc except for the mass of former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

"Maliki himself is responsible for many of the disasters that happened in Iraq, so it is difficult to accept."

However, al-Obeidi left the door open for an alliance that might include the Fatah list led by Hadi al-Amiri, and may even include al-Maliki if his bloc falls on the terms of the government reform program. The Fateh bloc has achieved 47 seats while Maliki's bloc received 26 seats.

"It may take a couple of weeks to complete the formation of an alliance with enough seats for a two-week government," al-Obeidi said, adding that Sadr may set a line for meeting US or British envoys.

"I think it is very difficult to get that, as far as I know, because Sadr still believes that there are many problems that prevent such a move from taking place with American officials," he said.

However, al-Obeidi said that "Sadr ministers from the previous government cooperated with programs that the United States participated in, and that Sadr did not reject existing agreements that allow US forces to play an advisory role in Iraq."

"The presence of US military bases in Iraq is a problem, but when Abadi decided to bring American soldiers to Iraq, Sadr did not stop his support for Abadi, because he knows that Abadi made these decisions in order to help Iraq."

[yota691]

Maliki's office: the blocs are still in the stage of discussion and did not reach the stage of announcing alliances

 

Sunday 27 May

 

 

 

Al-Sumerian News / Baghdad The media office of the head of a coalition of state law Nuri al-Maliki , Sunday, what is between the political blocs that "does not exceed" understandings and public dialogues on mechanisms to form the largest bloc, while denied the accession of any other blocks to the rule of law at the moment.  The Director of the Information Office Hisham Rikabi said in an interview with Alsumaria News that "what is happening today within the political corridors do not exceed the understandings and political dialogues on the mechanisms of forming the largest bloc," denying that "there is any accession to other blocs to the rule of law at the present time."     He added that "these talks are preliminary dialogues did not rise to the level of the announcement of alliances or the accession of one bloc to another," expected to "lead to these dialogues, in the next few days, to actual results according to the vision of the parties and the extent of convergence among them the electoral program."  The media leaks talked, earlier, an agreement got the accession of the masses of will and competencies to change to a coalition of state law.

[yota691]

26-05-2018 12:16 PM

The most prominent demands made by Kurdish delegations in Baghdad ??

 

 

 

MP revealed the alliance of the conquest of Amer al-Fayez, on Saturday, the rejection of most of the political blocs conditions provided by the Kurdish delegations to Baghdad, referring to the Kurdish blocs called for increasing the share of the province in the budget and the application of Article 140 and the establishment of all political rights. 

Fayez said that 'most of the political blocs rejected the demands of the Kurdish delegations to Baghdad on supporting the formation of the next government', indicating that 'the Kurdish blocs called for raising the share of the region in the coming budgets and the application of Article 140 and the installation of all political rights'. 

He added that 'all the blocks in Baghdad opposed the application of Article 140 on the disputed areas and grant a special status for the Peshmerga and the proper salaries of employees in the region, as well as increase the share of the province in the budget'.

Fayez said that 'Kurdish parties are bargaining blocs in Baghdad in order to establish political gains for Kurdistan in exchange for support for the next government', stressing that 'all negotiations are still at the beginning did not reach certain axes as rumored by the media or the application of the law'.

[Butifldrm]

 

A few days later, the "sole candidate" becomes prime minister

57 minutes ago

 

Baghdad / NRT

Hussein al-Adli, spokesman for the victory coalition headed by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, revealed the candidate for prime minister .

Al-Adli said in a statement on 27 May 2018 that "so far there is no candidate to take over the presidency of the government, other than Prime Minister, Haider Abadi and there is no objection by the winning blocs in the (parliamentary elections that took place on 12 May in the whole country), on As prime minister, "according to the Russian news agency Sputnik.

On the issue of the demand of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada al-Sadr, the resignation of Abadi from the Dawa Party, in return for taking over the government, Al-Adli said: "These conditions are absolutely true."

Al-Adly pointed to the existence of negotiations and deep understandings between the coalition of victory and the rest of the forces, adding: "But the closest forces of victory are" going "and the negotiations are still open to the rest of the forces.

"There was a near-agreement between the Al-Nasr coalition and Salloun on a road map and the foundations and principles of the next phase."

The spokesman of the "coalition victory" at the end of his speech, that "the image of the formation of the government, will become clearer after a week or two from now."

The Iraqi parliamentary elections took place on May 12, with the electronic voting system, which is applied for the first time in Iraq .

And issued "Asron" political entities in this election by winning about 54 seats in the new parliament, while the coalition of "conquest" led by Hadi al-Amiri ranked second with about 47 seats, and came the coalition, "victory" led by Prime Minister Haider Abadi third win with about 42 seats, National "wisdom" about 20 seats only .

And raise the leader of the Sadrist movement, the slogan of reform, and eliminate corruption, and rid state institutions of sectarian quotas, and was among the political entities that indicated the expectations of obtaining a large number of seats, but it was a surprise by obtaining the majority of Parliament, followed by other entities may reveal the days Coming about its alliance with him to form the next government.

http://nrttv.com/Ar/News.aspx?id=827&MapID=2

[ChuckFinley]

On 5/26/2018 at 9:51 AM, Mxmann said:

Lol!  Like YOU said, take off (delete) the 3 zeros!!! Remember, you said it first! (Just a lil sarcasm there) 

No worries, talking two different topics. Taking off  as in an aircraft or rocket. I feel take with the right political mix we will see laws passed and the country will take off, grow. Drop the 3 zeroes as in .00086 to .86. But I am holding out hope for 1 to,1.  

[pokerplayer]

43 minutes ago, ChuckFinley said:

No worries, talking two different topics. Taking off  as in an aircraft or rocket. I feel take with the right political mix we will see laws passed and the country will take off, grow. Drop the 3 zeroes as in .00086 to .86. But I am holding out hope for 1 to,1.  

 

 

Sounds pretty good Chuck. Me I'm holding out in hopes that I will still even be alive to cash out !!    

 

  pp

[ChuckFinley]

49 minutes ago, pokerplayer said:

 

 

Sounds pretty good Chuck. Me I'm holding out in hopes that I will still even be alive to cash out !!    

 

  pp

I know the feeling. I have been in this so long that my kids have grown, went high school, college, got married, had kids. 0h and live on their own. Everyone has moved on except the dinar.  

[yota691]

Parliamentary: These conditions of the Kurds to join the largest bloc

Date of release: 2018/5/27 21:58 • 169 times read

(Baghdad: al-Furat News) MP Harith al-Harithi on the conditions of the Kurds to join the largest bloc, which will cost the formation of the next government.

"The Kurds came yesterday and put Kirkuk as a referendum and independence in order to divide the country, and today they came with more severe demands than the previous ones, including the activation of Article 140 and increase," Al-Harthy told Al-Furat News. "Today there is a race to get the highest gains. Share the Kurdistan region in the financial budget, which may reach more than {17%}. 
He predicted that "the conditions of the Kurds are not applicable from most blocs." 
Al-Harithi called for "the election commission to prove the validity of the electoral results," stressing that "the presence of votes will resort to the courts to challenge these results and validity." 
He continued, "The election law has not been implemented," noting that "the law if implemented correctly in the absence of these violations in the election process and we have evidence and facts on it."

[yota691]

Barzani's party sets several conditions for joining any political alliance

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27/05/2018

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) announced its conditions to join any political alliance to form the next government, the most important of which is to correct the situation in the disputed areas.

 

The party's statement that the government's commitment to solve the problems accumulated with Kurdistan is very important to enter a new political phase aimed at reforming the situation in all its joints.

 

 

HA

[Pitcher]

Haha, me too Chuck. Now you get to go spend some of that Dinar money on yourself!

[Mxmann]

2 hours ago, ChuckFinley said:

No worries, talking two different topics. Taking off  as in an aircraft or rocket. I feel take with the right political mix we will see laws passed and the country will take off, grow. Drop the 3 zeroes as in .00086 to .86. But I am holding out hope for 1 to,1.  

Yeah, yeah!!! We r on the same page, n i believe the gov is forming nicely, and by the time they are, ramadan will be done, along with the 2% compliance all comming together at the same time, n like u said things will start to take off, their economy, the three zeros will be taken off, and when that happens I'll probably be taken all my clothes off!!!!  So yeah,  everything is taken off!!!'

[Pitcher]

Member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives of the National Coalition (Al Wataniya) led by Ayad Allawi, Abdul Karim Abtan said that the next government will be formed on the basis of sectarian quotas.

 

In press statements, Abtan explained the appointment of presidential posts in the next government will be in accordance with sectarian quotas among the three Iraqi components (Shiite - Sunni - Kurdish) for the post of President of the Republic, ministers and MPs.

 

The Parliamentary elections was marked by record low turnout. It was the first since Iraq declared victory over the ISIS group and the fourth since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/27788/National-Coalition-Next-gov-t-will-be-formed-on-basis-of-sectarian-quotas

[Pitcher]

Spokesman for Leader of Sadrist Movement Muqtada al Sadr, Salah al Obeidi said the movement seeks to form a new kind of government.

 

Obeidi explained that the movement has plans to form the next government, but it wants to discuss them with other parties to reach a consensus.

 

He underlined that previous governments have chosen a prime minister and a cabinet based on party loyalty and sectarian quotas, while the formation of the next government must first be in agreement on a reform program and a cabinet of qualified officials to run the government.

 

In addition, he underscored that the formation of the largest Parliamentary bloc will be completed within two weeks, stressing the movement's rejection for Nouri al Maliki's return to the premiership.

 

The Parliamentary elections was marked by record low turnout. It was the first since Iraq declared victory over the ISIS group and the fourth since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/27789/Sadrist-movement-We-seek-to-form-new-kind-of-government

[10 YEARS LATER]

I certainly hope . . . the last one was pure CRAP . . . NOT much gets done when year after year YOUR JOB keeps interrupting the never ending Camel Racing and Toga parties - at tax payer expense.  

[nannab]

  Love it 10

[nannab]

Now breath Mxmann 

[10 YEARS LATER]

27 minutes ago, nannab said:

  Love it 10

 

Good Afternoon Nannab - I trust All is well this weekend  . . . Formula One Racing for me and a few  to start things off today.