Announcement of the largest bloc

[Pitcher]

Iran-backed Fatah alliance led by  Hadi al-Amiri uncovered on Thursday that there are political intentions to join Saairun alliance, headed by prominent Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr within the largest parliamentary bloc, which will include 190 seats.

For his part, a member of Al-Fatah alliance Hanin Al-Qaddo said that his alliance and a number of political blocs endeavors to include 'Saairun' within the largest bloc in the coming period.

He added that Al-Fatah alliance has already reached understandings with a large political parties, including, victory coalition, State of Law Coalitions and a number of other parties, noting that the largest bloc will be formed by the Victory, State of Law, Wisdom, Fatah coalitions  with 190 parliamentary seats. 

He added that the new political alliances will be revealed after the announcement of parliamentary elections results by the federal court.

 

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/30463/Iraqi-s-largest-bloc-includes-5-Shiite-parties-with-190-seats

[pokebu]

Thanks Pitcher for your usual good input.  IMHO this sounds like another Iran directed attempt to promote and push through their Shiite cohorts in Iraq to take over the new government.  With those numbers it certainly includes at least their infamous "Thief in Chief" Maliki and his remnants of the State of Law.   I 

[pokebu]

10 minutes ago, pokebu said:

Thanks Pitcher for your usual good input.  IMHO this sounds like another Iran directed attempt to promote and push through their Shiite cohorts in Iraq to take over the new government.  With those numbers it certainly includes at least their infamous "Thief in Chief" Maliki and his remnants of the State of Law.   I 

(My bad, got cut off).  don't believe they have anywhere near 190 votes, especially with Sadr being a sworn enemy of Maliki.  Hell, just yesterday Sadr was calling out for Maliki to soon be brought up on trial for his crimes.

[Pitcher]

I agree pokebu.  Hate to read articles like this. Iran’s goal is to control the entire ME. They don’t care if it takes 100 years.  

[ChuckFinley]

2 hours ago, pokebu said:

Thanks Pitcher for your usual good input.  IMHO this sounds like another Iran directed attempt to promote and push through their Shiite cohorts in Iraq to take over the new government.  With those numbers it certainly includes at least their infamous "Thief in Chief" Maliki and his remnants of the State of Law.   I 

  

[Pitcher]

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Influential Iraqi Shia figure Muqtada al-Sadr vows to restore political and popular opposition if the country’s political parties reject his 40 conditions for the new premiership.

Sadr, who also heads the election-winning Sairoon Coalition, warned in a statement on Thursday that he would consider political and popular opposition if Iraqi parties did not respond to his 40 conditions, calling them to join an alliance named “Saving the Nation.”

Regarding the recent wave of protests in Iraq, Sadr said timid steps had been taken to respond to peoples’ complaints. He also said there are attempts by corrupt parties to manipulate their power and politicize the protesters’ demands.

Addressing the people of Iraq, the Shia cleric noted the 40 conditions he presented to the political parties are meant to remove immoral people from power and replace them with brave, strong, and decisive ones who can prosecute the crooked.

He warned that some politicians are trying to keep the sectarian, ethnic-based government and distribute the country’s wealth among themselves.

Sadr vowed to use every possible effort to foil conspiracies against the people through the power they granted him from the popular vote as well as the 40 conditions.

“If the conditions are not met, I swear to God I will not partake in your sectarian government and division of wealth,” Sadr said, adding he would “take the path of constructive political and popular opposition.”

According to the document, Sadr set a deadline for the implementation of his 40 conditions and the demands of the protesters.

“The authentication of final elections results or 15 days is the deadline between me and [political parties]; after that, I will not allow any attacks on the protesters or disregard their demands.”

 

http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/554fab55-bd69-480c-a2f9-5a3e727f56097(

 

[DinarThug]

2 hours ago, Pitcher said:

Iraqi's largest bloc includes 5 Shiite parties with 190 seats -

 

Holy Crap - There Hasn’t Been A Bloc Of Shiite’s This Big Since The Guy That Set The Hot Dog Eating Contest Record Was Constipated !  

 

     

 

Edited August 9, 2018 by DinarThug

[Pitcher]

Gona need a pic Thug.  You have to have the proof, although the horse yesterday was close. Haha. Now that was a bunch of Shite. 

[DinarThug]

21 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

Gona need a pic Thug.  You have to have the proof, although the horse yesterday was close. Haha. Now that was a bunch of Shite. 

 

Shiite Just Got Real !  

 

 

     

[Pitcher]

Hahahahaha Haha.  Thuuuuuug!!!!!!   You da man!!!  

[DinarThug]

32 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

Hahahahaha Haha.  Thuuuuuug!!!!!!   You da man!!!  

 

Hey - I Know My ‘Chit Man ...

 

     

[Butifldrm]

Sadr keeps the lead in the legislative elections after the manual counting of votes

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NRT

The results announced by the Board of Commissioners of the Electoral Commission, on Friday, that the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr retained the lead of the parliamentary elections held on May 12 after the manual counting of votes .

On August 10, 2018, the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) issued the results of the manual counting ordered by parliament in June after widespread allegations of irregularities cast a shadow over the integrity of the electoral process .

The Commission said that the results of counting and manual counting in 13 of Iraq's 18 governorates are identical with the preliminary results .

Three months after the elections, winning parties are still negotiating the formation of the next ruling coalition, with no sign of an impending outcome .

The partial counting and sorting process was launched on July 3, following the decision of the Federal Court issued under the appeals submitted to the third amendment to the law of the elections of the House of Representatives voted on June 6 last year .

The results of the recent parliamentary elections have generated considerable controversy among the political circles, which called on the Council of Representatives to hold an emergency session on 6 June, during which voted on the third amendment proposal to the Law of the elections of the House of Representatives No. 45 of 2013, which included the re-counting and manual counting of all polling stations and the assignment of nine Judges for the administration of the Electoral Commission .

Countdowns began in early parliamentary elections in early July, bringing Iraq closer to a new government that was delayed weeks.

http://www.nrttv.com/AR/News.aspx?id=3206&MapID=2

[yota691]

State of law reveals the date of the announcement of the largest bloc

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10/08/2018

Baghdad /

The coalition of state law led by Nuri al-Maliki announced the deadline for the announcement of the largest bloc and go to form the next government.

A member of the coalition Messenger Radhi stressed that the rule of law reached great understandings with the conquest and the parties of the Patriotic Union and Democratic Kurdistanists in the introduction of the government program, and that the announcement of the formation of the largest bloc will be during the next week, stressing that the alliance victory is still vacillating position between joining the rule of law or go With a coalition going

[yota691]

The Sadr-backed alliance is leading the results of recount counting

02:45 - 10/08/2018

 

 

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A 
coalition of Sadrists backed by Iraqi leader Moqtada al-Sadr has announced the results of the legislative elections in Iraq with 54 seats, after a manual recount of the Supreme Court ruled in June on suspicion of fraud, the Electoral Commission announced Friday. 
The only change that took place after the manual counting was the "Fatah" list, which included leaders of the Popular Mobilization Forces, which fought an al-Qaeda organization that won an additional seat at the expense of a local list in Baghdad. 
Thus, the Fatah list retains second place with 48 seats instead of 47, the nine-judge panel said. 
The list of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi remained in third place with 42 seats, followed by each list of Iyad Allawi, which includes many Sunni figures (21 seats) and the list of "wisdom"
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[yota691]

Sadr Might Consider Opposition if His 40 Conditions are not Met in 15 Days

 

 

 BasNews

 10/08/2018 - 00:36

 

 

 

ERBIL - Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr head of Sa'eroun Alliance, the winner of the May election, vowed on Thursday to consider opposition if his 40 conditions for a new government are rejected by the political parties.

Sadr in a statement called all sides to be part of a coalition dubbed "Saving the Nation", asserting that he would not join the new cabinet if at least the essential points of his conditions are not accepted.

"If the conditions are not met, I swear to God I will not partake in your sectarian government and division of wealth," Sadr said in a the statement, as quoted by Kurdistan 24.

The Shi'ite leader said that he would "take the path of constructive political and popular opposition," the news agency added.

According to the statement, Sadr has given 15 days to the political parties as a deadline for meeting his conditions and demands of the demonstrators or he would "not allow any attacks on the protesters."

[yota691]

Report: Four candidates for the presidency of the new Iraqi parliament

 Friday, 10 August 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Green Zone in Baghdad has been on the verge of a long-running move to agree to nominate a candidate for Sunni power to head the next parliament out of four candidates, including former parliament speaker Salim al-Jubouri, a newspaper report said on Friday. 
Political sources linked to the file the names of the four candidates for the presidency of the parliament are former Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi for the list of victory, and Anbar province governor Mohammed Halbusi of the coalition of Iraq, and the Governor of Salahuddin Ahmed Jubouri, and Iraqi Vice President Osama Najafi. 
The sources say that these four figures are competing for the post of Speaker of Parliament now, without any of them have a preference because of the lack of clarity of vision.
In accordance with Iraqi constitutional contexts, the election of the new speaker must take place at the first session of the first legislative term of the elected House of Representatives, which means that the time between the ratification of the results and the date of the first session should result in agreement. 
The position of the speaker of parliament to the package of what is known as the "three presidencies," which also includes the prime minister and the presidency. 
The 
Arabs, who come from London, say that things are going to be devoted to this tripartite equation during the next session, after the importance of the debate that took months on the need to assume the post of President of the Republic in Iraq Of a Sunni Arab personality.
Once the final declaration has been made after the results of the results are confirmed by the Federal Supreme Court, the new parliament must convene within a week for a session headed by its oldest member, temporarily, during which the permanent speaker of parliament will be elected.

[yota691]

Urgent : An initial agreement with two lists to form the largest bloc and the next government

Release date: 2018/8/10 18:31 • 780 times read

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Revealed a coalition of victory headed by Haider Abadi, reached a preliminary agreement with 3 political lists to form the largest bloc and the next government.

A statement by the Office of the leadership in Nasr al-Obeidi, received the agency {Euphrates News} copy of that Obeidi "led the delegation of victory composed of parties belonging to the coalition, to discuss with the delegation of the wisdom movement headed by Mr. Raad Hakim, and the delegation of the National Coalition in charge of negotiating the formation of the largest bloc and the announcement of the Iraqi government Coming ". 
The statement quoted al-Obeidi as saying that "the preliminary talks with the delegation of wisdom and patriotism came out with positive results and common understandings," adding that "the talks agreed to lay down the guidelines for the work program of the next government and within clear time limits, stressing the need to reject the principle of quotas in the formation of the government "He said. 
"It was agreed with the wisdom and patriotism to put the terms of the agreement and discussed and agreed upon in preparation for signing before announcing the formation of the largest bloc formally."
And on the nearest blocks to victory to form the largest bloc, Obeidi said, "We are now in great agreement with the alliances of Sason and wisdom and patriotism, in addition to the existence of advanced understandings with the Kurdistan Democratic Party and we have continued with the Fatah Alliance." 
He stressed that "the doors of the Alliance of Victory is open to all blocs that believe in rejecting the principle of quotas and is ready to contribute and cooperate in the fight against corruption and the pursuit of corrupt and any party or bloc was, and has the ability to rebuild state institutions, and consider the re-enactment of service laws and investment and economic ability to provide the largest number Of job opportunities for the unemployed, and ensure a decent free life for the Iraqis. "

[dinareffic]

Revealed a coalition of victory headed by Haider Abadi, reached a preliminary agreement with 3 political lists to form the largest bloc and the next government.


A statement by the Office of the leadership in Nasr al-Obeidi, received the agency {Euphrates News} copy of that Obeidi "led the delegation of victory composed of parties belonging to the coalition, to discuss with the delegation of the wisdom movement headed by Mr. Raad Hakim, and the delegation of the National Coalition in charge of negotiating the formation of the largest bloc and the announcement of the Iraqi government Coming ".

The statement quoted al-Obeidi as saying that "the preliminary talks with the delegation of wisdom and patriotism came out with positive results and common understandings," adding that "the talks agreed to lay down the guidelines for the work program of the next government and within clear time limits, stressing the need to reject the principle of quotas in the formation of the government "He said.
It was agreed with the wisdom and patriotism to put the terms of the agreement and discussed and agreed upon in preparation for signing before announcing the formation of the largest bloc formally."

And on the nearest blocks to victory to form the largest bloc, Obeidi said, "We are now in great agreement with the alliances of Sason and wisdom and patriotism, in addition to the existence of advanced understandings with the Kurdistan Democratic Party and we have continued with the Fatah Alliance."

He stressed that "the doors of the Alliance of Victory is open to all blocs that believe in rejecting the principle of quotas and is ready to contribute and cooperate in the fight against corruption and the pursuit of corrupt and any party or bloc was, and has the ability to rebuild state institutions, and consider the re-enactment of service laws and investment and economic ability to provide the largest number Of job opportunities for the unemployed, and ensure a decent free life for the Iraqis. "


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[Donziman]

Wow this is promising  I always liked Hakim he seems to really try to

put the people first. I'm sure he will be onboard with anti-corruption program.

[Pitcher]

The Victory Alliance announced Friday it has reached an agreement with the Wisdom Current and the National Coalition on the terms of the outline of the formation of the largest bloc.

 

with the stream of wisdom led by Ammar al-Hakim, led by Iyad Allawi.

In a statement, Khaled al-Obeidi, head of the negotiating team of the alliance victory said, "The preliminary talks with the delegations of the wisdom current and the National Coalition came out with positive results and common understandings."

He explained that: "During the talks, the agreement to develop guidelines for the program of the coming government within the time limits are clear, stressing the need to reject the principle of quotas in the formation of the government."

He added that it was agreed to discuss and sign the terms of the agreement in preparation for announcing the formation of the largest bloc.

Al-Obeidi reiterated that "The doors of the Victory Alliance are open to all blocs believing in rejecting the principle of quotas and ready to contribute and cooperate in the fight against corruption."

 

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/30512/Abadi-led-Victory-Alliance-reaches-deal-on-coming-gov-t-formation

[boosterbglee]

Me likey!  👍

[ChuckFinley]

Does sound promising and there is a ton of good news out today.  

[3n1]

nice, announce the winner, ratify, letsroll

[Pitcher]

BAGHDAD

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s Victory Bloc reportedly reached an agreement on Friday to form the country’s next government.

According to a statement released by the bloc, the agreement includes Moqtada al-Sadr's Sairoon coalition (frontrunner in Iraq’s May 12 parliament polls), Ammar al-Hakim’s National Wisdom Movement and Iyad Allawi’s National Coalition.

In a statement, Khaled al-Obeidi, the Victory Bloc’s chief negotiator, said preliminary talks with the Wisdom Movement and the National Coalition had “led to positive results and common understandings, laying the groundwork for a viable government program”.

“We are now in close agreement with Sairoon, Wisdom and the National Coalition, and have also forged understandings with the Kurdistan Democratic Party,” al-Obeidi added.

On Thursday, Iraq's official electoral commission announced that a manual recount of the May 12 poll results were more or less the same as the initial electronic vote count.

According to the commission, only one seat from Iraq’s Baghdad Coalition had moved to the Al-Fatih Bloc, which is part of a Hashd al-Shaabi-led coalition (giving the latter 48 -- instead of 47 -- assembly seats).

For the last two months, results of the poll had remained the subject of bitter dispute amid widespread allegations of vote-rigging.

According to those initial results, al-Sadr's Sairoon coalition clinched 54 seats, followed by Al-Fatih (47 seats) and al-Abadi's Victory Bloc (42 seats).

Once Iraq’s Federal Court approves the results of the manual recount, incoming MPs will hold a first session to elect a new assembly speaker.

Within 30 days of that first session, the assembly will elect -- by a two-thirds majority -- the country’s next president.

The president will then task the largest bloc in parliament with drawing up a government, which must be referred back to parliament for approval.

 

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/iraqi-pm-s-coalition-reaches-deal-to-form-government/1227859

 

 

[ChuckFinley]

Thanks Pitcher,  things look like they are starting to take shape.