Iraq .. Barham Salih sets the specifications for the next prime minister

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08-12-2019 07:22 PM

Other: "Victory" and "Al-Hikma" on the largest bloc's streak with construction to choose the alternative "Abdul Mahdi"

 

 

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Al-Akhbariya, a member of the House of Representatives for the Alliance of Sa`oon al-Moussawi revealed today, Sunday, that the Al-Nasr and al-Hikma coalition entered the largest bloc with the construction alliance to choose an alternative for the resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi.
Moussawi told Al-Ikhbaria, that "the political blocs are now busy in discussing the election law, which must be voted on by the House of Representatives during this period for the purpose of holding early elections," noting that "until now, no candidate has been proposed for the position of president The ministers succeeded Abdul-Mahdi.
The deputy of the Saeron Alliance confirmed that "the coalition of victory and the stream of wisdom entered the line of the largest bloc with the construction alliance to choose a replacement for Abdul Mahdi."
In the same context, member of the House of Representatives, Deputy Yonadam Kanna, confirmed today, Sunday, the handing over of a list signed by 120 deputies to the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, containing the conditions for choosing the prime minister.
The head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Vian Sabri, affirmed today that there are some conditions that hinder the selection of the next Iraqi prime minister instead of Adel Abdul Mahdi, indicating that the matter is difficult to accomplish during the constitutional period of 15 days.
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi Forces Alliance bloc confirmed that the President of the Republic will ask the political blocs to present independent candidates who have popular acceptance among the demonstrators to name the Prime Minister-designate.

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08-12-2019 08:05 PM

Prayers: The power parties are ready to commit massacres in every demonstration to ensure their survival

 

 

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The head of the Warka Democracy Bloc, Joseph Saliwa, confirmed on Sunday that the power parties in Iraq are ready to commit massacres in every square of demonstrations to ensure their survival and control.

"There are fears that the power parties will use the same approach that occurred in the Senk and al-Khalani in the other protest circles," Sliwa said, in a statement reported by an Arab newspaper viewed by Al-Akhbaria.

He added: "These parties are ready to do anything in order to keep them in power," noting that they "do not want to give them up so easily, because they view the people and the country as spoils."

The head of the bloc said, "The resigned prime minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, bears the greatest responsibility for this massacre, as it was he who allowed matters to reach what I have reached now."

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08-12-2019 09:11 PM

Minister of Sadr calls for students to return to their schools next week

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Urgent Abdul-Mahdi calls on parliament and blocs: I do not wish that my government be too long and hurry to form a new one

Editing Date: 12/8/2019 23:16 • 178 times read

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The resigned Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, called the political blocs and the House of Representatives to form the new government with full powers.

This came during his meeting today, Sunday, the ambassadors of the European Union in Baghdad.
A statement of his office, which was received by {Al Furat News}, said that "cooperation relations between the two sides, demonstrations in Iraq and the importance of protecting them and preserving their integrity have been discussed."
He added that "the ambassadors of the European Union expressed their continued desire to support Iraq as the democratic country that represents an important model in the Middle East, and that the European Union considers Iraq a partner and is keen on its reputation and strengthening its system and democratic experience," praising "the role of the Prime Minister to achieve an important development in Iraqi relations" Foreign affairs, especially with the countries of the European Union. "
The ambassadors expressed their concern over the targeting of the demonstrators by the saboteurs and the importance of preventing any attacks against them and the security forces.
Abdul-Mahdi stressed during the meeting, "Iraq is proud of the partnership and cooperation relations with the European Union, and Iraq’s commitment to human rights principles, including the protection of the right to peaceful protest and the right to life, work and study." Noting that "the government revealed in its report the mistakes that occurred at the beginning of the demonstrations and the excessive use of force and was taken Investigative measures, and judicial procedures are continuing in this regard. "
He pointed out that "the government made a strict decision to confine arms to the state, but what is regrettable is the occurrence of sabotage operations carried out by vandals among peaceful demonstrators and the burning of state institutions, police stations, religious shrines, consulates and homes of citizens, and that the security forces have a duty to protect everyone and maintain security and stability throughout the country." , Stressing, "Checking information from its exact sources."
And Abdul-Mahdi pointed out that "Iraq has had a major role in combating terrorism and its people are paying the price of war on ISIS in its economic, social and security conditions," again calling on the House of Representatives and political forces "to form the new government with full powers and its desire that the government not run for the duration of daily affairs." is over

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Legal expert: The President of the Republic will assume the functions of the Prime Minister in this case

Editing Date: 12/8/2019 20:32 • 371 times read

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, explained who will assume the post of prime minister in the event that an alternative to Adel Abdul Mahdi is not decided.

Al-Tamimi said {for Furat News} that “the President of the Republic has 15 days to assign a new and another candidate, and he can be independent,” adding that “in the event that the 15 days have passed and after the end of the 30 days for the conduct of business, the government of Abdul Mahdi and those with him will end.”
He continued, "The step that comes after not choosing a candidate is to switch to Article 81 of the Constitution, where the President of the Republic assumes the functions of the Prime Minister and carries out business."
Al-Tamimi indicated that "the second paragraph of Article 81 obliged the President of the Republic to appoint a new candidate for prime minister within 15 days of the vacancy of the post," noting that "the failure to choose the Prime Minister will continue with the tasks of the Prime Minister until the alternative candidate is found for Abdul Mahdi."

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Urgent Abdul-Mahdi calls on parliament and blocs: I do not wish that my government be too long and hurry to form a new one

Editing Date: 12/8/2019 23:16 • 210 times read

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The resigned Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, called the political blocs and the House of Representatives to form the new government with full powers.

This came during his meeting today, Sunday, the ambassadors of the European Union in Baghdad.
A statement of his office, which was received by {Al Furat News}, said that "cooperation relations between the two sides, demonstrations in Iraq and the importance of protecting them and preserving their integrity have been discussed."
He added that "the ambassadors of the European Union expressed their continued desire to support Iraq as the democratic country that represents an important model in the Middle East, and that the European Union considers Iraq a partner and is keen on its reputation and strengthening its system and democratic experience," praising "the role of the Prime Minister to achieve an important development in Iraqi relations" Foreign affairs, especially with the countries of the European Union. "
The ambassadors expressed their concern over the targeting of the demonstrators by the saboteurs and the importance of preventing any attacks against them and the security forces.
Abdul-Mahdi stressed during the meeting, "Iraq is proud of the partnership and cooperation relations with the European Union, and Iraq’s commitment to human rights principles, including the protection of the right to peaceful protest and the right to life, work and study." Noting that "the government revealed in its report the mistakes that occurred at the beginning of the demonstrations and the excessive use of force and was taken Investigative measures, and judicial procedures are continuing in this regard. "
He pointed out that "the government made a strict decision to confine arms to the state, but what is regrettable is the occurrence of sabotage operations carried out by vandals among peaceful demonstrators and the burning of state institutions, police stations, religious shrines, consulates and homes of citizens, and that the security forces have a duty to protect everyone and maintain security and stability throughout the country." , Stressing, "Checking information from its exact sources."
And Abdul-Mahdi pointed out that "Iraq has had a major role in combating terrorism and its people are paying the price of war on ISIS in its economic, social and security conditions," again calling on the House of Representatives and political forces "to form the new government with full powers and its desire that the government not run for the duration of daily affairs." is over

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12/08/2019 22:29

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Abdul-Mahdi: Hurry up to form a new government .. I do not want to prolong my post

Baghdad / Obelisk: The resigned Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, called on the political blocs and parliament to form the new government with full powers.

This came during his reception, on Sunday, of the European Union ambassadors in Baghdad.

A statement of his office stated that the cooperation relations between the two sides and the demonstrations taking place in Iraq were discussed and the importance of protecting them and preserving their peace.

Abdul-Mahdi stressed during the meeting, Iraq’s pride in partnership and cooperation relations with the European Union, and Iraq’s commitment to human rights principles, including the protection of the right to peaceful demonstrations and the right to life, work and study, noting that the government revealed in its report the mistakes that occurred at the beginning of the demonstrations and the excessive use of force, and investigative measures were taken as Judicial procedures are continuing in this regard.

He pointed out that the government has taken a strict decision to confine arms to the state, but what is regrettable is the occurrence of sabotage operations carried out by vandals among peaceful demonstrators and the burning of state institutions, police stations, religious shrines, consulates and homes of citizens, and that the security forces have a duty to protect everyone and maintain security and stability throughout the country, stressing On checking information from its precise sources.

And Abdul-Mahdi pointed out that Iraq had a major role in combating terrorism and its people were paying the price of war on ISIS in its economic, social and security conditions, "once again inviting the House of Representatives and political forces" to form the new government with full powers and its desire that the government not extend for the duration of daily affairs.

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Khazali mocked his inclusion of US sanctions: You are too late

 08/12/2019 13:14:26

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Qais Khazali, leader of the Iraqi League of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, mocked the inclusion of his name on the US sanctions list: "They were very late and they were supposed to give us this honor long ago."

Khazali added before a gathering of his supporters today, as he mocked the list of sanctions announced by Washington recently and included Iraqi leaders accusing them of "corruption and human rights violations": "All of your law is the list of sanctions of the US Treasury? This is a failure, I am ashamed, classified us as terrorism."

On Friday, the United States imposed sanctions on Qais Khazali, Laith al-Khazali and Hussein Aziz al-Lami, all of whom are faction leaders within the Popular Mobilization Forces close to Iran, and Washington accuses them of "involvement in the security campaign against the demonstrators", during the protests in Iraq, which killed more than 450 people.

Under US law, the sanctions prevent the three Iraqis from traveling to the United States, where any assets they hold on US soil, if any, are frozen.

Khazali said sarcastically, "I mean now our money in American banks will go!".
Washington also imposed sanctions on politician and businessman Khamis Farhan Al-Khanjar Al-Issawi for corruption "at the expense of the Iraqi people."

The "Arab Project" stream, whose secretary general is the dagger, issued a statement in which he considered the American accusations "very funny and illogical."

He added that the dagger "had no official status, and his party did not have any official position, to be accused of corruption."

This is the second time that Washington has included the names of Iraqi figures on the sanctions list based on the so-called Magnitsky Law.

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Khazali reveals the scenes of choosing the new government and comments on the US sanctions

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Shafaq News / Today, a student symposium entitled (Education and Homeland) was held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq Movement in Baghdad.
The Secretary-General of the movement, Qais Al-Khazali, gave a speech that touched on his inclusion of the US sanctions, saying, "Among what US sanctions have indicated and the reason for accusing us of being involved in the suppression and killing of demonstrators, our answer to these words if my affliction comes from you who are deficient, then it is my testimony that I am complete."
And he added, "Our position during the demonstrations is the position confirmed by the Order of the Supreme, a leader in the gangs, who was killed by an attack by protesters - so we were the oppressed who attacked us in these demonstrations. I say again that whatever the client's hands who carried out this crime, it is a march in terms of learning or not." Learn the directions of the American and Israeli intelligence. "
He said, "The blood of Iraqis involved in the October events is the United States of America and Israel. The blood of the Iraqis in the neck of the United States will come and the hour and time will come when you pay a high price and (we take a square revenge) from America and Israel, then the Emirates and Saudi Arabia."
Khazali touched on the issue of forming a new government. Our country now has a caretaker government and it is a government that does not have the ability to manage the situation, now the talk revolves around the choice of the alternative prime minister who is
he ? Thing.The decision now is that the government that will be formed will not be a government for three years but rather will be a temporary government for a period of six months or a year whose function is to prepare for elections and set the security file and approve the budget, and it is very possible that this government is not complete but rather from a small number of ministers and thus will not be dispute".
"These words are addressed to our people that you want a prime minister on high conditions, so how can we bring it? The solution is to prepare for participation in the elections and for some of you to be candidates in the upcoming elections and to arrange the status of the masses and votes to form the next government. If the system remains a parliamentary system, a system of siege will not be achieved. real reform. now conducting discussions is that the reform of the system is through turning it from a parliamentary to a presidential or convert it to a semi - presidential system?
said Khazali, "There is asking that the same system remains but modify some of the paragraphs so that the prime minister will be according to the constitutional powers are elected directly elected The hair The move parliament 's powers to the prime minister and thus get out of the control of political parties and forces, and this is the real solution because when people share their thinking election will be the election of the prime minister , while the parliamentary system does not give the power to the right of the citizen to choose the prime minister directly. "
He commented on the boycott of school hours by saying, "A large part of the primary schools have returned to work, except for some governorates that have witnessed some other events, which will return to work in the next week. Seven and a half governorates do not have time, and seven and a half provinces have time, so the question here is if ( Mako is not a home time) Are only students not attending? Or is the responsibility solidarity? Is the employee who is attending included in the letter or not? And the owners of the private sector are included in the country or not? And the ignorance in this country? Who is behind this project? If the answer is to invest students ’efforts to pressure and support the reform movement, and this is the correct thing that we have said and we always say that the presence of students is a qualitative addition that contributes to reform and change, but I ask whether the students’ attendance is incompatible with pretense? Time to pretend goes out to demonstrate?
"One of the worst attempts to shuffle the cards is disrupting permanence and the insidious slogan that was in fact being poisoned with honey and the first thing that was issued in certain schools and Ba'athist figures is the slogan (Mako is the nation of Mako permanently). Is it possible to consider that the disruption of permanence and education and primary and secondary schools and universities? Can we consider it a peaceful and civilized path to building a homeland or is the opposite true? Unfortunately, this mixing of papers has passed and the will of saboteurs has contributed in some cases to support and imposing this path when a group (Zaatait, ignorant, barbaric) closed even primary schools and threatened school principals and cadres That everyone who persists will be beaten It is being targeted does not understand what the relationship of primary school and the relationship of the child with the seven or eight or nine years of this political situation Vhsal disrupt the entire educational system ", it is not right (Mako homeland Maku time), but the right is (Mako time Maku home)."
In another file, Al-Khazali said, "It is no secret to any of our people that there are indeed subversive groups that want to destroy the state of the country and the religious authority. More than once it said that there are foreign interventions that want this country to be wary of and stand before it. Both of these paths are represented by the peaceful path. I went out in huge numbers that did not go out in the history of Iraq before I supported the demonstrators ... And there was another path, that of the masked men who started to enter weapons and Molotovs and assaulted the security services, attacking the central bank, blocking the road and burning the streets. These are two clear examples that we must isolate and separate when talking about them. .

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120 deputies define the features of the new prime minister

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Baghdad / Al-Sabah / Omar Abdul-Latif

 

Members of the House of Representatives revealed that the political blocs have reached the final decision to choose a candidate to head the government and put up their name during the next few days with the start of the countdown to the end of the constitutional period for the President of the Republic to choose a new prime minister, and at a time when the candidates have identified 6 political blocs to fulfill the basic requirements for taking office Deputies confirmed that the new candidate should have the blessing of the reference and the support of the street and be acceptable to regional and international parties. In return, the President of the Republic received a list signed by 120 deputies containing the conditions for choosing the prime minister.

 

A member of the House of Representatives, Mohamed Al-Baldawi, told Al-Sabah: “The political blocs have mobility and convictions that exist to reach common to each other.” He added that "the blocs are currently trading four names after they were excluded dozens of names proposed for the presidency of the government," noting that "what remains is only the choice of one of the names proposed to be a new prime minister to succeed the resigned Adel Abdul Mahdi."

Al-Baldawi said that "the candidate must gain acceptance from the authority and the masses in Iraq," suggesting that "the name will be announced definitively at the end of this week after the agreement between the political blocs on the most appropriate personality according to the specifications set."

He added that "the names are all respected and have the ability to manage the state during the next stage, and there is only a final decision to choose one of the candidates to vote on in the House of Representatives," stressing that "the issue is close to offering names and deliberating with them on the subject, and no final decision has been reached Regarding a specific personality to take up this position. ”

He explained that "the conditions will be mutual between the political forces and the new prime minister, especially to maintain the security and stability of the country and work within the state's options, while the (candidate) requests that political blocs not interfere in choosing the government formation and move away from imposing the wills, and work to restore the project and national cohesion between All segments and components of the people, provide services, support national blocs and forces in approving important laws and the budget, and provide an opportunity for changes and reforms that can be positively reflected on the street to calm him.

Al-Baldawi added that “the program for the next government will differ significantly from the previous government, as it will be a rapid reform program that we need at the moment to advance reality and complete what the previous government started,” noting that “the vision of the new government will be different from its predecessors as it will modify the march The country is going through it now and undertaking quick and clear reforms, especially since the special committee to evaluate the government program in the House of Representatives has indicated a set of observations that need to be corrected, modified and evaluated and that are the responsibility of the next prime minister.

The deputy admitted with difficulty "choosing a new candidate to head the government away from the quota system and does not represent a specific bloc but rather a group of political blocs and leaves the country out of the impasse and presents a very rapid program on which parliament can vote and form a government, at a time when he must not have worked earlier in any position, Because this conflict is the one who creates the difficulty, otherwise Iraq is full of characters and competencies who are ready to assume the current responsibility for leading the country, but the determinants that the people put and the reference on the blocks added a kind of complexity to the scene, so the blocks need to review and intensify efforts to choose this character. ” .

Al-Baldawi explained that "the reference clearly and explicitly pointed to an important topic is that (the House of Representatives must reconsider its options), as these options are supposed to be more focused, study and deeper than previous experiences in order to avoid the mistakes that occurred."

The MP stressed the necessity of "the commitment of the political blocs to the constitutional terms for choosing a new personality for the prime minister," adding that "the problem is not in this period but in finding a balanced, courageous personality and its decision is one and it must satisfy all political parties, and then the public on the street in light of the atmosphere Convulsive and charged towards the overthrow of the political process, and to have a consensus of three main forces are the political blocs, the public and the reference, in addition to the external compressor that represents the regional and international countries, as the candidate must have an acceptable presence because he will suffer from a problem suffered by the previous government ", Praising the role of" reference that are always looking for solutions to all crises and establish a road map out of problems and crises and distance themselves from any personal choice for this sensitive post and only blessing. "

 

Political talks

For his part, a younger member of the House of Representatives Nawfal told Al-Sabah: “Discussions are still going on between the blocs to choose an independent figure to take over the prime minister.” He added that "until now the name of any candidate has not been made public, because the political blocs decided to pass this issue in complete secrecy away from the media."

To that, Member of Parliament Dylan Ghaffour acknowledged with difficulty "the next stage that should be managed by statesmen and wise people who can bring the country to safety."

Ghaffour told Al-Sabah that "what is happening behind the scenes of politics needs time, calm and rational people who can manage the crisis correctly and not to rush to legislate fast and confused laws that can show its negative results after a while."

She indicated that "the demands of the protesters must be studied and a special committee formed between Parliament and the government to implement them according to priority."

 

List of 120

To that, a member of the House of Representatives, Deputy Yonadam Kanna, said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “There are 20 personalities from within Parliament and from various political blocs who met the President of the Republic Barham Salih and presented him with a list containing the conditions for choosing the new Prime Minister signed by 120 Deputy. ” He added that "one of the most important conditions for choosing the prime minister is that he belongs neither to a party nor to a dual nationality, and these conditions are consistent with the conditions of the demonstrators."

He pointed out that "there remains a constitutional period of one week to choose the prime minister, and there is no candidate yet to assume the post," noting that "if a candidate does not submit within a week to take over the position of prime minister, the largest group will take over after the rest of the candidate."

The MP from the Al-Fateh Alliance Fadel Al-Fatlawi stressed that “the political blocs have not yet identified a candidate for the position of Prime Minister to succeed Adel Abdul-Mahdi, provided that it is accepted by all parties.” He added that “Iraq is going through a sensitive and special stage, and therefore the next prime minister must To be in conformity with the established controls agreed upon by all, especially the Iraqi street.

Al-Fatlawi stressed, "We seek to move away from political pressure in choosing Abdul-Mahdi's alternative, in order to bring a strong independent personality to the position of prime minister, away from the parties, and everyone agrees," stressing that "the political blocs are determined to find the alternative personality of Adel Abdul-Mahdi before the term ends. Specific constitutional. ”

 

The positions of other leaders and the alliance of forces

In turn, the MP revealed the alliance of Saeroon Muhammad al-Ghazi on the position of his alliance with the names proposed by the political blocs of the candidates for the post of prime minister. Al-Ghazi said: “The political blocs presented many names as candidates for prime minister instead of resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, and the position of the others was rejecting these names.” Al-Ghazzi indicated that, “In the event of the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, failing to appoint a candidate for prime minister during the 15-day period according to constitutional times, he will resort to Article 81 of the Iraqi constitution, which says that in the event of vacancy, the President of the Republic will assume the functions of the Prime Minister.” On the other hand, the Iraqi Forces Alliance bloc confirmed that the President of the Republic will ask the political blocs to present independent candidates who have the popular acceptability of the demonstrators, to name the prime minister-designate.

She added that “the President of the Republic will ask the political blocs to present their candidates, provided that they are independent and have popular acceptance among the demonstrators, as well as the political blocs have candidates that will bring them to the position”, indicating that “the Prime Minister-designate will choose the new booth to complete the current electoral cycle provided that he presents a government program New. ” Jumaili explained that "the House of Representatives will refuse to nominate current ministers to the new cabinet of the Prime Minister-designate."

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In the absence of the Sadrists ... the Iraqi presidency holds a meeting to choose a prime minister

 09/12/2019 06:07:42

 

Shafaq News / The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, held today, Monday, a meeting with the leaders of political blocs, to discuss the nomination of the new Prime Minister, according to the constitutional period.
A source familiar with Shafak News informed, that the meeting is taking place in the presence of all major parties in the country, except for the Sadrist movement.
The caretaker head, Adel Abdel-Mahdi, earlier called on the House of Representatives and political forces to form the new government with full powers and the desire that the government not run for the duration of daily affairs.

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Iranian official: We want stability, prosperity, and development for Iraq

Political | 03:47 - 09/12/2019

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News
, the former Iranian ambassador to Iraq said on Monday that his country wants Iraq to stability, peace, prosperity, development and decent living for all Iraqi sects.
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi resigned following the disaffected popular protests that engulfed Iraq, and the religious authority in Najaf blessed this resignation.
The Iraqi parliament approved the resignation one day after the letter of the resignation arrived, and the President of the Republic was mandated, according to the Iraqi constitution, to nominate a person to form the government within a period not exceeding 15 days, while the Iraqi scene is still experiencing a state of instability.
The Mehr News Agency had a dialogue with the former Iranian ambassador to Iraq and the secretary-general of the Iran-Iraq Economic Relations Development Organization, "Hassan Danae Far" on the situation in Iraq.
The first question
After Adel Abdul-Mahdi resigned from his post, the Iraqi street calmed down somewhat, but tensions remain, so what are the internal and regional parties that benefit from this reality that Iraq is going through?
There are many currents inside Iraq, as well as in the region, instructing the Saudis, the Americans, and the Israelis. These currents envision that the state of chaos in Iraq and the continuing tense atmosphere in the region will cast a shadow over Iran.
These currents and parties are trying to derail peaceful demonstrations in Iraq. The Americans know that they were permeated in the Iraqi government that followed the fall of the Saddam regime, but thanks to the awakening of the Iraqi people and in light of the directives provided by the religious authority in Iraq, the Americans no longer have an audible word inside Iraq and they are seeking through this chaos to find a foothold in the Iraqi arena.
second question
In light of the tensions and differences in political visions between the Iraqi parties, do you expect the parties to reach a nomination for a specific person to form a government within a short period?
I have an understanding of the Iraqi political situation through the responsibilities that I assumed as the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Iraq, and from this standpoint, I think it would be impossible for the Iraqi political parties to unanimously name a qualified person with the approval of all parties, to form a government.
We hope from Iraqi friends to reach this important and nominate the right person to form the government. Ended 29 / h

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Former Iranian Ambassador to Iraq in his interview with Mehr Agency:

Iran has credibility in Iraq, and it has no influence

The former Iranian ambassador to Iraq said that the Islamic Republic of Iran wants Iraq for stability, peace, prosperity, development and decent living for all Iraqi sects.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi resigned following the disaffected popular protests that have engulfed Iraq, and the religious authority in Najaf has blessed this resignation.

The Iraqi parliament approved the resignation one day after the letter of the resignation arrived, and the President of the Republic was mandated, according to the Iraqi constitution, to name a person in charge of forming the government within a period not to exceed 15 days, while the Iraqi scene is still experiencing a state of instability.

The Mehr News Agency had a dialogue with the former Iranian ambassador to Iraq and the secretary-general of the Iran-Iraq Economic Relations Development Organization, "Hassan Danae Far" on the situation in Iraq.

The first question

After Adel Abdul-Mahdi resigned from his post, the Iraqi street eased somewhat, but tensions remain, so what are the internal and regional parties that benefit from this reality that Iraq is going through?

There are many currents inside Iraq, as well as in the region, instructing the Saudis, the Americans, and the Israelis. These currents envision that the state of chaos in Iraq and the continuing tense atmosphere in the region will cast a shadow over Iran.

These currents and parties are trying to derail peaceful demonstrations in Iraq. The Americans know that they were permeated in the Iraqi government that followed the fall of the Saddam regime, but thanks to the awakening of the Iraqi people and in light of the directives provided by the religious authority in Iraq, the Americans no longer have an audible word inside Iraq and they are seeking through this chaos to find a foothold in the Iraqi arena.

second question

In light of the tensions and differences in political visions between the Iraqi parties, do you expect the parties to reach a nomination for a specific person to form a government within a short period?

I have an understanding of the Iraqi political situation through the responsibilities that I assumed as the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Iraq, and from this standpoint, I think it would be impossible for the Iraqi political parties to unanimously name a qualified person with the approval of all parties, to form a government.

We hope that Iraqi friends will reach this important task and nominate the right person to form the government.

The third question

What are the steps that the new prime minister must take in order to restore calm to the Iraqi street and meet the aspirations of the revolutionary Iraqi people?

The new prime minister must address the problems and concerns of the Iraqi people, and at the forefront of these problems are unemployment, combating endemic corruption in Iraq, as well as equitable distribution of wealth and services to all citizens equally.

The person in charge of forming the government should have a plan to cross Iraq to safety.

the fourth question

How do you evaluate the role of the religious authority in protecting the new government and returning calm and stability to the Iraqi arena?

We also saw that the religious authority in Najaf played an unprecedented role in the recent incidents, and certainly the reference will be supportive of the new government if it takes steps that calm the Iraqi street.

 

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Iraqi protesters' deaths could lead to international court

Mustafa Saadoun December 9, 2019

 

ARTICLE SUMMARY

Fed up with Iraqi authorities' lack of response so far, some activists are considering an international case against former Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and others for their alleged roles in killing Iraqi demonstrators.

 

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Mourners carry the coffin during the funeral of a demonstrator who was killed at an anti-government protest overnight in Najaf, Iraq, Nov. 30, 2019.

 

In a joint statement after a meeting on Dec. 7, between Iraqi caretaker ptime minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and the ambassadors of Britain, France, and Germany, the European ambassadors condemned the "the terrible crime" against Iraqi demonstrators, urging Abdul Mahdi to "arrest the perpetrators and bring them to trial as well as working accurately in order to these types of crimes must never again be allowed to occur".

However, as the government fails in taking action against the perpetrators, calls for international prosecution rises significantly.

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and others are threatening to seek international prosecution against officials they believe are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of protesters unless the Iraqi government takes action.

Allawi’s threats come after more than 400 protesters were killed in less than two months and about 16,000 were wounded. Since Oct. 12, the Iraqi Bar Association has received complaints from individuals who say they have been abused during the protests and are seeking to file suit against Iraqi security forces.

 

Al-Monitor obtained information from sources in Geneva affiliated with the Gulf Center for Human Rights and the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights, who said the groups will press to internationalize the issue and hold the killers accountable. The sources asked to remain anonymous, but they said that if necessary these organizations will file suit against recently resigned Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, who was head of the armed forces; Defense Minister Najah Hassan Ali al-Shammari; and Interior Minister Yassin al-Yasiri, who is the main person responsible for internal security.

A new government is one of the protesters' goals. They are demonstrating against severe unemployment, poor public services, corruption and Iran's growing influence.

This is the first time activists and human rights defenders in Iraq have moved to find lobbies and international alliances to hold accountable the killers of protesters. Their efforts come after a government report failed to identify perpetrators or hold them accountable. It said, in fact, that officers simply lost control of their forces and "there were no orders from the top" to use live ammunition.

One of the human rights sources told Al-Monitor, “If the Iraqi judiciary doesn't deal professionally with the issue and takes no serious or real action … we will be filing lawsuits against these [officials] in European courts.”

This lines up with a report published Nov. 3 by some Iraqi media outlets that said, “A human rights team is seeking to file a lawsuit against the [Abdul Mahdi] and several security officials for murdering and carrying out a genocide against peaceful demonstrators on the Al-Joumhouriya and Al-Sanak bridges and in Tahrir Square, among other protest sites, using live bullets and tear gas.”

Moath al-Momani, a legal expert at Lawyers Without Borders, told Al-Monitor a UN resolution will be needed for international prosecution because Iraq is not a party to the International Criminal Court (ICC) Rome Statute of 1998. Iraq didn't vote on the draft UN resolution at the time because then-President Saddam Hussein feared international trials. The current political regime also fears such trials.

“Unfortunately, Iraq is not a member of the Rome Statute, so it might not be able to achieve justice when it comes to the prerogatives of the ICC prosecutor,” Belkis Wille, a senior Iraq researcher in the Middle East and North Africa division at Human Rights Watch, told Al-Monitor.

“Iraqi activists can petition the UN Human Rights Council in Iraq to hold a special session on the situation in Iraq and maybe prompt the [council] to establish some kind of investigative mechanism for violations in Iraq. This would be the best way for Iraqis to draw the international community’s attention to the government’s behavior,” she added.

The United Nations, the European Union and the United States have all condemned the Iraqi government’s ongoing killing of protesters. This doesn't bode well for Abdul Mahdi and members of his government.

Abdul Mahdi is a French citizen, which could facilitate an international trial, according to the human rights sources. If an accused person is a national of an ICC member state, and that state sees fit, a trial can be held. In other words, France could be pressured to try Abdul Mahdi. 

This would take time and effort, but it is possible. Stockholm prosecutors, for instance, already are investigating Shammari, who holds dual citizenship in Iraq and Sweden, for possible crimes against humanity.

Those seeking international prosecutions can also find lobbies capable of pressuring the UN Security Council into referring the killers to the ICC. The Darfur atrocities case was referred to the ICC in March 2005, which prompted the ICC to indict former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. That case remains on hold, however, as Bashir must be present to be tried, and he is currently imprisoned and possibly facing the death penalty in Sudan.

The efforts to hold at least some of the killers responsible will take some time but are likely to come to fruition. In addition to the institutional organized action carried out by human rights and civil society activists, members of the Iraqi diaspora in Europe are working to prosecute Iraqi officials responsible for the violence against protesters.

“The international community and international human rights institutions seem to be the only way for Iraqis to conduct a fair investigation and prosecute the perpetrators of these crimes,” Zahra Ali, an assistant professor at Rutgers University in New York, told Al-Monitor.

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Mustafa Saadoun is an Iraqi journalist covering human rights and also the founder and director of the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights. He formerly worked as a reporter for the Iraqi Council of Representatives. On Twitter: @SaadoonMustafa

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US Reiterates support to Iraqi Protesters for Reforms

 

 BasNews   09/12/2019 - 23:25  Published in Iraq

 

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/566157

 

ERBIL - Thr US has reiterated its support to the Iraqi protesters for reforms, saying that Baghdad should respect the demands of the demonstrators.

The comments were made by US Vice President Mike Pence in a phone call with Iraqi President Barham Salih on Monday, according to a statement by Salih's office.

The pair discussed the current unrest in Iraq, with Pence noting that Washington supports stability in the country, the statement added.

Iraq has been rocked by mass protests against the government since early October. Over 450 people have so far been killed and thousands of others were wounded.

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As Iraqis protest against state, tribes make a comeback

Issued on: 10/12/2019 - 02:56 Modified: 10/12/2019 - 02:54

 

Baghdad (AFP)

Iraqi protesters have clashed with police and torched government offices, a premier has resigned and precious blood spilt. As modern institutions collapse, a centuries-old force is making a comeback: Iraq's tribes.

With their own hierarchies, moral and justice codes, not to mention huge arms caches, tribes have once again become among the most powerful actors in Iraq's rural and oil-rich south.

They have a history of revolt, turning against the British colonising forces in a major boost to the 1920 uprising that led to the country's independence.

A century later, revolution has hit Iraq again.

Baghdad and the Shiite-majority region have been rocked by two months of the worst unrest since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

Anti-regime protesters have burned state headquarters and party offices in outrage at corruption, poor public services and Iran's perceived political interference.

It has been the perfect storm in which Iraq's tribes could reassert their leadership, said Phillip Smyth of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

In recent years, many Shiites had "become more urbanised and have loosened up their identity when it comes to being tribal," he said.

Youth, which make up 60 percent of Iraq's 40 million people, were particularly prone to look outward and shed their tribal identities.

"But the reason the tribes have a lot more strength now is that you have a very weak central government and an outside power -- the Iranians -- that is viewed as being complicit with this government," Smyth told AFP.

"These guys are looking at this and saying, let's revert back to sources of power that we know," he added.

- Trusting the tribes -

Nasiriyah in southern Iraq is a prime example.

Authorities dispatched commander Jamil al-Shammary late last month to snuff out widespread rallies in the city.

But tribal fighters then came out in force, cutting off roads to prevent troops from reaching Nasiriyah.

They negotiated a halt to the bloodshed, which had already cost 97 lives since protests erupted in October.

"It was the tribes that found a solution to the crisis while the politicians did nothing," said Qaysar al-Husseinawi, a leading figure in Nasiriyah's Husseinat tribe.

Their role did not stop there: the clans are also seeking justice for around 100 families pursuing legal cases against Shammary, himself a member of a powerful tribe.

Shammary's clan has excommunicated him over the crackdown.

Tribal tradition dictates that "blood money" must be paid to the victims' families -- otherwise they have the right to seek equally violent vengeance.

- Tribal law -

Influential clan structures have so far intervened to end bloodshed but if they choose to take up arms, many in the south expect full-blown conflict.

One police officer told AFP he'd rather desert than fight them.

"The state could never protect its own men against tribal law," he said.

Indeed, tribal tradition often trumps state law in Iraq, with accused criminals being released after tribal talks and even marital disputes resolved by mediators.

The tribes blend modern life and centuries-old tradition, with sheikhs juggling two iPhones while ordering wave after wave of sugary tea be served to their guests.

In the southernmost province of Basra, armed tribe members have often shut the streets outside national or even international oil companies to demand well-paid jobs there.

"The social bargain of any tribe is that the sheikh is a river to his people," providing them with work, justice and stability, said Nicholas Heras of the Center for a New American Security, a think-tank in Washington.

So naturally, the widespread upheaval in recent weeks over unemployment and poor services touched tribes, too.

"Tribal anger is directed at leaders in Baghdad that are viewed as having not kept their part of the social bargain," Heras told AFP.

- 'Bridges burned' -

The British colonising forces had a tribal revolt on their hands in the early 1900s after they arrested a tribal sheikh over a tax issue.

Nearly a century later, tribal support for the anti-government movement can also be linked to a push-back against central government authority in distant Baghdad.

But resolving the dispute won't be so simple.

"A lot of bridges have been burned," said Smyth.

"If you have people fundamentally angry at how institutions are corrupt, mismanaged and just bad, you won't just get bought off with a job," he added.

The government may seek to appease tribes with offers of more jobs or services, but there is no guarantee they could keep their support for long.

"You can never buy tribal groupings," said Smyth, pointing to their often shifting tactical allegiances.

"They're for rent."

 

https://www.france24.com/en/20191210-as-iraqis-protest-against-state-tribes-make-a-comeback

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Thanks pricestar8. Wouldn't it be something if a leader would come up from the tribe and bring a new revolution in Iraq. After about 13 years in this investment, yeah I know I'm the baby investor, I have never been more excited than I am right now. There is something real going on in Iraq right now and there will be a revolution the people have had it they're fed up, this could be the turning point we've been looking. After all these years I never would have put hope in the Iraq citizens actually being energized to make a change.  In my opinion this is a wonderful start to what we want to see.

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Abdul Mahdi renews the call to accelerate the formation of the new government

Monday 09 December 2019 86

 

 Baghdad / Al-Sabah

Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi expressed his desire that the government of the day-to-day running of matters not be extended, once again inviting the House of Representatives and political forces to form the new government with full powers, and while congratulating the Iraqis on the anniversary of the Victory Day on "Daeshi" terrorism, he decided to suspend the official working day today, Tuesday, December 10

2019.

 

The Prime Minister's Office said in a statement, "Al-Sabah" received a copy of it: "Abdul-Mahdi received the ambassadors of European Union countries in Baghdad," noting that "cooperation relations between the two sides and the demonstrations taking place in Iraq were discussed and the importance of protecting them and preserving their integrity."

He added, "The European Union ambassadors expressed their continuing desire to support Iraq as the democratic country that represents an important model in the Middle East, and that the European Union considers Iraq a partner and is keen on its reputation and strengthening its system and democratic experience," noting that they "praised the prime minister's role in achieving an important development In Iraq's external relations, especially with the European Union countries. "

The ambassadors expressed their concern, according to the statement, "about the targeting of the demonstrators by the saboteurs and the importance of preventing any attacks against them and the security forces."

The Prime Minister affirmed, “Iraq’s pride in partnership and cooperation relations with the European Union, and Iraq’s commitment to human rights principles, including the protection of the right to peaceful demonstrations and the right to life, work and study,” noting that “the government revealed in its report on the mistakes that occurred at the beginning of the demonstrations and the excessive use of force Investigative measures have been taken and judicial procedures are continuing in this regard. "

He continued: "The government made a strict decision to confine arms to the state, but what is regrettable is the occurrence of sabotage operations carried out by vandals among peaceful demonstrators and the burning of state institutions, police stations, religious shrines, consulates and homes of citizens," explaining that "the security forces have a duty to protect everyone and maintain security and stability" all over the country".

He pointed out that "Iraq has had a major role in combating terrorism and its people are paying the price of war against ISIS in its economic, social and security conditions," again, "inviting the House of Representatives and political forces to form the new government with full powers and its desire that the government not run for the duration of daily affairs."

On the other hand, the Prime Minister, Commander in Chief of the armed forces, Adel Abdul Mahdi, issued a statement saying that "On the occasion of the anniversary of the victory day over the terrorist group ISIS and the liberation of Mosul and all Iraqi soil, we extend our sincere congratulations and blessings to all of our dear Iraqi people, and we call for the recall of heroism The sacrifices of the brave and brave fighters of our armed forces in all its forms and formations from the army, the police, the popular crowd and the peshmerga who defeated the enemy and liberated the land and donated one hand with our people with his youth and his youth when the masses fulfilled the fatwa of the jihad that was declared by the religious authority a Perhaps the Iraqis scored a great victory for their country and humanity. "

He added, "A salute to the martyrs and wounded who made the victory and their noble families, and to the heroic fighters from the armed forces and the security services who are still confronting the remnants of ISIS and defending their country and their people and their peaceful protesters and making dear sacrifices once again, and they give us all of our thanks, respect and appreciation."

And Abdul-Mahdi concluded his statement by saying: "On this occasion, as we did last year, it was decided to suspend the official working hours (today, Tuesday) in celebration of Victory Day."

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Iraqi Protesters Demand President’s Resignation

 

 Basnews English 10/12/2019 - 13:07 Published in Iraq

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/566281

ERBIL — Protesters in Baghdad and across the southern provinces are calling for President Barham Salih’s resignation after the country’s prime minister stepped down, a Kurdish lawmaker said.

Activists called on protesters in other provinces to join a massive march in central Baghdad on Tuesday. MP Hassan Aali told BasNews that the situation is not easy to control now while protesters’ demands are growing beyond jobs and public services.

“They are now seeking a change in Iraq’s political system,” Aali, from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), said.

He explained that protesters are not satisfied with the resignation of Adil Abdul Mahdi from premiership, but they want the president to step down as well, and will call for the resignation of parliament speaker later.

The MP pointed out that the people have the right to call for reforms in the political system, but if the president and parliament speaker are also forced to step down, “then Iraq will enter a massive turmoil”.

“The Peace Palace [Iraq’s presidential palace] is likely to be stormed by protesters. However, nothing is certain while everything develops during the protests.”

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Iraqi protesters issue cautious Baghdad mass mobilization call

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Mohammed Rwanduzy

 

https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/10122019

Iraqi university students, draped in national flags, rally to show support for local products and to encourage the boycott of imported Iranian goods in the southern city of Basra on December 8, 2019. Photo: Hussein Faleh / AFP

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – With Baghdad’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday set to witness its largest scale demonstrations since national anti-government protests began, Iraqis on social media have launched a two-pronged campaign to safely mobilise protesters.

Since Monday, protesters in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square have shared videos on Twitter using the hashtag “you come too,” calling on Iraqis from across the country to join them in protest.

Iraqis in Baghdad and the country’s central and southern provinces have been on the streets since October 1, protesting corruption, unemployment and poor provision of basic services like water and electricity. Demands evolved to include overhaul of the country’s parliamentary system and electoral law.

The protesters have been met with deadly force, including the fire of military–grade tear gas and live ammunition rounds. More than 420 protesters have been killed and 16,000 wounded since protests began.  The Shiite-majority provinces of Dhi Qar, Najaf, and Karbala have witnessed the massacre of protesters, and at least 17 protesters were killed in Baghdad’s Khilani Square on Friday night.

To celebrate the anniversary of the defeat of ISIS, Iraq’s outgoing prime minister announced Tuesday, December 10 would be a national holiday.

December 10 is also the United Nations’ Human Rights Day. Iraq’s Independent Higher Council for Human Rights (IHCHR) on Monday announced it would not participate in commemoration of International Human Rights Day, as a sign of respect to all the Iraqis who have lost their lives over the course of the protests.

Anticipation and apprehension hung over Tahrir Square this morning, reported Halkawt Aziz, Rudaw’s reporter in Baghdad. Security measures have been tightened, the roads are emptier, and Tahrir was at the most crowded it has ever been at mid-morning.

As protesters continue to flock to Tahrir, over a million protesters are projected to take part in Tuesday’s demonstrations, Aziz added.

However, protesters gathering from across the country have been warned by local protesters not to attempt to cross over into the Green Zone, in a campaign hashtagged “don’t enter the Green Zone.” 

For months now, local protesters have been locked in tension with security forces on the Ahrar, Shuhada, and Jumhuriyah bridges - all of which lead to the Green Zone, home to government buildings.

“They [security forces, politicians] are dying to come to Tahrir. Why would we go to them in the Green Zone?” a protester is heard saying in a video recorded from Tahrir and published on social media.

Others urged protesters to avoid going to the fortified Green Zone for the sake “of the blood of the martyrs.”

Protesters in Tahrir were also told by one of their own to be wary of any call to enter the Green Zone.

“Brothers from the other provinces. There is a plot by the corrupt to make these protests about sabotage, but they live a big delusion. We are conscious of preserving our peacefulness and for our protests to continue in the squares. We won’t accept massacres against the blood of our brothers,” a protester wielding a megaphone announced.

“Therefore, we announce we have nothing to do with calls to break into the Green [Zone].”

Protest ‘plots’

Warnings of protest sabotage have been issued by Qais al-Khazali, leader of Asaib Ahl al-Haq - one of the factions of the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), also known as Hashd al-Shaabi in Arabic.

“We will talk about information [we have obtained]. There is intelligence planning from many sides that want bad things to happen to this country, to exploit these events, to cause chaos in Baghdad province,” al-Khazali said in speech he published on Twitter.

Khazali claimed plotters are focusing on Baghdad because national destabilization can’t take place “as long as the capital is strong.”

“The events and plots of December 10 is aimed at transferring chaos to inside Baghdad, to mess with the security condition, to have as many as possible killed and injured, to have the institutions of the state burned, to have the central bank robbed.”

“Why December 10? Because it is the International Human Rights Day. These want to cause security chaos to send a message on the level of the international community, to say look at the killed, the destruction that is happening in the country, to put the responsibility on the security forces and Hashd al-Shaabi.”

The PMF, widely thought to be responsible for violence against protesters, has from day one been vocal against “plots” emanating from the protests.

Following the December 8 attack in Khilani, the group admitted its presence in the square via a statement. It also admitted that it had clashed with the Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigades) of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a backer of the protests.

The statement was deleted soon after publication. The PMF disowned the statement, claiming its social media and website had been hacked. 

PMF elements have since been dismissed from the vicinity of Khilani announced General Abdulkareem Khalaf, spokesperson for commander in chief of Iraqi armed forces.

“The commander-in-chief of the armed forces [Adil Abdul-Mahdi] issued directions to Hashd al-Shaabi about not interfering in security related matters,” Khalaf said, though the militia group remained in their Baghdad offices.

Khazali’s warnings and claims were met with ridicule by protesters in Tahrir.

“We will step on the head of Qais al-Khazali and his group with our flip flops,” they were heard to chant.

In light of today’s expected escalation of unrest, the US Embassy in Baghdad on Monday announced a travel advisory to Americans in Iraq, excluding the Kurdistan Region.

“According to reports, demonstrations are expected to increase in size starting on Tuesday, December 10, 2019. US citizens may see a heavy security presence,” the advisory read.

The embassy called on Americans to avoid areas of demonstrations and comply with directives of authorities.

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The presidency and parliament are close to agreeing to name the new prime minister

Monday 09 December 2019 182

 

Baghdad / Al-Sabah / Omar Abdul-Latif  

Muhannad Abdul Wahab 

Yesterday, President of the Republic, Barham Saleh, held a meeting in the Peace Palace in Baghdad on Monday with the heads of the parliamentary blocs to discuss the nomination of the new prime minister within the constitutional period and what meets the demands of the demonstrators. The Iraqi, at a time when deputies confirmed to "Al-Sabah" that the next government should draw up plans to eliminate unemployment and eliminate corruption.

A statement by the Presidency of the Republic received by Al-Sabah stated that the President of the Republic, Dr. Barham Salih, received, yesterday, Monday, in the Peace Palace in Baghdad, a number of heads of parliamentary blocs in the House of Representatives. During the meeting, the political and security situation in the country was examined, and the importance of adhering to the constitutional timing to resolve the Prime Minister’s nomination for an interim government and the necessity of selecting a competent, efficient and satisfying national figure from the Iraqi people with the ability and firmness to accomplish the required reform benefits, and preparing to conduct fair elections according to An electoral law that guarantees a fair representation of the people and their free will.

In turn, the head of the "Bayrak Al-Khair" parliamentary bloc, MP Mohammed Al-Khaldi said: "The meeting of the President of the Republic with the heads of the parliamentary blocs witnessed a discussion of the mechanisms for forming the largest bloc and the specifications that must be met in the candidate for the position of prime minister."

Al-Khalidi added that "other meetings will be held during the next few days to sort out the character that is agreed upon and to meet the demands of the demonstrators." Meanwhile, spokesperson for the victory coalition, Ayat Muzaffar, confirmed that her coalition "does not have any candidate or objection to whoever has a set of criteria to be prime minister in the next stage." Muzaffar added to Al-Sabah that the coalition had previously put forward a set of criteria for the person who received this position, the most prominent of which was independence and won the approval of the street. For his part, Member of Parliament Jassem Al-Bukhati said: "There is a political consensus that the personality of the next prime minister be with specifications that are acceptable to all." 

Al-Bukhati added to "Al-Sabah", that "there is an intention among all blocs of the need to adhere to the constitutional period to choose a figure to take over as prime minister during the next stage."

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Human rights regarding kidnappings and killings of activists: The government and forces will be held accountable internationally

Baghdad / Obelisk: The parliamentary human rights committee confirmed, on Tuesday, that the government will be held accountable if the kidnappings and killings of activists continue.

"The government and security forces will be held accountable internationally if the kidnappings and killings of activists continue," the committee said in a statement to the obelisk.

She added, "The government and security forces must make urgent efforts to release the kidnapped people from Karbala and Baghdad."

Obelisk 

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The Peace Palace meeting discusses the nomination of the new Prime Minister

Monday 09 December 2019 145

 

Baghdad / Al-Sabah / Muhannad Abdul-Wahab and Omar Abdul-Latif  

 

The President of the Republic, Barham Saleh, held a meeting in the Peace Palace in Baghdad yesterday, Monday, with the heads of the parliamentary blocs to discuss the nomination of the new prime minister within the constitutional period and developments in the country. Iraqi, at a time when deputies confirmed to "Al-Sabah" that the next government should put plans to eliminate unemployment, eliminate corruption, advance the economic sector, build infrastructure, housing units, and hospitals, and that one of its most important priorities is to limit weapons to the state.

 

Peace Palace

A statement by the Presidency of the Republic received by Al-Sabah stated that the President of the Republic, Dr. Barham Salih, received a number of heads of parliamentary blocs in Baghdad yesterday, Monday. 

In the House of Representatives.

During the meeting, the political and security situation in the country was examined, and the importance of adhering to the constitutional timing to resolve the Prime Minister’s candidacy for an interim government and the necessity of selecting a competent, efficient and satisfying national figure from the Iraqi people and capable of achieving the required reform benefits, and preparing for a fair election in accordance with the law My election guarantees a fair representation of the people and their free will. The statement added that the meeting stressed the rejection of violence, confronting outlaws who target peaceful protests and public security, emphasizing securing constitutional rights to peaceful demonstrations, expressing opinion and protecting peaceful protesters and public security, and the follow-up of security services to protect activists from kidnappings was also emphasized. Intimidation by criminal gangs, and work to support the state and its institutions to enforce the rule of law. Al-Khalidi added, "Other meetings will be held during the next few days to sort out the character that is agreed upon and to meet the demands of the demonstrators."

 

Seeing victory

To that, spokesperson for the victory coalition, Ayat Muzaffar, confirmed that her coalition "has no candidate or objection to any of those who have a set of criteria to be prime minister in the next stage."

Muzaffar added to “Al-Sabah”, “The coalition has previously put forward a set of criteria for the person who takes this position, most notably independence and the satisfaction of the street, and to be professional and with the ability and firmness to make decisions, and to dictate and not dictate to them, given the sensitivity and difficulty of this stage, and who Receive control during this stage must be of a high degree of responsibility and obtain the confidence and credibility of enacting important laws that are supposed to be enacted during this stage.

She pointed out, "The Victory Coalition set a vision to engage the protesters at this critical stage by appointing a representative for them to be a consultant to the Prime Minister during this transitional phase, which enhances the credibility of implementing decisions and laws, and to give the demonstrators an opportunity to monitor what is being implemented by the government."

Muzaffar warned that "the political blocs have become accustomed to resolving their choices in the last moments," hinting at "the difficulty of the current stage, which requires concessions by the blocs that must agree to serve the country, and the protesters and the blood that was asked in the street are mentioned." For his part, Member of Parliament Jassim Al-Bukhati said: "There is a political consensus that the personality of the next prime minister be with specifications that are acceptable to all." Al-Bukhati added to "Al-Sabah", that "there is an intention among all blocs of the need to adhere to the constitutional period to choose a personality to take over as prime minister during the next stage."

 

temporary government

Regarding the upcoming government and its responsibilities, the deputy of the Saeron Saaran Al-Ajibi Alliance Coalition said: “The next government is an interim government within the constitutional terms, and there is a move to the House of Representatives after voting on the election law to determine the age of the government for a period that does not take more than six months.”

Al-Ajibi confirmed to Al-Sabah that the demands of the demonstrators began to be realized gradually and the first demand was the resignation of the government and the approval of the Commission’s law and its change. The election law will be approved next week in addition to approving the budget law and then determining the date of the elections. The protesters. ” He added, "The choice of the next effective government will be through the election law that the people have specified and the government has been formed according to its legislative clauses. Therefore, the government will be elected by the people." He pointed out that "in the event of the failure of the new government, it will be subject to the people’s accountability because he who chose it according to the legal legislation Of the election law, which the people chose from the voting of its representatives under the dome of Parliament ». And, "The difference between the current and previous governments and the next government is that those governments were going by the will of people and political blocs. As for the next government, it will not be subject to the control of political blocs and their leaders, and it will be free for that. It is considered a reformist government and will meet the demands of the people and the authority."

 

Priorities and conditions

While Nada Shaker Jawdat, the representative of the Victory Alliance, stressed that "the next government will be temporary, and among its priorities is to organize the election process and preserve the security of the citizen, as well as advance the administration process, as its role is temporary, in addition to its important project, which is organizing elections according to constitutional terms."

Jawdat indicated to "Al-Sabah" that "the duties of the actual government and the next prime minister after the transitional government are to choose a cabinet cabinet to rehabilitate the institutions whose priority must be the advancement of the economic sector and its transformation from mono-rent to a diversified economy, building infrastructure, housing units, hospitals and the judiciary On corruption, and its most important priority is the disarmament of armed factions. ” She indicated, “The task of the next government is not a difficult task, but there are those who are trying to impede its work. It can put plans that will restore confidence between it and the citizen by supporting young people who are able to work by paying salaries estimated at (250,000 dinars) and within the age of Work to operate local projects that specialize in industry and infrastructure, and then raise these sums after they are employed. ” She emphasized that "the planning and strategy of the next government will put an end to this deterioration in the economy and industry and the increase in unemployment through its next government program."

 

Early elections

In turn, he favored the MP from the Alliance of Saeron Badr Al-Ziyadi, to be assigned to the next government for a specific period, followed by going to early elections.

Al-Ziyadi said in a press interview: “The next government will definitely be assigned for a specified period, whether for six months or more until the constitutional provisions are amended, then go to early elections.” He indicated that “the only solution that works to calm the street is going to early elections and changing Faces and achieve the reform demanded by the street ». He added, "The national forces must participate strongly in the upcoming elections, just as the Iraqi people must also participate strongly by voting for people who believe that they will fulfill their legitimate demands." By the upcoming elections, which we seek to achieve in the coming period. ”

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The final say on the constitution’s rule is the resignation of the Prime Minister 2-2

Monday 09 December 2019 149

 

Dr.. Hassan Al-Yasiri

 

In the first part, we discussed mentioning evidence and arguments of the opinion that the resignation of the Prime Minister should be submitted to the House of Representatives for the purpose of voting on it, or submitted to the President of the Republic. And we mentioned that these arguments can be refuted through two sides. We dealt with the first party in which we presented two arguments and we echoed them, which are related to the absence or silence of the constitutional text on the mention of the party to which the resignation is submitted, and the measurement of the resignation rule against the general rules in the administrative law and the civil service law. Today we will address the third argument to discuss and respond to it.

Third: Measuring the rule of resignation over dismissal and withdrawing confidence:

Here, the abras are poured, and our pain increases from the constitutional reality in Iraq.

If we had relinquished everything that had happened in the previous two paragraphs (first and second) from the reasoning of the dissenting opinion referred to in the first part and we were satisfied with this paragraph only - thirdly - related to their reasoning, this would alone represent a totalitarian constitutional thought without exaggeration !! Many of those who gave their opinion on the matter have misdemeanors to infer that the Prime Minister must submit his resignation to the House of Representatives, according to what was stated in the text of Article (61 / VIII / 3) of the Constitution, related to withdrawing confidence from the Prime Minister. As the government prepares by this text to resign when withdrawing confidence from the prime minister, and when the government became resigned here after the vote to withdraw confidence from its president, so they built their ruling that resignation not associated with the withdrawal of confidence requires the parliament’s vote as well, in order for confidence to be withdrawn from the resigned prime minister, Resignation briefly takes the ruling of withdrawing confidence. This reasoning, in turn, is not correct, and it does not conform to the provisions of the Iraqi constitution at all, for the following reasons:

 

1 - There is resignation and dismissal in legal thought, however, there is no term in it (termination of the Prime Minister), but rather (withdrawal of confidence).

This confusion of terminology among these people confirms once again not to take note of the provisions of the Constitution, which is also due to what we have mentioned above from their measurement of general rules in other branches of law on the provisions of the Constitution; it is invalid as it was shown above.

 

2- There is a big difference between resignation and withdrawing confidence, in terms of causes and results. Neither the reasons between them are consistent, nor are the results and their effects united.

I was aware that this understanding is an axiomatic understanding for everyone, but it turned out that it is otherwise, and many still do not distinguish between them !!

Very briefly, the process of withdrawing confidence means that the parliament that previously gave confidence to the government to implement its governmental approach and achieve the interests of the people is no longer satisfied with its policy, nor is it convinced of its merit that the trust granted to it is sought; it seeks through constitutional frameworks to hold it accountable and drop it constitutionally; and then it interrogates its president in preparation for the withdrawal of confidence from him. And when he decides to withdraw confidence from the latter, that means withdrawing confidence from all members of the government - the ministers - then the constitutional age for it ends. Based on the foregoing, the withdrawal of trust is considered part of the process of accountability and accountability, but it is the largest, most important and most dangerous procedure in this process. Hence, the superficiality of that view indicates that withdrawal of confidence is an ordinary routine work; indeed, it is a political action that carries several serious meanings that lead to dropping The government and embarrass it in front of the public opinion; what may have a negative impact on its position in the elections !! And since the withdrawal of confidence means accountability and accountability, it is only achieved after questioning, as it is required to be preceded by conducting the questioning, as it is a necessary condition here, and it is inevitable of it in order to listen to the responses and defenses of the Prime Minister, because the questioning carries with it the meaning of the accusation - political -. As for resignation, it is a completely different process, as it represents a political behavior by the prime minister to express a position, such as if he intends to embarrass Parliament before public opinion, or to express his objection to Parliament enacting a law that contradicts the government’s policy, or that a public pressure wave calls for the government to resign; You have to provide it .. and other examples and cases. And all these cases have been achieved in the parliamentary experiences, past and present. The British Prime Minister (David Cameron) resigned, simply because the people voted through the referendum to leave the European Union, contrary to the desire of the government that was against the exit policy, then resigned after him (Theresa May); She was able to find a convincing formula for the parliament to leave the union, and before them she resigned (Margaret Thatcher); after the popular rejection of the government's policy of imposing taxes ... And so dozens, but hundreds of examples and cases that have occurred in this regard in parliamentary systems, which is not hidden from the follower and the specialist.

Hence resignation is an expression of a political position of the prime minister, and a weapon in his hand against his opponents; and with this description, it becomes a prominent political behavior in political action, and a personal constitutional right for the Prime Minister, which cannot be denied from him in any way, nor his comment on a condition or acceptance from any side .

Resignation has two types: 

Real resignation, and wise resignation.

Real resignation is achieved when the Prime Minister voluntarily submits it on his own initiative to express a specific political position; therefore, it can be expressed as (voluntary resignation).

As for the governmental resignation, it is achieved in all cases where the prime minister does not resign on his own initiative, but the government prepares by virtue of the resigned in certain cases mentioned in the constitution, such as the case of withdrawing confidence from the government or the dissolution of Parliament, and other cases Similar. 

In order not to dwell, nor get off the topic, I will leave these details for another position.

Based on the foregoing, it is not possible to accept the measurement of the voluntary resignation ruling against the ruling of withdrawing confidence, because of the big difference between the two in terms of causes and results.

For further corroborative evidence, address the following opinion-holders with the following questions:

 

A- It has been revealed to you that the constitution stipulated that the Prime Minister must be interrogated before proceeding with the process of withdrawing confidence from him.

And since you said that the resignation was the same as the withdrawal of confidence must be accompanied by the approval and vote of Parliament, this means that the prime minister must be interrogated when introducing the voluntary resignation?

Do you accept this result ??

 Will the lowest one who has knowledge of the constitution and parliamentary experiences accept this strange strange result? !!

 

B- These democratic democratic experiences are present before you. Can you come up with one example - only one - in one parliamentary state, from East to West, whose constitution requires that the prime minister be questioned when he presents the voluntary resignation?

Can you come up with one practical experience - just one - for one of these countries whose parliament questioned the prime minister when he resigned voluntarily ??

This Lebanese Prime Minister Al-Hariri resigned yesterday. Was the parliament questioning him? Have the two British prime ministers who were resigned, mentioned above, been questioned?

I do not know where they come from such provisions? !! Evidence that they are not closely acquainted with the constitution, or with international constitutional experiences; and it confirms that the matter is nothing more than their giving opinions for the sake of opinion, nothing more, and if it leads to misleading public opinion !! 

 

A- The interrogation of the prime minister - as mentioned above - is very dangerous, and carries with it many dangerous meanings. If the voluntary resignation is tantamount to withdrawing confidence, and withdrawing confidence requires conducting the interrogation, why did he ignore the constitutional text of such serious provisions, even though he mentioned Many things are less important and dangerous than interrogation and withdrawal of confidence? !!

And for the Hadith, God willing, to continue to mention the second side related to other evidence supporting our opinion.

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Greetings to Sistani ..

The President of the Republic calls on the demonstrators to name the new Prime Minister

14:41 Tuesday 10 December 2019

 

 

People - Baghdad

On Tuesday, President of the Republic Barham Salih called on the political blocs to choose a head of government within the constitutional period specified for them.

The following is the text of the speech of the President of the Republic on the anniversary of the liberation of Iraq from "ISIS", which "people" received a copy of, today (December 10, 2019):

To the heroes of liberation on the anniversary of liberation

To our righteous martyrs and their families

To our wounded people, whose bodies were decorated with honors

To our brave fatherhood fighters

To all classes and formations of the armed forces that participated in the manufacture of a new Iraqi dawn, the dawn of freedom, honor and dignity

To our great Iraqi people

Blessed are we all, the memory of the liberation that you made his epics, and purified them with blood and sacrifices.

Blessed is the memory of the great victory for us, and we evoke the anniversary of the displacement of that darkness that the monsters of the age brought to you. You protected your people and protected all humanity from the impure of the wicked.

On the anniversary of the Great Victory, we recall an honorable history of heroic travel, myths and stories that perpetuate every moment of pride and dignity.

On this eternal anniversary, we recall with love and gratitude also the positions of the safety valve that fired the start of the fatwa of the jihad that was sufficient to flow the wave of our young men into the arenas of pride and pride. And for those who answered the call.

We also do not forget about the champions' championships from the field leaders, with all kinds of patriarchal formations from the army, the police, the counter-terrorism, the popular crowd, and the peshmerga. We will not forget what we greeted this great army that stood as a support for you for our armies and combat formations, it is our people, the Iraqi people who have taken lives, money and possessions, and they are elected for their national dignity and stand up to regain their cities and villages, until victory is achieved.

We also do not forget the stand of all the countries that supported and helped Iraq to get rid of the blind killing and lethal machine stigmatized and called (ISIS).

O Iraqis .. O father oppression and injustice

While we remember those heroics that are still alive and vibrant in us, we all now also live in the diaries of a new history, a date that our young men and women write in the squares of peaceful demonstrations and demonstrations demanding decent living with slogans and demands that restore the dignity of life after restoring the dignity of the homeland.

My protesting sons and daughters ..

And you, the heroes of our security forces, make the squares and bridges points of intersection.

Do not allow enemies to distort our history and our victories through the infiltrators and vandals who want Iraq and its people worse

With all your determination and concern, let us complete the march of reforming our system and correcting the deficiencies and wrongs by establishing good governance.

I invite you, as I call on the political blocs, to cooperate with all of us in order to name those we accept and agree on to assign him to head the cabinet and form a new government within constitutional terms and contexts to ensure that problems are solved and the reconstruction of the country and institutions is promoted as aspired by our young men and women and our children and our elderly and women and all the spectrum of Iraqi society, and let it be a memory Victory is tantamount to unity, the promotion of a united will, and a firm determination to build our desired Iraq.

Pride and glory for Iraq and its proud people

Mercy for the martyrs, and pride for their generous families with the glory that martyrs made and what they offered to the country and the people.

And to more victories. "

And information indicated that the political blocs reached the final decision to choose a candidate to head the government, and put his name during the next few days, with the start of the countdown to the end of the constitutional period of President Barham Salih to choose a new prime minister.