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

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Next Monday .. President Saleh issues a Republican decree to officially assign Al-Sudani to head the government

Political | 12:48 - 14/12/2019

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News
President Barham Salih will issue a presidential decree next Monday to formally assign Mohamed Sheea Al-Sudani to head the government.
An informed political source said, "The competition during the past two days was between the Sudanese and the current intelligence chief, Mustafa al-Kazemi, before it was almost finalized for the Sudanese."
The source added, "The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, will issue, next Monday, one day before the end of the constitutional deadline, a Republican decree formally assigning the Sudanese to the position after it was agreed upon by the construction bloc and the lack of fundamental objections from the rest of the Shiite blocs or components, especially the Sunnis." And the Kurds. ”Ended 29 / A 43

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Deputy demonstrators: present your candidate from Tahrir Square because the primary is the prime minister

Political | 02:50 - 14/12/2019

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News
, the deputy in parliament, Faeq Sheikh Ali, called on Saturday to present their candidate from Tahrir Square because the basis is the prime minister.
Sheikh Ali said: "O Iraqis, oh demonstrators, people: submit your candidate from Tahrir Square. The time has come to come, and the time has come."
And he added: "Do not listen to the ignorant of politics, obscured, or a donkey .. He says to you: We have what is more important than the prime minister. No and 1000 no! Rather, the most important and basic premiership ... Ended on 29 / A 43

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Close al-Sadr comments on closing the Iraqi page and reveals 3 future scenarios

Political | 02:38 - 14/12/2019

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News
, Sheikh Muhammad al-Aboudi, close to the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, commented, on Saturday, on closing the page of Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi, revealing three future scenarios.
"There are three future scenarios, the first of which is the success of the popular Iraqi revolution and the victory of the homeland, and the second is the continuation of the revolution without leadership and goals, and the third is the failure of the revolution and the domination of the corrupt again, and each one has introductions and results," Al-Aboudi said in a statement.
He added, "Goodbye ... What did you understand who did goodbye? Is it a protest, an escalation, uniting the Iraqi ranks?"
Al-Aboudi continued, saying: "My brother ... do not tweet at your whim, as Sadr is the chest of the field, he does not retreat, nor is he defeated, and he promises only, and he fulfills it. One of the advanced scenarios is working to achieve the hope and dream of forty million Iraqis because Iraq and its future are at a crossroads. "
And between: "O beloved people, the chest is the first to support the revolutionaries and descended the field with them. Sadr revealed the conspiracies in the scenes of the corrupt and presented them on a free plate to the revolutionaries. Sadr dispersed the schemes of the corrupt and the conspirators and their masters against the rebels. The chest protected the revolutionaries and defended them with the caps of glaucoma, the chest increased momentum The revolutionaries, their victory, and their support. Sadr supported peaceful demands and national steps. Sadr set goals and paved the way. Sadr warned the protesters and warned the rushers and directed the revolutionaries. Sadr gave up everything for the sake of the people and its national revolution, so what was the response, acceptance and trust?
Al-Aboudi said, "Now ... Al-Sadr supports you, your protector, and your victor. So what are you doing?"
He directed his speech to his supporters: "Know that everyone has prepared for you several, and pitched the field with poisoned swords a thousand thousand times, intent on destabilizing you, distracting you and ending it, but they are afraid of the unity of your Iraqi class, the patriot's circumference around you, and the sword of reform with you, uniting you and defending public interests over the private, and working together For the success of what you started, it is the only salvation for Iraq and its people. ”Ended 29 / A 43

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14-12-2019 02:54 PM

Other: The selection of a prime minister contrary to the will of the masses enters us into a "dark tunnel"

 

 

Baghdad - news 

The deputy of the Alliance of Saeron Sa’a Maya Al-Halfi affirmed today, Saturday, that the President of the Republic had chosen a prime minister that violated the will of the masses, while noting that he made this choice into a dark tunnel.

A statement by the NATO received "Al-Ikhbaria", a copy of it, stated that "the quota system imposed on the political process after 2003 was the main reason for the arrival of incompetent personalities in leadership positions in state administration, which led to a significant decline at various levels."

He emphasized that "the president’s choice to choose a prime minister contrary to the will of the protesting masses will increase public congestion and enter the country into a dark tunnel.” Noting that “the rival parties have worked to devote the principle of power-sharing and the rotation of personalities tainted by corruption suspicions in a declared challenge to the will of the people, which is What led to the loud voices of the masses calling for a change of the regime in the country. "

He explained that "the popular demonstrations came as a natural result and expected reaction after the citizens reached the stage of despair in the improvement of the political reality and the start of a new stage in which all are equal in rights and duties." He warned, "The country today is going through a dangerous juncture with which the President of the Republic must present the supreme interest of the people of the various Their religions and nationalities, and choosing a prime minister commensurate with the scale of the sacrifices and grievances that have befallen them. "

He pointed out that "the people are the source of powers according to the Iraqi constitution, and the president of the republic must exercise his authority to nominate a candidate who fits with the will of the protesting masses. Otherwise, public congestion will escalate and the country will enter a dark tunnel."

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14-12-2019 08:37 AM

"Independent, not resigned." My people rejected the Sudanese candidacy for prime minister

 

 

Baghdad / news

The demonstrators of Tahrir Square in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, refused on Friday, the nomination of Muhammad Shia'a Al-Sudani to head the Council of Ministers, considering this as a disregard for the demands of the Iraqi street and its movement that has continued for two months.

This came after the Sudanese submitted his resignation in a tweet through his official account on the social networking site Twitter, saying, "I announce my resignation from the Islamic Dawa Party, Iraq Organization, and from the State of Law coalition, and I am not a candidate for any party," explaining that his affiliation is "Iraqi first" according to His expression.

The demonstrators held banners bearing the slogan "independent, not resigned," as an expression of their total rejection of attempts by corrupt parties to impose the name "Sudanese" as a candidate for the position of prime minister, stressing that the revolution came to reject the tails of the corrupt regime, and not to accept any of its followers, no matter how the names differ.

A number of tweeters deliberated "# independent_not_resigned", indicating that the conditions of the demonstrators are clear and unacceptable, namely that the new prime minister be independent and not previously affiliated with any of the corrupt power parties, warning at the same time of any attempt to deviate from their demands.

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12/14 2019 14:55

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Legal expert: The new Prime Minister will be announced within 72 hours and no one will object to it

 

Baghdad / Obelisk: Legal expert Tareq Harb said, on Saturday, December 14, 2019, that the new Prime Minister will be announced within the next 72 hours, indicating that the President of the Republic will present this candidate without any symptoms from a political bloc or deputy.

Harb said, in a post on his Facebook page, that within a period of no more than three days, the candidate for the new prime minister will be announced, as he will refer the president of the republic to parliament in order to nominate him in implementation of the provisions of the constitution that mandated the largest bloc to nominate the prime minister.

He added, it does not matter the nomination from one of the blocs only, as it is considered the largest bloc as long as no other bloc has declared that it is the largest bloc that opposes this nomination, since the constitution did not specify the number of deputies of the largest parliamentary bloc as long as no more bloc opposes that it rejects the nomination as the largest bloc This is what happened a year ago, as Adel Abdul Mahdi was nominated for prime minister, and no deputy objected to this nomination, and no bloc said that it objected to the nomination or was it the largest bloc.

The legal expert explained that the nomination of a candidate from the President of the Republic and the adoption of a parliamentary bloc to adopt this proposal and that he is a candidate for prime minister and not to object to another parliamentary bloc, and recalls that the number of its representatives is more.

He pointed out that the President of the Republic has in his pocket this candidate who will be nominated by one of the blocs and who will not be opposed by any deputy or parliamentary bloc and take over the formation of the new government without parliamentary opposition, as was the case with Adel Abdul Mahdi, who was nominated by blocs that are not considered the largest, since the number of members is not more than half the members Parliament, but it was the largest reality, but its mass did not say that it was greater than it, and no deputy opposed it.

Harb warned that he will settle the issue of the candidate for prime minister by the president of the republic, who will present it to one of the parliamentary blocs that will nominate him for prime minister, and not present any parliamentary bloc or deputy against him, and the coming hours will be decided. Political nights will give birth to every stranger.

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12/14 2019 12:43

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News of an upcoming official assignment for the Sudanese to head the government

Baghdad / Obelisk: Political sources told "Obelisk" that President Barham Salih will go, next Monday, to issue a republican decree formally appointing Mohamed Sheia Al-Sudani to head the government.

And an informed political source said, "The competition during the last two days was between the Sudanese and other figures before they were decided almost completely for the Sudanese."

The source added, "The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, will issue next Monday, one day before the end of the constitutional deadline, a Republican decree to officially assign the Sudanese to the position after it was agreed upon by the construction bloc and the lack of fundamental objections from the rest of the Shiite blocs or components, especially the Sunnis." And the Kurds. "

Conditions

 Sunni political blocs require "satisfactory" positions, both kind and number, in government institutions, especially security, while the Kurdish forces also share with it, which at the same time wants more financial concessions for the Kurdistan region, in exchange for agreeing to "pass" the prime minister nominated by the Shiite forces , According to "Obelisk" sources.

And negotiations still clash with the personality that will be agreed upon to head the government, where the conditions of the various parties prevent this.

And the Sunni parties, in exchange for the nomination of the Prime Minister, stipulate that their entitlement in the ministries should not be compromised, and grant them more positions in the security ministries, as they see that the Shiite forces are controlling them.

As for the Kurdish parties, they are calling for granting the region a high budget, to maintain the agreement to sell oil between the region and the center, and to maintain the concessions that the Abdul Mahdi government established in oil and border outlets, and to strengthen their positions in Baghdad.   

Because of these conditions and demands, expectations indicate no change in the mechanisms of government action and the method of power-sharing based on partisan, sectarian, national, and regional quotas.

To that Observatory of the obelisk indicates to many possibilities accompany the mechanism for choosing the next prime minister, including the demonstrators' categorical rejection of the political class candidate, or the direction to the security solution to break up the demonstrations and thus pass the candidate of the parties.

But the attitude of the situation to the complexity, may open the way to an international position that places Iraq under international guardianship, which puts pressure on the symbols of the political class and exposes them to legal question before the international courts, on charges that are politicized to serve regional projects in the Middle East.

Obelisk 

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/184062/أنباء-عن-تكليف-رسمي-مرتقب-للسوداني-برئاسة-الحكومة

 

 

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Saturday، 14 December 2019 05:03 PM

 

Iraq's Salih to name al-Sudani as new PM on Monday: newspaper

 

Al-Sharq Al-Wasat newspaper quoted a political source as saying that the Iraqi president Barham Salih will issue a decree on Monday appointing Mohammad Shia al-Sudani as the new prime minister.

He added that MP al-Sudani, has recently resigned from Dawa Party and State of Law Coalition led by former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, announcing he’s not a candidate of any party and belongs to Iraq first and foremost.

The competition during the last two days was between Sudani and intelligence chief Moustafa al-Kazemi before it was almost settled on the former, according to the source.
Sudani will be named without any major objection from the rest of the Shiite blocs or other components, especially the Sunnis and the Kurds.

Meanwhile, Najaf’s Supreme Religious Authority called on the political forces to confront what it called “the battle of reform” as the biggest challenge they will face in the future.

 

Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Anbar MP Mohammad al-Karbouli noted that the Religious Authority sent a clear message regarding the liberated areas, whether in terms of the necessity of rebuilding them or bringing the displaced back to their homes.

Karbouli added that the issue of the disappeared and the kidnapped, as well as the issue of the displaced and obstacles facing the reconstruction operations could lead to instability in the country.

The MP explained that the Sunni community suffered greatly after 2003, in terms of marginalization, exclusion, and prosecutions.

He noted that Iraq defeated ISIS militarily, but did not overcome the ideas of this terrorist organization, which requires determining the true criteria of partnership so the country can move towards a comprehensive reform battle.

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/45074/Iraq-s-Salih-to-name-al-Sudani-as-new-PM-on-Monday-newspaper

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Saturday 14 December 2019 | 11:01 am

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The UN Security Council calls for investigations into the repression of demonstrators in Iraq

 

Baghdad / ... The UN Security Council called on the Iraqi government to conduct investigations into the violence and repression against the demonstrators in the country.

"The members of the Security Council expressed their deep concern over the killing of demonstrators, as well as about the killings, mutilation and arbitrary arrests of unarmed protesters," the council said in a statement.
 
"We also express our concern about the involvement of armed groups in the killings and targeting of demonstrators in Iraq," he said, calling on the "government to investigate."
 
The capital Baghdad and nine other provinces have witnessed since last Friday, the twenty-fifth of last October, massive protest demonstrations calling for the dismissal of the government and bringing the killers of the demonstrators to justice and work by holding early elections under international supervision, and resulted in the killing and wounding of hundreds of demonstrators and security forces as a result of the brutal repression that The demonstrators were exposed to it.

And the religious authority in Iraq considered that this uprising is the first of the fraudulent ballot boxes in expressing the will of the people and choosing it for those who represent it. At any time legitimacy fell from the ruler. Finished 2

http://aynaliraqnews.com/index.php?aa=news&id22=127945

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PARTIES CLOSE TO AGREEMENT ON CANDIDATE FOR NEW IRAQI PRIME MINISTER: SOURCE

A general view of Tahrir Square in Baghdad (File) 

2 Hours ago 

http://www.nrttv.com/En/News.aspx?id=18341&MapID=2

 

SULAIMANI — Most of the Iraqi parties have agreed to nominate Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani as a candidate for prime minister, a source said on Saturday (December 14). 

A political source told NRT Digital Media that 80 percent of the parties had agreed to nominate Sudani, but that significant hurdles remain before consensus can be reached.

“Moqtada al-Sadr is the only one who does not agree with Sudani for the position,” the source said, who spoke under the condition of anonymity.

Sadr's Sairoon Alliance is the largest party in Iraq's fractured legislature, holding 54 seats.

Iraqi President Barham Salih could issue a decree officially tasking Sudani with forming a government as early as Monday, which is in fact the deadline for him to do so under the constitution.

Sudani announced earlier that he is not a candidate of any particular political party and has resigned as a member of the Islamic Dawa Party and the State of Law Coalition. 

Meanwhile, Iraqi protesters released a statement calling on Salih to reject any candidate proposed by the political parties. 

The Council of Representatives approved a letter of resignation from Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi on December 1, after he submitted it to the parliament a day earlier.

He decided to resign after the country’s top Shia Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urged lawmakers to reconsider their support for a government rocked by weeks of deadly anti-establishment unrest.

Protesters took to the streets at the beginning of October to demand an end to corruption, better public services, and employment, but since then the unrest has become a more general uprising seeking the ouster of the Iraq's political establishment.

More than 400 people have been killed in Baghdad and provinces in the south. Thousands have been injured in the unrest as the government and “third party groups” have used live ammunition, snipers, and tear gas in an attempt put down the protests.

(NRT Digital Media)

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1 hour ago, Butifldrm said:

Saturday، 14 December 2019 05:03 PM

 

Iraq's Salih to name al-Sudani as new PM on Monday: newspaper

 

I'm thinking the president needs to turn on his TV or get out of Kurdistan an take a trip to Baghdad to hear a few of the protesters demands. 

They will not accept another Iranian puppet to the PM position, an if he wants to see another round of fireworks an tire burning let him install another one of these do nothing Iranian stooges to rule them. 

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Deputy: Al-Benaa achieved the majority to name the Sudanese Prime Minister

18:33 - 14/12/2019

https://www.almaalomah.com/2019/12/14/443651/

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Information / private ...

On Saturday, the deputy of the Al-Fath Alliance, Muhammad Karim, affirmed that the Construction Alliance achieved the full majority of the nomination of Muhammad Shia'a Al-Sudani as Prime Minister, while Al-Sudani was the closest candidate to assume the position of Prime Minister among a number of candidates whose names appear in the corridors of the House of Representatives.

Karim said in a statement to the "information", that "the building alliance and the Kurdish forces and blocs agreed to pass the Sudanese to take over the position of prime minister", pointing out that "the Sudanese is the most prominent candidate among a number of candidates for the position of prime minister."

He added that "nominating the Sudanese is not an imposition of the will or breaking the will of other political blocs, but rather an attempt to go out to safety and save the political process since the delay in resolving the position of Prime Minister enters the country with legal and constitutional problems", noting that "the political blocs are in the process of completing all agreements to name the Sudanese during The coming hours for the prime minister. ”

On Saturday, the MP of the Kurdistan Islamic Group, Ahmed Hama Rashid, revealed a forthcoming meeting of 15 Kurdish deputies to discuss assigning Muhammad Shi'a Al-Sudani to head the government, indicating that the meeting will discuss the options presented. It ended 25 T

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Iraqi protesters reject possible PM nominee of Iranian-aligned parties

Kosar Nawzad |

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Iraqi demonstrators from Nassiriya city hold the pictures of people killed during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq Dec. 6, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Khalid al-Mousily)

 

 

https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/eb250614-15b9-4d88-bcae-7632ec97ad7c

 

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Iraqi protesters have rejected an apparent bid by Iran-aligned groups to nominate a politician for the country’s premiership close to two weeks after Adil Abdul Mahdi submitted his resignation amid deadly unrest.

National anti-corruption demonstrations have taken place throughout much of Iraq since the start of October and have seen hundreds killed. Since they began, casualty numbers have reportedly reached over 500 dead and at least 20,000 others injured in clashes between demonstrators and security forces.

As the death count continued to rise, Abdul Mahdi announced he would step down from his post, with the Iraqi Parliament approving the move during an extraordinary session on Dec. 1. This was a short few days after the bloodiest day of protests across the country.

On Friday, reports emerged quoting informed sources that the Iranian-backed al-Fateh and State of Law Coalition alliances had agreed to nominate Muhammed Shia’ al-Sudani to succeed Abdul Mahdi. Sudani claimed to be severing his political affiliations on Friday.

“I announce my resignation from the Islamic Dawa Party…and the State of Law Coalition bloc,” Sudani said in a tweet. He continued, “I am not a candidate for any party,” adding, “I belong to Iraq first.”

The protesters were quick to raise pictures of Sudani, rejecting his possible nomination for the position of prime minister, seeing him as a return to the premiership years of Nouri al-Maliki, who is the leader of the political entities Sudani withdrew from.

Demonstrators have repeatedly demanded that the future premier must not be affiliated with establishment political parties and have held no prior senior official posts.

Supporters of the Iranian-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq militias organized a march on Saturday in support of Sudani. They were also condemning recent US sanctions on AAH leader Qais al-Khazali, which came amid reports of killings of protesters carried out by members of his group.

Firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is among the fiercest opponents of Sudani taking office and has threatened further escalation should it come to pass.

On Friday, Salih Muhammed al-Iraqi, a senior leader in Sadr’s political movement, wrote “Farewell” in a seemingly ominous social media post on his official page – which hundreds of thousands of people follow – after the news.

Al-Iraqi is a close figure to Sadr, and his words carry massive weight among Sadr supporters and protesters, despite his seemingly obscure character.

While social media users interpreted the politician’s message in different ways, sources close to the Sadrist Movement told Kurdistan 24 that his statement is closely related to a possible Sudani nomination.

Iraqi President Barham Salih could officially call on Sudani to form a new cabinet on Sunday, a move that would potentially lead to further instability in an already tumultuous period in the country.

Editing by Karzan Sulaivany

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Iraq's Sadr Deactivates Facebook Account

BasNews 14/12/2019 - 21:01 Published in Iraq

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/567293

 

 

ERBIL - Iraqi powerful Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has deactivated his Facebook account, writing "goodbye" in his last post on the social media site.

The closure of Sadr's Facebook account resulted in speculations that the Shia cleric could have decided to withdraw from politics in response to an agreement among the political parties on a candidate for the country's premiership.

Several sides have shown agreement for Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, supported by groups close to neighboring Iran, who also served as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs previously.

A great part of Iraqi protesters demand that the future Iraqi prime minister be someone who has not held any official positions in the previous cabinets, and that he should be someone patriotic, for which Sadr has repeatedly shown his support.

Sadr had already made it clear that he is against the candidacy of al-Sudani.

However, his Twitter account has so far remained open.

People in central and southern parts of Iraq have been protesting against the poor public services, government corruption, and unemployment since early October which has resulted in the killing of over 400 people so far, while thousands of others suffered from injuries.

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Al-Kinani: no consensus yet on the candidate for prime minister

Saturday 14th December 2019 - 14:42

http://www.ina.iq/eng/6918/al-kinani-no-consensus-yet-on-the-candidate-for-prime-minister

 Baghdad – INA

Member of the House of Representatives for the Al-Fateh Alliance MP Ahmad Al-Kinani confirmed that there was no final consensus on the name of the prime minister's candidate.

Al-Kanani said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency: The meetings between the President of the Republic and the political blocs did not stop, but they did not result in the selection of any candidate permanently until now.

Al-Kinani indicated that choosing the name of the candidate must arrive in an official letter from the President of the Republic to the House of Representatives for a vote. He added that there is a consensus among some blocs to nominate a specific name, but it is difficult to pass it without the approval of the street opinion and the popular movement.

 Al-Kanani stressed that the new prime minister must be independent and enjoy the characteristics of efficiency, integrity and ability to manage the state in a way that convinces the street and public opinion. Parliament Speaker Mohamed Al-Halbousi had addressed the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, by appointing a candidate for prime minister within 15 days.

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Al-Tamimi denies deciding the nomination of the Sudanese to the post of prime minister

 

14-12-2019 08:50 PM

http://www.ikhnews.com/index.php?page=article&id=204622

Baghdad / newsletter:
The media office of MP Majida Al-Tamimi denied what the media reported, by publishing a tweet from a false account on the resolution of the nomination of Mohamed Shiaa Al-Sudani to the post of prime minister.
The media office said in a statement received by "Al-Akhbaria" that "there is a fake account on Twitter impersonating Dr. Magda Al-Tamimi who published false tweets that were previously reported, yet many media sites have traded it"
"The media office said," It was the first of these and other sites to refrain from resorting to outright lies in an attempt to shade and confuse public opinion, as well as to topple national figures, and here we invite them to observe what the frenzied propaganda and false media campaigns have ended, and that the sun cannot be covered Gharbal, and the facts are clear and diagnosed with honorable people.
The media office called on "owners of news sites and intellectuals to be careful in publishing statements and making sure of the source of the news before publishing it. Professional ethics require the publication of news lies published in false accounts after our clarification of this through our official sites and we reserve our legal right to sue sites that divert us and spread lies and slander as well as Notify us of that, the competent security authorities to follow up on the source of these accounts. "

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2019/12/14 20:31

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News that protesters burned the Sudanese house in Maysan

Baghdad / Obelisk: Reports from Maysan, southern Iraq, that protesters, on the evening of Saturday, December 14, 2019, set fire to the home of a potential prime minister candidate, Muhammad Shi'a Al-Sudani, in the governorate.

And reports that were not confirmed by the "obelisk", that "the Sudanese house was destroyed in Al-Hussein neighborhood, Amara city, the center of Maysan province."

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/184089/أنباء-عن-قيام-محتجين-بحرق-منزل-السوداني-في-ميسان

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3 minutes ago, Butifldrm said:

that protesters, on the evening of Saturday, December 14, 2019, set fire to the home of a potential prime minister candidate, Muhammad Shi'a Al-Sudani, in the governorate.

 

News Flash Barhim Salih , this might not be the 1st choice of the citizens in protest .... here we go 

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1 hour ago, 6ly410 said:

The protesters were quick to raise pictures of Sudani, rejecting his possible nomination for the position of prime minister, seeing him as a return to the premiership years of Nouri al-Maliki, who is the leader of the political entities Sudani withdrew from

 

Great, now President Salih is trying to install another Iranian / al -Maliki Puppet as Prime Minister ? 

I wonder how much went into Salih's Swiss bank account ?

Just sayin' .............

 

Semper Fi

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1 hour ago, 3n1 said:

 

News Flash Barhim Salih , this might not be the 1st choice of the citizens in protest .... here we go 

 

Hmm.... the people have spoken - LOUDLY !  To the Iraqi people 🥃 ( well, they may not drink but I don’t think they’ll mind if I raise a glass to the folks who from what we’ve seen have the real BALLS in Iraq !!!!! )👌

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Saturday، 14 December 2019 10:04 PM

Saairun rejects Sudani as prime minister: MP

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/45082/Saairun-rejects-Sudani-as-prime-minister-MP

 

An MP for Saairun Alliance, supported by Shiite Muqtada al-Sadr will not change its stance concerning rejecting the selection of Mohamed Al-Sudani as the next prime minister.

MP Raad Hussein said that the next prime minister has to be independent and must not be a former official or MP.

Hussein claimed that Sudani’s selection will be faced by public rejection, and that the alliance will also reject him as his selection contradicts with the bloc’s announced stance.

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Saturday، 14 December 2019 11:34 PM

Protesters see Sudani’s nomination disrespect to demands: media

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/45083/Protesters-see-Sudani-s-nomination-disrespect-to-demands-media

 

Iraqi sources said on Friday that there is almost a consensus between the political blocs on the nomination of Mohammed Al-Sudani to head the government, Al-Arabiya reported.

However, the protesters of Tahrir Square in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, rejected the candidacy of Sudani, considering that as a disregard for the demands of the Iraqi protests that have continued for two months.

Clan elders and demonstrators in Karbala also rejected the nomination of Sudani.

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Prospective prime minister leaves Iraqi protesters, some parliamentarians dissatisfied

5 minutes ago

Lawk Ghafuri

https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/14122019

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The nomination of a candidate belonging to the political establishment for the position of Iraq’s prime minister is doing little to quell the discontent of the public and some parliamentarians, as time to appoint a successor to Adil Abdul-Mahdi begins to run out. 

According to national constitution decree, President Barham Salih has three days left to appoint a prime minister, who will form the new governmental cabinet.

Among those in contention for the role is Mohammed Shiya al-Sudani, a former senior leader of the Dawa party. He was put forward as a candidate for the premiership last week by the country’s two largest Iran-affiliated parties - the State of Law coalition, led by former Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki, and Hadi al-Ameri’s al-Fatih coalition. 

Sudani is a long-serving member of Iraqi parliament. Appointed governor of the southern Iraqi province of Misan for a year in 2009, he then became Minister of Human Rights in Maliki’s cabinet from 2010 to 2014. He was Minister of Labour and Social Affairs between 2014 and 2017, during the premiership of Haider al-Abadi. 

His candidacy is proving a hard sell to Iraqi protesters, who begun to take to the streets of central and southern Iraq in October to call for an end to corruption, improved provision of basic services, and an overhaul of Iraq’s system of governance.

Met with deadly repression, more than 500 protesters and members of the security forces have been killed since October 1; at least 17,000 have been wounded.

In a statement read aloud on Friday, protesters in Tahrir Square refused the candidacy of Sudani, or anyone else nominated for Prime Minister by political parties.

Shiite political parties appear divided regarding Sudani’s candidacy.

The Sayirun coalition, headed by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, has rejected Sudani’s potential tenure of premiership. In a call similar to that of the protesters, it refuses to back any future candidate for the position nominated by a political party. 

In an open letter, Sayirun MP Sabah al-Saaidi called on President Salih to “side with the nation’s demand” and refuse any candidate nominated by political parties.

“Today it is your responsibility to…not assign any person that the political parties suggest, as people rose up against those political parties and their corruption and failure, as well as against their presence in the Iraqi government,” Saaidi wrote in the letter published on his official Facebook account on Saturday.

Sudani’s nomination has, however, garnered some support among the political establishment.

Ahmed al-Jabouri, a Sunni member of parliament from Mosul, tweeted in support of Sudani’s candidacy.

“Nominating Mohammed Shiya al-Sudani for Iraqi Prime Minister position is a right choice…There are no corruption cases against him, he is very strong and decisive, and he has a vision for state administration,” Jabouri said on Saturday. 

Ahmed Haji Rashid, head of the Kurdish Komal faction in Iraqi parliament, described Sudani as a “positive option” for the Kurds.

“Sudani is not a corrupt politician, he is an example of a good Iraqi politician,” Rashid told Rudaw on Saturday. 

However, Rashid also said there is a fear that like Abdul-Mahdi, who as an independent candidate struggled to garner widespread parliamentary backing, Sudani “cannot satisfy the large political parties.”

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party (PUK) blocs – the two biggest blocs in Iraqi parliament - have yet to express their views on Sudani’s nomination.

Abdul-Mahdi was viewed as an ally by Kurdish officials, with relations between Baghdad and Erbil improving under his administration.

However, he stepped down on November 29, a year after coming to power, after a dramatic intervention by top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani.

 

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Iraqi Protesters Burn House of Premiership Candidate

 

BasNews 14/12/2019 - 23:35 Published in Iraq

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/567324

 

ERBIL - Angry Iraqi protesters on Saturday set fire to the house of the candidate for the country's premiership, a report said.

The incident occurred in the city of Ammara in Missan province, where the demonstrators raided the house of Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and set it on fire, Shafaq News reported.

A number the political parties have agreed on al-Sudani’s candidacy supported by pro-Iranian groups, for Iraq's premiership.

Iraqi protesters have repeatedly made it clear that they do not want the future prime minister to have held any official positions in the previous cabinets, while al-Sudani formerly served as the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.