Iraqi President Barham Salih to designate Mohammed Allawi as Prime Minister this evening

[TexasMike1958]

2 hours ago, 6ly410 said:

Monday، 23 December 2019 04:39 PM

Iraqi Politicians Miss Deadline for New Prime Minister

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/45183/Iraqi-Politicians-Miss-Deadline-for-New-Prime-Minister

 

Thousands of Iraqis protested Monday in Baghdad and other parts of the country after politicians missed an overnight deadline for naming a new prime minister.

Anti-government rallies have rocked the capital and the Shiite-majority south since October with people protesting against corruption, poor services and a lack of jobs.

President Barham Salih and parliament have missed several deadlines to appoint a new prime minister following Adel Abdul Mahdi's resignation last month. Mahdi and his government agreed to stay on in a caretaker role until a new prime minister is approved.

Mahdi's resignation failed to satisfy anti-government protesters who have said it is not enough for a new prime minister to take over.  They are demanding changes to the entire political system imposed after the U.S. invasion in 2003, which they say is corrupt, inept and does little to help impoverished Iraqis despite the nation’s oil wealth.

Protesters on Sunday decried a potential pick for the new prime minister, former higher education minister Qusay al-Suhail, who is opposed by critics for his ties to Iran. Demonstrators categorically reject his candidacy along with any other potential contenders who have been part of the government since 2003.

At least 460 people have died and tens of thousands of others have been wounded since the demonstrations erupted in October in Baghdad and in Shiite-majority areas in southern Iraq.

 

 

and it surprises us that they missed another deadline????

[horsesoldier]

Not surprised in the least they " missed " the deadline . . . it's by design. The corrupt are still very much in control: they continue to stonewall, and why not - they've gotten away with it for 16 years.

 

. . . and they're going to drag ALL of this out for as long as they can get away with it; who knows how long this could drag on. 

[Pitcher]

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/45187/Court-authorizes-Salih-to-choose-PM-regardless-largest-bloc-expert
 

Court authorizes Salih to choose PM regardless largest bloc: expert

Legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi said a Federal Court’s statement has authorized the president to choose the next prime minister without referring to the largest bloc.

Tamimi, in a press statement, said that according to paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Article 76 of the Constitution, the President of the Republic has the right to assign the candidate for prime minister without referring to the largest bloc.

The legal expert explained: The statement means that the Federal Court authorized Barham Saleh to freely choose who he deems appropriate to head the government without referring to any political bloc.

Binna’a Coalition on Sunday sent a letter to Salih nominating Qusay al-Suhail, a minister who is widely rejected by protesters.

[Pitcher]

Choose me, I’m ready to serve.  First thing I will do is stop the auctions and then raise the value of the Dinar.  

[3n1]

12 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

Choose me, I’m ready to serve.  First thing I will do is stop the auctions and then raise the value of the Dinar.  

 

u forgot to add ... and 3n1 is to be first in line at the exchange counter ... cheers Pitcher 

[Pitcher]

Haha, you will have to beat me to it.  Cheers and Merry Christmas to you 3n1

 

[yota691]

Victory clarifies the fact that Abadi was nominated for prime minister

Editing Date: 12/23/2019 21:54 • 645 times read

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} Today, Monday, Al-Nasr coalition made clear the fact that its President Haider Al-Abadi was nominated to head the next government.

A member of the Al-Mudhafar Coalition denied in a statement, {Euphrates News} received a copy of it, news that Abadi was nominated for prime minister, describing it as "bare about health."
Muzaffar emphasized that, since the protests began, Abadi has called for the selection of an independent figure to head the government, and that fabricating such news is aimed at undermining Abadi's credibility and principled positions.
She pointed out that Al-Abadi is a statesman concerned with reforming the system and the safety of the people, away from cheap political competition.

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Between the Presidency of the Republic and the House of Representatives, keep an eye out for the appointment of the Prime Minister

Monday 23 December 2019 113

 

Baghdad / Al-Sabah / Muhannad Abdul-Wahab

After two days have passed since the end of the constitutional period to assign a candidate for prime minister and the formation of the new government to succeed the resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi; the statements of political blocs and political forces, whether inside or outside Parliament, clearly revealed a state of “agreement” between those forces to name a specific candidate or at least the agreement On a suitable mechanism for his nomination, just as the referral of the President of the Republic, Barham Saleh, to a new request for the presidency of the parliament to resolve the issue of the largest bloc constitutionally granted, to nominate the next prime minister and previous parliamentary responses to this request, all of this increased the state of anticipation and waiting for a resolution

The matter.

A source in the Presidency of the Republic said Monday that “President of the Republic Barham Salih is awaiting an answer to the Presidency of the House of Representatives with an official letter specifying the largest bloc and the name of its candidate for the presidency of the new government.” The source added, “Salih according to the constitution will immediately assign the name of the largest bloc candidate if the book is sent. By the Presidency of Parliament, can not support requests of political blocs and names 

Its candidates. ”

For his part, Representative of the Parliamentary Wisdom Movement, Asaad Al-Murshidi, told Al-Sabah: “Not naming a prime minister during the constitutional deadline is a violation of the constitution, and there is political movement from the political blocs with the president of the republic to resolve the position and nominate a prime minister during the two days.

The next two. ” 

He added, “All the governments that assumed power in Iraq violated the constitution

It became a political custom to violate constitutional periods, so we hope the President of the Republic to name a person for the position of Prime Minister, indicating that “great pressure on the President of the Republic from political blocs, although his position is clear towards the nomination of an independent candidate that meets the demands of the street and demonstrators other than the political blocs that pressure him In exchange for a personal nomination Political. ” 

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1 hour ago, Pitcher said:

Choose me, I’m ready to serve.  First thing I will do is stop the auctions and then raise the value of the Dinar.  

Ya - ‘Butt’ Can U Rock A Thong Like President Davis !  

 

 

He Always Kills It In The Swimsuit Competition ...
 

     

[yota691]

Caretaker government

Monday 23 December 2019 83

 

Mohammed Abdul Jabbar Al-Shabbout

For the first time, the state was exposed to the prime minister’s resignation, and with this resignation we discovered that the Iraqi constitution did not address this situation. This is one of the loopholes to be filled when amending the constitution.

The President of the Republic should have assigned another person to assume the position within 15 days, which did not happen, causing people to talk about a constitutional violation, a constitutional vacuum, or a caretaker government.

This is not the first time that the formation of the government has been delayed. We have witnessed a delay that lasted for several months. The question I am trying to answer here is when will the existing government transform into a caretaker government?

Before answering, I must provide a quoted definition for the caretaker government that says: "The caretaker government or the caretaker government is an interim government lacking authority for the purposes of conducting things at times. It may be a transitional stage, elections or an emergency circumstance resulting from the failure to establish or delay a new government, nor This government has the right to decide the important and crucial matters, "

This definition is based on a principle in the constitutional law that says that the country should not be free of an administration, so if the formation of the new government is delayed after elections or because of the dissolution of the existing government by resignation or others, the administration at its minimum must continue until the formation of a new government. How did the Iraqi constitution deal with this situation?

The constitution used the term "conducting daily affairs" in two articles dealing with two cases.

The first case mentioned in Article 61, which is the state of withdrawing confidence from the government, where she said: “In the case of voting to withdraw confidence from the entire cabinet, the Prime Minister and the ministers continue in their positions to conduct daily matters, for a period not exceeding thirty days, until the formation of the new cabinet ".

This case did not happen to us in Iraq, and it does not apply to the current situation.

As for the second case, it was mentioned in Article 64 regarding the dissolution of the House of Representatives, where the article stipulated the following: “When the House of Representatives is dissolved, it calls for general elections in the country within a period not exceeding sixty days from the date of dissolution, and in this case the Council of Ministers prepares Resigned, and continues to do things daily. "

Also, this case did not happen previously, and it does not apply to the current case. As for Article 81, it dealt with a different third case, which is “vacancy of the position for any reason”, but the article did not mention these reasons; or not. Here are two opinions, the first says fit, and the second denies that.

Regardless of this difference, Article 81 says:

 First: The President of the Republic shall act as the Prime Minister when the position becomes vacant for any reason.

Second: Upon verification of the case stipulated in Clause "First" of this Article, the President of the Republic shall assign another candidate to form the Ministry, within a period not exceeding fifteen days.

It is understood from this article that the resignation of the person of the prime minister, if we consider it one of the certificates of vacancy in the position, does not lead to her resignation, but the government remains in place, but it is headed by the President of the Republic who assigns a person to form the new government within 15 days. In turn, the prime minister-designate must form his government within 30 days. The total will be a maximum of 45 days. The existing government headed by the President of the Republic will be temporary. But what is striking here is that the constitution does not speak of a caretaker government, which may allow the saying that the existing government can continue as a government with full powers until the formation of the new government, the state of the existing government, when the elections are held and before the formation of the new government.

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Urgent Supreme Reference: We do not suppor t those who were in power in previous years for the Prime Minister site

Editing Date: 12/24/2019 11:50 • 895 times read

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Supreme Religious Authority refuses to assume “who was in power in previous years for the Prime Minister’s website.”

The official website of the Husseiniya Holy Shrine renewed the publication of the text of the statement issued by the Office of the Supreme Religious Reference, Grand Ayatollah Imam Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, on {10/9/2018} regarding the selection of the Prime Minister.
"A source close to the religious authority commented on what some MPs mentioned in the media that the authority named a number of politicians and refused to choose any of them for the prime minister's website, saying: This news is not accurate."
He added, "The nomination of the Prime Minister is within the powers of the largest bloc under the constitution and the others do not reject its candidate. Hence, the expression of rejection was not issued by the religious authority, nor did it name specific persons for any party regarding it, but rather mentioned various parties that have communicated with it - in a way Direct or indirect - it does not support the next prime minister if he is chosen from the politicians who were in power in the past years without a difference between the partisans and the independents, because most of the people no longer have any hope in any of those in achieving the aspirations of improving the conditions and fighting corruption ".
The statement continued, "If a new face was chosen that is known as competence, integrity, courage and firmness and committed to the points raised in the Friday sermon {27/7/2018}, it was possible to communicate with him and advise him regarding the country's interests, otherwise the reference to its approach to boycotting government officials will continue, and it is also It will remain a voice for the disadvantaged, defending their rights, according to what is available to them. "End

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Urgent source in the Presidency of the Republic: Parliament has not yet received a response regarding the largest bloc

Editing Date: 12/24/2019 13:18 • 194 times read

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} A source in the Presidency of the Republic stated, on Tuesday, that the parliament’s response has not yet arrived regarding the largest bloc.

"So far, the response has not yet been received from Parliament regarding the largest bloc," the source said.
The source added that "what has been circulated in a number of press institutions is inaccurate."

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Document: The Iraqi parliament issues a new clarification from the largest bloc

 

 

 2019/12/24 07:08:37

 

Shafaq News / The first deputy speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Hassan Al-Kaabi, stated that President Barham Saleh can, according to Article 76 of the constitution, submit a candidate for the post of prime minister instead of resigning Adel Abdul Mahdi without adhering to the largest bloc in the parliament.

This came in an official written clarification published by the Al-Kaabi office today, Tuesday, which reads:

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In the document .. Al-Kaabi sends a book to the President of the Republic regarding the largest bloc

Policy

2019-12-24 | 08:09

 

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In the document .. Al-Kaabi sends a letter to the President of the Republic regarding the largest bloc. The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hassan Al-Kaabi sent a letter to the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, regarding the most numerous bloc, addressing Saleh by saying, "It is necessary to work according to the procedures set out in Article III of Article 76 of the Constitution. , By appointing a new candidate for the presidency of the Council of Ministers without being restricted to being the candidate of the largest parliamentary bloc or from others. "

 

 

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24-12-2019 03:00 PM

In the document .. Al-Kaabi for the President of the Republic: Choose the candidate for prime minister without being bound by the largest bloc

 

 

Baghdad / news

Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hassan al-Kaabi told President Barham Salih that the new candidate for prime minister was not required to be from the largest bloc in order for Allend's text to come third from Article 76 of the Iraqi constitution in the form of the launch.

 

 

 

 

 

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The Presidency of the Republic of Iraq denies the House of Representatives response by identifying the largest bloc

The Presidential Peace Palace in Baghdad

 December 24, 2019 02:40 PM

Direct: The Presidency of the Republic of Iraq confirmed, today, Tuesday, that it has not received a letter from the House of Representatives regarding the identification of the largest bloc.

The Presidency of the Republic said, according to what was reported by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that it had not received any answer from the House of Representatives, regarding determining the largest number of blocs concerned with the nomination of the Prime Minister.

The first deputy of the House of Representatives, Hassan Al-Kaabi, had confirmed, according to the agency, that there was no legal effect of any letter directed to the President of the Republic on the largest bloc.

On Sunday, President of the Republic, Dr. Barham Salih, referred the Federal Court's answer regarding the largest bloc to the parliament.

It issued the Federal Supreme Court in Iraq , last Sunday, a statement on the parliamentary bloc , the largest identification mentioned in Article 76 of the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq for the year 2005, at the request of the President of the Republic , Barham Salih.

Today, the first deputy of the House of Representatives, Hassan Al-Kaabi, confirmed that there is no legal effect of any book addressed to the President of the Republic regarding the largest bloc, according to the agency.

And last Sunday, the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, transmitted the Federal Court's answer regarding the largest bloc to the parliament to determine the largest bloc to present its candidate for prime minister.

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Urgent: Al-Bina withdraws Qusay al-Suhail's candidacy and nominates Asaad Al-Eidani as his replacement for prime minister

- 12-12-2019 02:53 PM - Views: 1

 

 

 

[wciappetta]

I think the protesters were already marching around last night with a poster of his face with big "X" through it.

[yota691]

24-12-2019 05:02 PM

Legal expert: The constitutional period of "15 days" starts when the candidate is agreed upon .. There is no constitutional vacuum

 

 

Baghdad - news

The legal expert Ahmed Al-Abadi revealed today, Tuesday, that the constitutional period of "15 days" starts when the candidate is agreed upon, stressing that there is no constitutional vacuum now.

Al-Abadi told Al-Akhbariya that “there is a lot of talk about the constitutional void, and in fact there is no constitutional void”, indicating that “First - there is a constitutional deficiency and not a constitutional void because the constitution did not address the issue of the prime minister’s resignation, so things went away from the constitutional texts.”

He added: "Secondly - talking about the constitutional void of a constitutional basis for it," noting that "Article 76 states: - First: - The President of the Republic, the candidate of the largest number of parliamentary blocs, is charged with forming the Cabinet within fifteen days from the date of the President's election."

Al-Abadi continued: "This text is required, 1 - The presence of a more representative bloc is agreed upon, 2 - There is a candidate by this bloc agreed upon," noting that "from here the constitutional period begins, which is 15 days, and it has not started yet because one The two conditions are not available and is the final agreement of the candidate. "

The legal expert concluded, "Therefore, the 15-day period has not started and will start when the candidate is finally agreed and an official letter is sent to the President of the Republic accordingly."
With kindness

[yota691]

Negotiations are hot over the new candidate and the protesters continue to pressure the authorities in Iraq

December 24, 2019

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Nasiriyah (Iraq) - (AFP) - The demonstrators continued to mobilize on Tuesday in Iraq in the face of a paralyzed authority between the pressure of pro-Iranian parties and the inability to renew the political class in one of the most corrupt countries in the world.

The protesters rallied again in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, holding up banners bearing pictures of prime minister candidates covered with red flags to show their refusal.

In the south of the country, the demonstrators again, on Tuesday, cut off roads and continued to close most schools and official departments, according to correspondents from Agence France-Presse.

The political class, paralyzed several days ago by the pro-Iranian alliance stuck to its candidate, will resume its negotiations on Tuesday.

The Sunni axis led by Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi gave up the nomination of Minister of Higher Education in the resigned government, Qusay al-Suhail, calling on his allies close to Tehran to nominate a new character.

And the parties previously failed three times by agreeing on a candidate for prime minister within the constitutional deadlines.

Once the name of the governor of Basra, Asaad al-Aidani, was circulated, the protesters rose up in the southern oil province.

An AFP correspondent in the governorate stated that the protesters blocked the main roads leading to the ports of Umm Qasr and Khor Al-Zubayr for several hours, but this did not affect the progress of work in them.

"Every hour the parties propose a new candidate, but we want him as an independent," one of the demonstrators in Basra told France Press. We are ready for a general strike for a day or two or three, and for a hundred years if necessary. "

Roads were also cut in Nasiriyah, Diwaniyah, Hilla, Kut and Najaf in the south, while strikes prevented employees from accessing their work and closed school doors.

In the city of Amara, demonstrators blocked the entrances to the Halfaya oil field south of the city, which produces 450,000 barrels / day, and prevented workers from entering, according to a police source.

But a source inside the field confirmed the continuation of the work.

A new election law? -

Iraqis protesting since October 1 have been calling for a change in the political system that the Americans established after Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003, and Tehran controls its joints today.

They denounce the absence of any economic recovery 16 years ago, after half of the oil revenues during those years evaporated in the pockets of politicians and businessmen accused of corruption, they said.

And in a parliament that is the most divided in modern Iraqi history, the debate is currently going on to determine the largest parliamentary bloc that names the prime minister.

The concept of the largest bloc is the coalition that includes the largest number of deputies after the elections, and it is not necessarily the list that won the largest number of seats after the vote.

Therefore, the pro-Iranian coalition presents itself as the one authorized to nominate, while the “Marching” coalition led by Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is considered the largest coalition because it was first resolved in the legislative elections.

The protesters continue to move despite kidnappings and assassinations. The authority appears paralyzed amid fears that the violence will return to the street, which has left about 460 people dead and 25,000 injured.

Parliament is expected to meet on Tuesday to discuss a new election law, which is supposed to pave the way for the desired change, after it failed on that Monday because the quorum was not complete.

The government and parliament began to work to reform the complex and twisted electoral system that mixes the relative with the majority, and is in the interest of the major parties. This is the only offer the authorities made to the Flouncing Street.

The demonstrators are calling for elections on the basis of individual voting, ensuring that a new generation of politicians rises.

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US TROOPS PROTECT KIRKUK OILFIELDS, SAYS TURKMEN FRONT 

FILE PHOTO: Flames emerge from flare stacks at the oil fields in Kirkuk, Iraq October 18, 2017. Reuters

3 Hours ago 

http://www.nrttv.com/En/News.aspx?id=18564&MapID=2

 

SULAIMANI — Spokesman of the Turkmen front Mohammed Saman said on Monday (December 23) the Kirkuk oilfields are protected by the US troops. 

Saman told Anadolu Agency that the security of the oilfields in Kirkuk would be established by the US troops if a new federal government was not formed because the area would enter a legal vacuum.

He said the US troops who have been stationed at the K1 military base were seen in the center of Kirkuk two days ago. 

“Appearance of the American soldiers in the center of Kirkuk should be taken into consideration,” he added.  

His remarks come as the anti-government protests continue in Baghdad and the other southern provinces. 

Iraq has been rocked by anti-government protests for nearly three months. Initially the demonstrators wanted the government to do more to fight corruption, increase job opportunities, and improve public services, but they are now adamant that the current government and parties should be swept aside and new elections held.

Protesters have repeated rejected candidates floated by the parties, saying that they will not accept anyone who previously served in government.

More than 497 people have been killed and over 17,000 others have been wounded since the protests began on October 1, according to the High Commission for Human Rights. Local and international rights watchdogs have condemned the killings.

Iraq’s top Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, said on Friday that an early election was the only way out of the current unrest gripping the country and a new government should be formed soon.

(NRT Digital Media)

 

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Supreme reference: Nomination of the Prime Minister from the powers of the largest bloc

Tuesday 24 December 2019 96

 

 

Baghdad / Al-Sabah / Muhannad Abdul-Wahab

 

The supreme religious authority indicated that "the candidacy of the Prime Minister is within the powers of the largest bloc in accordance with the constitution and not for others to reject its candidate," stressing its terms in "choosing a new face known as competence, integrity, courage, firmness and commitment" as stated in the Friday sermon on July 27, 2018 . 

Religious reference

The official website of the Husseiniya Holy Shrine renewed the publication of the text of the statement issued by the office of the Supreme Religious Reference, Mr. Ali Al-Husseini Al-Sistani, on (09/10/2018 corresponding to 29 Dhu Al-Hijjah 1439 AH) regarding the selection of the Prime Minister.

"A source close to the religious authority commented on what some deputies mentioned in the media that the reference named a number of politicians and refused to choose any of them for the prime minister's website, saying: This news is not accurate," the statement said.

He added, “The candidacy of the Prime Minister is within the powers of the largest bloc in accordance with the constitution and others do not reject its candidate. Hence, the expression of rejection was not issued by the religious authority, nor did it name specific persons for any party regarding this, but rather mentioned the various parties that communicated with it - Directly or indirectly - it does not support the Prime Minister 

The next is if he is chosen from the politicians who were in power in the past years without a difference between the partisans and the independents, because most of the people no longer have any hope in any of those in achieving their aspirations to improve the conditions and fight corruption.

The statement continued, "If a new face was chosen that is known as competence, integrity, courage, firmness and commitment to the points raised in the Friday sermon 27/7/2018, it was possible to communicate with him and advise him regarding the country's interests, otherwise the reference will continue on its approach to boycotting government officials, and it will remain A voice for the deprived defending their rights according to what is available to them ».

 

Controversy of the largest block

For his part, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hassan Karim Al-Kaabi wrote a book to the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, in which he stressed that "there is no legal effect of any book directed to the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, except for the book in which Adel Abdul-Mahdi’s resigned government was formed and in which the largest bloc was settled."

In his book to the President of the Republic, Al-Kaabi said: “A reference to your book is number (4022) on 12/22/2019. Regarding the statement of opinion regarding the largest number of blocs concerned with the nomination of the Prime Minister, we would like to clarify that, as your Excellency had previously assigned the resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi By forming a cabinet based on the nomination of the most numerous bloc in the first session of the House of Representatives according to the provisions of Item (First) of Article (76) of the Constitution and the procedures according to it, and since the Prime Minister submitted his resignation and that resignation was accompanied by the acceptance of the House of Representatives, it is necessary to work according to procedures Drawn in Clause (Third) of a Article 76 of the Constitution, commissioned a new exercise of your candidate for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers without adherence to being a parliamentary candidate of the most numerous or others, and the exhaustion of the application of the provisions of item (i) of the said article of the Constitution when assigning the Prime Minister resigned ».

In parallel, sources said that the response of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohamed Al-Halbousi, included that the building alliance is the "largest bloc" within the House of Representatives. However, Al-Halbousi did not issue a statement confirming or denying what the sources mentioned, and the Presidency of the Republic did not issue a clarification regarding it.

To that, the deputy of the Alliance of Victory Alaa Sukkar Al-Delphi said: The nomination of the Prime Minister is not the job of the House of Representatives, but rather falls on the President of the Republic constitutionally. 

Delphi added, in an interview with Al-Sabah, that the political blocs since 2003 have the upper hand in choosing the prime minister, but at this stage the equation differs, as the choice of a prime minister has turned into popular demands, so it has become difficult for the political blocs to impose their views on the existence of popular pressure And the mass. 

Delphi pointed out that the movements inside the political corridors imposed names and figures as candidates, but they faced rejection by the demonstrators and the political blocs, noting that there are many personalities that are circulating inside the political corridors secretly as possible candidates for the prime minister.

Al-Delphi pointed out that defining the largest bloc was an obstacle to naming the Prime Minister, and he continued that the political blocs faced a major challenge from the street and the reference to this. They resorted to dialogue among them to crystallize the name of the Prime Minister with a common vision to come out with a figure that is acceptable to the Iraqi street. 

 

Intensive meetings

While the deputy of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Abd Aoun Allawi, affirmed that the political moves are now taking place between the leaders of the political blocs and the heads of the parties, indicating that the secret agreements between the leaders of the political blocs are the ones who mature the name of the next prime minister. 

Allawi explained to "Al-Sabah" that there are new names presented for personalities that the political blocs circulate secretly through which they try to approach the demands of the street to gain the acceptability of the people and the political blocs together, stressing that the political blocs intensify their meetings in order not to extend the period beyond the constitutional period.

Meanwhile, the head of the victory coalition, Haider al-Abadi, renewed his rejection of any foreign interference in choosing the next prime minister or interference in the internal Iraqi affairs.

Al-Abadi said during his meeting with the delegation of the General Syndicate of Iraqi Trainers: The Victory Coalition has a steady stance regarding choosing an independent personality that enjoys the confidence of the people for a temporary phase that ends with early elections under international supervision, warning from reaching a state of political suffocation, which will cast a shadow on the country’s status and the importance of hearing the people's voice And achieve his demands and aspirations.

For his part, the KDP, headed by Masoud Barzani, criticized President of the Republic Barham Salih for postponing the assignment of the new prime minister, blaming him with "the greatest responsibility" in "violating" constitutional deadlines.

The party’s deputy, Diyar Barwari, said in a press statement: “The breach of constitutional timing does not bode well in terms of non-compliance with the constitution and the laws in force, and the failure to take a decision to nominate the prime minister does not serve the interests of any party, so the only victim is the Iraqi state as a whole. Observance of the constitution ».

Barwari added that "exceeding the temporal ceilings and constitutional periods is not a remedy for the problems, but adherence to it imposes better remedies than not adhering to it, and entering into these abuses is an unhealthy condition and is calculated on the President of the Republic and the performance of the Iraqi state in general," noting that "the pressures on the president The republic is to nominate a prime minister by the parties, their political blocs, or from the demonstrators; it cannot be a justification for delaying the assignment and submitting to constitutional transgressions. ”

Barwari said that "not appointing a prime minister and exceeding the constitutional deadline will be borne by the president of the republic as the guardian of the constitution, and despite this, the larger bloc must be clear in order for the president to assign it, and that does not prevent the great responsibility from falling on him and the larger bloc in parliament."

 

Responding to people's demands

In the meantime, the MP from the Alliance of Raiders Riyad Al-Masoudi warned the political blocs against continuing their obstinacy and adhering to the nomination of personalities that do not conform to the standards of the people's demands, indicating that this would delay the nomination of the next prime minister.

Al-Masoudi said, in a press statement: "The construction alliance's insistence on adhering to the nomination of people who do not conform to the criteria of the people's demands for the presidency of the Council of Ministers is not feasible and a waste of time," stressing that the nomination of personalities matching the specifications of Al-Suhail and others will face parliamentary and popular rejection.

Al-Masoudi added that «the belief of some that the President of the Republic is just a bridge to cross any candidate is not correct, but that the President of the Republic has the right to object according to his constitutional duties because he is the guardian of the constitution and watch over the capabilities of the people, so he is keen to proceed with what the people demand by assigning an independent, non-partisan personality.

Al-Masoudi pointed out that "the appointment of a new prime minister will be delayed at the present time because of the insistence on paying names that do not conform to the criteria of the demands of some of the blocs supporting the demonstrators."

To that, media and academic Khaled Nimah confirmed that the Iraqi political scene has witnessed a continuous political movement during the past days to form a government and there is a race and stampede among the political forces to gain the formation of the largest bloc in a crisis political atmosphere. 

Nima told Al-Sabah that the country's troubled political situation requires decision-makers to resort to wisdom and dialogue and choose a strong, efficient and independent personality that can walk things and calm the burning street that is rejected by any present political figure. 

In all cases, the next government does not have the magic wand and has many challenges, foremost of which is the delay in approving the budget for 2020, which suffers from a large deficit and there is nothing in it that can provide the citizen with job grades or services, which negatively affects its performance. 

He pointed out that all eyes are now on the president of the republic and on how to find a solution to the political and constitutional crisis that can be ended by finding a political consensus that is framed with a legal framework, which is the context followed since 2003, which is the role of the president in how to manage the crisis and act with it, taking into account the satisfaction of the demonstrators and forces. Politically balanced. 

As for the outputs of constitutional timing in forming the ministry, the legal expert Bashar Al-Hattab pointed out that the end of the constitutional period of fifteen days imposes on the President of the Republic an obligation under which he assigns a candidate to form the new ministry in accordance with the provisions of Article (81 / second) of the constitution without reaching A political settlement that resolves this matter imposes the important question, which is the effect of the failure of the President of the Republic to use this duty within the specified period. 

Al-Hattab added, in an interview with Al-Sabah, that the answer to this question requires us to return to the stable trend in constitutional jurisprudence, according to which the passing of the period in the cases stipulated is not an exception that does not lead to the disappearance of jurisdiction, and that determining the period is a presumption to urge vigor and speed up the behavior And this trend applies regarding this situation in the executive branch in Iraq. 

Al-Hattab explained that the passage of the time period specified for the President of the Republic in the constitution does not prevent him from performing his duty to assign the appropriate person to head the government as he is the one who ensures that the provisions of the constitution are adhered to. As for the fate of the caretaker government, it is obligated to continue running the daily business in implementation of the well-known rule that continuously requires the minister Resigned to manage the work of public facilities regularly and steadily. 

Al-Hattab pointed out that the date of resignation by the Prime Minister is the ruling on the extent of the legitimacy of the decisions taken by the resigned government or the resigned minister during the day-to-day business, and this result is not hypothetical but realistic for the executive authority in Iraq today and that its outputs are in place even if The constitutions did not explicitly state it.  

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Liberation Square demonstrators enter politics from its widest gates

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Baghdad / Hoda Al-Azzawi

 

The demonstrators managed to enter the world of politics from the widest of doors until most of them became a good interlocutor to delineate the details of the political process, so they formed a means of pressure on the three presidencies with their protests and were able to reap the fruits of their efforts to legislate several laws that were lying behind the scenes of partisan differences such as suspending the work of the provincial councils, amending the election law and its commission, and starting To amend the Staff Pension Law, which has sparked controversy among the disputed circles.

As well as reducing the salaries of parliament’s retirement benefits and social benefits and reducing the salaries of special grades and other laws. Activist and demonstrator Ali Sahn Abdulaziz said: “Despite the Iraqi parliament’s decisions and its recent amendments, the political process is in place and the evidence for that is that it did not reach what the protesters hoped for, which increased their demands for legislation essential to the political process, pointing out that« what His reference post recently could contribute to resolving the crisis by taking two steps to amend the election law and dissolve its commission, and not to resort to the law (St. Lego) because it is a collection that does not coincide with the data of the Iraqi political reality, and we see that the government must now respond to the call of the reference because it is the only hope and the pillar J depend on the provinces of the south and center to a large »extent.

For his part, the demonstrator Amer Hashem pointed out that most of the demonstrators of Tahrir Square, especially the rising youth, were able to enter the political process from its broadest doors and no longer fool them with the patchwork solutions, and this made it more difficult to convince them of the responses provided by the government during the past weeks. He added to Al-Sabah that the House of Representatives must choose the right decision and not underestimate the minds of young people who have become more aware and experienced of the political process. 

 

The absence of public opinion

The capital, Baghdad, has witnessed during the past two months major transformations in the political process, especially after university students entered the race to claim their rights until that included primary school students. The protester, Uday al-Hassani, says: “The betting on putting down the flames of demonstrations with patchy reforms did not help. Editing under the slogan "Descending, Taking My Right" and other slogans that confirm the continuation of the demonstration until the demands are met. Li achievements are not on the educational and service failures and others that have made Iraq the worst fifth nationality in the world ».. appeared on his features sadness signs and grief and then continued:« We hope that Iraq goes back to what it was especially from the educational point of which has seen a significant decline over the past years ».

The protester, Amal al-Bahadli, said: “We are young men of the conscious generation, we went out to restore the dignity of the country and restore its prestige, and we broke the barrier of silence, fear and slavery, and we became a victorious generation against injustice. The students are active in the truth square, the liberation square for the various sects and nationalities, and our demands are very clear, the most important of which is reforming the system of government, amending the constitution, changing the election commission as a whole, and holding early elections. 

 

Right demands

One of the demonstrators denounced the burning and destruction of government institutions, saying that this is outside the path of peaceful demonstrations, so he demands that the demonstrations not take another direction that negatively affects the interests of the country, on what we hope for the dear revolutionaries to maintain their peaceful stance and preserve state institutions. 

The protester and political researcher Imran Al-Ubaidi said: “The dependence of political forces on the time factor is nothing but a wrong accreditation, especially in the previous stage that came out with statements far from reality and which provoked the demonstrators in addition to discovering that the seriousness of the reforms is non-existent, and this is confirmed by the group of laws that were included in the reform list They are very superficial reforms and have raised an important question, including why these forces did not initiate reforms previously if they were convinced of them and that they are necessary.

 

Irreplaceable demands 

One of the demonstrators said, "asking not to be named," that time is no longer in the interest of the political forces and it has to deal with the issue in a manner befitting its seriousness after things reached a dead end between the masses and those parties that have to realize that the masses demand logical requirements and even demand government changes. It is a constitutional matter, but the parties do not yet envision themselves outside the political framework of the state and the government and try to adhere to all the means of what they have reached and they are purely partisan gains that the masses do not have a share of, the demonstrations will produce results that may shock those forces, which would happen if the political forces did not Wark it ».

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The Iraqi street refuses to nominate a prime minister on the scale of Iran

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BAGHDAD - The parties holding power in Iraq continue to resist the enormous pressure of the protesting street against corruption and dependency abroad, while observers receive clear indications that the battle between protesters and the political class may be long.

Although the street forced Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi to submit his resignation, the forces that supported him insisted on producing his successor in the same way that caused the mass demonstrations to erupt, continuing for three months, and did not appear to be weakening.

Informed political sources in Baghdad told Al-Arab that “Iran is pressuring its allies in Iraq to present alternatives to the political blockage, which is represented by the inability to present an alternative candidate to Abdul-Mahdi.”

Iran wants to keep the Shiite parties loyal to it all its political gains, in order to be able to continue to lead the country, but this requirement may go into the category of luxury these days.

Under the pressure of the street, the chances of candidate Qusay al-Suhail to succeed Abdul Mahdi, whose name was given by the leader of the State of Law coalition Nuri al-Maliki, have declined.

Immediately after the nomination of Al-Suhail, the protesters hung their image next to the image of al-Maliki in the most important protest arenas in Baghdad and the provinces, and put an "x" in it to indicate his rejection.

Those close to al-Maliki told Al-Arab, “The leader of the State of Law coalition may have accelerated his decision to nominate Al-Suhail, as his coalition and his Dawa party offered free anger from the street, because Parliament will not risk giving confidence to a candidate whose name was burned in the protest squares.”

And it is no longer important for Shiite forces loyal to Iran to commit a constitutional violation by passing the deadline for assigning a candidate to form a government without agreeing on any name, as much as he is busy searching for a candidate who can cross the angry street barrier.

The construction alliance, which is close to Iran, held an urgent meeting on Monday evening, to discuss the candidacy of Al-Suhail, which has caused wide political divisions, given his suspicious relations with the Lebanese Hezbollah and his subordination to the owners.

After the meeting, the leader of the coalition, Ahmed Al-Asadi, said that the building will finalize its nomination today permanently, adding that “We have names, an alternative that can be put forward, but we are committed to the nomination of Al-Suhail and we will engage in dialogues with other blocs to form the government.”

Arab sources say that the construction coalition does not want to rush to give up Al-Suhail, because this matter will encourage the protesters to reject other candidates.

But the coalition is already trading other names, most notably Asaad al-Eidani, who is currently the governor of Basra, and he is known as a personal friend of the commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani, and the former youth minister Abd al-Hussein Abtan, who was nominated by the stream of wisdom led by Ammar al-Hakim.

Observers say that a quick look at the options on the table to choose the successor to Abdul Mahdi reveals that satisfying Iran, not protesters, is the goal of the Shiite parties behind this movement, which puts them in direct confrontation with the angry street.

In parallel, there was a sensation over the election of judges linked to political parties, to run the commission, which will oversee the early elections that the protesters demand to be held quickly.

The Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq said that it had named a number of its members to administer the Electoral Commission by drawing lots, but MPs and media have confirmed that the process was done through party nominations.

Member of Parliament, Alia Nassif, confirmed that three of the judges who were delegated to run the Electoral Commission had previously run in elections through party lists.

Political sources said that the member of the new commission, Judge Abbas Farhan Al-Fatlawi, is a candidate for the State of Law coalition in the 2014 elections, adding that Judge Jalil Adnan Khalaf had previously been nominated on the lists of the Sadrist movement in the city of Nasiriyah.

She explained that the third member of the commission, Judge Amer Musa, had previously been nominated on the lists of the Badr Organization, while the fourth judge, Fayyad Hussein Yassin, was nominated for membership of the commission by the leader of the Salvation Alliance, Osama al-Nujaifi.

The rest of the candidates, Muhammad al-Halbousi, the two major parties in the Kurdish region, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and the National Union, shared the remaining candidates.

The main demands of the protesters were to form a fair election commission, independent of the parties, to ensure a real change in the political scene.

And if the political forces loyal to Iran manage to pass their candidate to head the new government and install the new commission members in their chosen locations, the political change will be a postponed dream in Iraq, observers believe that it may not be achieved except with a violent uprising against the ruling political class.

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Today .. The President of the Republic meets with the heads of the blocs to discuss the candidate for prime minister

12:33 - 25/12/2019

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Information / Baghdad ..
Head of the Bayraq Al-Khair bloc MP Mohammed Al-Khaldi announced on Wednesday that the President of the Republic, Barham Saleh, will hold a meeting with the heads of political blocs this evening to discuss the presidential candidate, dismissing reports that Saleh received a book from the Construction Alliance to nominate the governor of Basra, Asaad Al-Eidani, for prime minister. .
Al-Khalidi said in a statement to / Information /, that “the President of the Republic invited the heads of the political blocs to hold a meeting today evening Wednesday to discuss the next presidential candidate.”
He added that "the meeting of heads of political blocs yesterday evening did not come out with an agreement about the personality of the prime minister," denying "the existence of any book formally addressed to the President of the Republic by the Construction Alliance on the nomination of al-Idani for the post of Prime Minister as reported by some media."
The deputy of the Alliance of Raiders Riyad Al-Masoudi confirmed in a previous statement to / the information, that the general trend of the meeting of the heads of the political blocs yesterday is towards naming a non-controversial personality with specific powers, indicating that the choice will take time not much due to offering several names. Ended in / 25 pm

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