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

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Political Deadlock Delays Choice of New PM to Steer Iraq Out of Crisis

 

Dec. 19, 2019, at 7:24 a.m.

 

 

 

An Iraqi woman reads the Koran in front of the pictures of people who were killed during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq December 19, 2019 Reuters

 

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-12-19/political-deadlock-delays-choice-of-new-pm-to-steer-iraq-out-of-crisis

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1 hour ago, WheresmyRV? said:

I can see this fiasco heading all the way through to springtime.

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Iraq: Postponing the session to resolve the candidate for prime minister until Sunday .. and the request for an extension of the deadline

December 19, 2019

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Baghdad - Abdul-Hussein Ghazal - (AFP) - Late Thursday, Iraqi officials set a new deadline that extends until Sunday to nominate a candidate to appoint him to the next government, with the end of the constitutional deadline, and amid fears that the country will enter the unknown in light of the continuing protests despite kidnappings and assassinations Activists.

In the absence of an agreement between the parliamentary blocs on the personality to be assigned to the task, a source in the Presidency of the Republic told France Press that the authorities agreed to postpone the deadline until Sunday, given that Friday and Saturday are the weekend days in Iraq.

Parliament was unable at midnight on Thursday to give confidence to a new figure for the prime minister, while the constitution stipulates that the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, serve as the resigned president, for a period of 15 days.

A political source in Baghdad said it was unlikely that the nomination would be decided on Sunday, and that the president would request an extension of the deadline.

But before that, Parliament had before it a task, which is to present the largest parliamentary bloc to the President of the Republic, who in turn submits it to the House of Representatives for voting.

The issue of the largest bloc remains problematic. 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 coalition that wins the largest number of seats after the poll.

The largest bloc was not clear after the legislative elections in May 2018, and the appointment of Adel Abdul Mahdi as Prime Minister at the time came with a political consensus that took place within hours, shortly after Saleh was elected President of the Republic.

However, the task is currently difficult for any candidate to gain the confidence of Parliament and be able to meet the demands of the street and withdraw the protesters, after more than two months of demonstrations that killed about 460 people and injured more than 20,000.

In the event of a lack of consensus, the constitutional option remains in the event of a vacuum that Saleh becomes Prime Minister de facto for a period of 15 days according to Article 81 of the Constitution, provided that he assigns a new candidate.

The current parliament is the most divided in modern Iraqi history. On Wednesday, lawmakers failed to agree to reformulate the election law, the biggest reform authorities introduced to protesters, and held the session until Monday.

Since the approval of the House of Representatives on the first of December of the current resignation of the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi, the Stock Exchange of Politics has started trading several names, some of which were serious, and others were burnt papers to exclude them.

Reference and self-distancing

But three names have recently been brought up in the "auction", which is Minister of Higher Education Qusay al-Suhail, former Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Muhammad Shi'a al-Sudani, and head of the National Intelligence Service Mustafa al-Kazemi.

Al-Suhail is a former member of the Shiite leader Muqtada Al-Sadr's movement, and later joined the State of Law bloc, which is led by former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

Although the fortunes of Al-Suhail are high in the last hours, the fact that the consultations in Iraq are like a box of secrets from which surprise comes out of overtime, making it difficult to predict forever.

Last week, the most widely used name was al-Sudani, who announced his resignation from the Dawa Party and the state of law that he belongs to. But his shares fell overnight, without knowing the reasons.

Sources close to the supreme Shiite religious authority in Najaf confirmed to France Press that the Sudanese tried to meet Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, but he did not succeed in this, what some considered a veto.

However, the Marjaiya previously announced that it did not participate in any consultations or negotiations and withdrew its hand from the blessing of any name offered, unlike the past 16 years, when it played a decisive and indirect role in shaping the country's political track.

Al-Kazemi’s name remains in the drawer of President Barham Salih, who “bets on the last moments” to present his candidate, which is guaranteed by the constitution, according to political sources.

The difficulty, however, is that Al-Kazemi is accountable to the United States, which makes it difficult to gain approval from Tehran, except in the event of a settlement.

On the other side, the liberal MP, Faik Sheikh Ali, known for his criticism of the corruption that is raging in the country's joints, officially submitted his candidacy to the President of the Republic.

Sheikh Ali said in his candidacy book that he published on Twitter, "I present to your Excellency the candidacy of my mandate to form a professional, nonpartisan, professional government that is far from sectarian and ethnic quotas."

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This MP had voted on Twitter before submitting his candidacy, during which the opinions of people, and 73 percent of nearly 100,000 participants, supported him in the candidacy.

Sheikh Ali is a controversial deputy, especially on social media, as he is known for his tweets, which include many hints against politicians from his opponents. Parliament previously lifted his immunity on charges of "glorifying the Baath".

Sheikh Ali presents himself as a candidate in the name of al-Shari, who remains a referee in the political process. The new prime minister is required to be independent and has not played any political role since 2003.

As the gap between officials and demonstrators continues to widen, after about two and a half months of protests and violence, missiles falling from time to time on military bases housing US soldiers, concern Washington.

Since October 28, there have been ten missile attacks against bases housing US soldiers or the US embassy in the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad. No one has claimed responsibility for any of these attacks, but Washington often accuses armed factions loyal to Iran.

The United States has become increasingly concerned about these attacks, especially as it intends to send between five and seven thousand additional soldiers to the Middle East.

An Iraqi security source confirmed to France Press on Monday that "American military convoys loaded with weapons entered the Green Zone, after obtaining official approval."

"The military convoys are made up of 15 tankers carrying Hummer wheels with American materiel and weapons," added the source, who asked not to be identified.

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LET’S GO SHABIBI!!!! 

I hear ya and all for it. The delete the zero's is his project, and what that article stated Shabibi was Head of Integrity, which seem strange being that he was former CBI Governor. 

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The head of the solution party announces his rejection of any candidate who does not meet the conditions of the demonstrators

Editing Date: 2019/12/19 23:57 • 103 times read

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The head of the solution party, Jamal Karbouli, announced his rejection of any candidate who did not meet the conditions of the demonstrators, for the position of head of the interim government.

Al-Karbouli said, in a tweet on his Twitter account, that "the politicians' insistence on their mistakes against the people has become a sin ... the blood of the demonstrators, the bloodshed, the humiliation of testimonies with water cannons, and the scenes of the arrogance of power against its defenseless people still present in memory."
He added, "Rather than apologizing and returning power to the people, the politicians of money and arms insist on imposing their will on the masses by nominating politicians involved in the people's tragedy for the position of prime minister."
He concluded, "I, Jamal Karbouli, reject the nomination of Qusay al-Suhail or any other candidate who does not meet the conditions of the demonstrators." is over

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Just go out in the square find a middle aged protester and give him a shot as PM. CANT DO ANY WORST THAN PICKING FROM THE CORRUPT GOI.

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Arab sources: Soleimani threatened Sadr that his life in Iraq is not safe

Last update: Friday 23 Rabi Al Thani 1441 AH - 20 December 2019 KSA 15:09 - GMT 12:09
Publication date: Friday 23 Rabi Al Thani 1441 AH - 20 December 2019 KSA 13:44 - GMT 10:44

Source: Dubai - Al-Arabiya

Qasim Soleimani

 

On Friday, Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath sources reported that the Iranian Quds Force commander, Qassem Soleimani, had threatened the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, that his life in Iraq was not safe.

Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr

Soleimani al-Sadr, who is in Iran, also threatened with expulsion and prevented him from entering it.

 

According to our sources, Soleimani informed the deputy head of the Popular Mobilization Authority, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, that al-Sadr would be neutral.

The sources added that Suleimani’s threats targeted the presidents of the Republic, Barham Salih, and the parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi, the Iraqis.

This comes as Iraqi Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani said today, Friday, that early elections in Iraq are the only solution to get the country out of the crisis witnessed after two and a half months of protests in the capital and several southern cities.

Al-Sistani said in his Friday sermon delivered by his representative, Abdul-Mahdi Al-Karbalai, in the city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, that "the nearest and safest way to get out of the current crisis and avoid going to the unknown, chaos, or internal fighting (...) is to return to the people by holding early elections."

Sistani demanded that the new government work on elections away from the power of arms, and that the new government be "non-controversial".

The protests continue in Iraq, on Friday, while the constitutional deadline for the appointment of a new prime minister to succeed the resigned president, Adel Abdul-Mahdi , has ended .

The protesters continue their protests, announcing their refusal to nominate a figure from the parliamentary blocs to head the government.

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Amidst continued demonstrations and a complex political scene .. Sistani calls for early parliamentary elections in Iraq

 

Demonstrators in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, which has seen more protesters arriving in a politically tense atmosphere (European)

 

Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani called for early parliamentary elections in Iraq, as efforts to form a new government falter, and protests continue to demand political and economic reforms that include fighting corruption.

 And the representative of Sistani, Abdul Mahdi Al-Karbalai, in the Friday sermon in the city of Karbala, quoted the Supreme Leader of the Shiites in Iraq as saying that the safest way out of the current crisis and to avoid going to the unknown, chaos or internal fighting is to return to the people by holding early elections.

He also said that a new government should be formed in Iraq as soon as possible.

Sistani had called on parliament after the bloody crackdown on demonstrators in Nasiriyah and Najaf late last month to withdraw confidence from the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi, who then announced his resignation from office.

The call of the Iraqi Shiite candidate to early parliamentary elections comes at a time when political forces have failed to agree on the nomination of an acceptable figure to form the next government, as well as its failure to resolve differences over the election law, as voting on controversial articles in it was postponed until next Monday.

Informed sources said that the deadline for naming a prime minister was extended from Thursday to next Sunday as the first working day after the end of the weekend to allow for last-minute consultations to resolve the issue, amid a dispute over the concept of the largest parliamentary bloc that is entitled to submit a candidate for this position.

Al-Jazeera correspondent in Baghdad reported that Iraqi President Barham Salih submitted an urgent inquiry to the Federal Court asking about a legal definition of the largest bloc in Parliament, as well as raising other questions about the powers of the President of the Republic to accept or reject the candidates of the blocs at this stage.

 

After the street rejected names that were circulated along the lines of former Minister Muhammad Shia'a Al-Sudani to lead the government, sources reported that a delegation from the parliamentary "Building Bloc" met Saleh yesterday to push him to recognize two candidates for the position of Prime Minister Qusay al-Suhail and Abdul-Hussein Abtan.

The same sources said that the Iraqi president assured the delegation of the "building bloc" that the two candidates did not meet the conditions for ensuring social peace, and that he informed the delegation of the bloc that he did not intend to present any name at present before clarifying his role in choosing as president of the republic.

The sit-in squares The sit-in areas
adhere to its conditions in the necessity that the new prime minister be independent of political parties and blocs, and there are no corruption suspicions about him, and he has no external affiliations or allegiances, and he has never held any governmental or parliamentary positions.

Meanwhile, sit-ins and protest demonstrations continue in Baghdad and the cities of the center and south.

German news agency quoted witnesses as saying that thousands of demonstrators have flocked since this morning to the demonstration squares in Baghdad and nine other governorates to join the protesters who reject the consultations conducted by the blocs and parties to nominate a candidate to form the new government.

The demonstrators arrived in Tahrir Square, Al-Khilani, Al-Sanak and Al-Wathba in Baghdad and the demonstration arenas in the governorates of Basra, Nasiriyah, Muthanna, Diwaniya, Wasit, Karbala, Nahaf, al-Hilla and Diwaniyah, carrying Iraqi flags, and chanted slogans condemning the consultations conducted by political blocs and the Presidency of the Republic to nominate a candidate to form the new government, and the failure of the Iraqi parliament to resolve the approval of the election law the new.

In the context, eyewitnesses from the city of Nasiriyah, the center of Dhi Qar Governorate in southern Iraq, said that two demonstrators were wounded after being shot by unknown persons west of the city.

 

It is noteworthy that more than 450 people were killed during the ongoing protests in Iraq since the beginning of October / October last.

Politically, Iraqi President Barham Salih said during a meeting yesterday evening with US Deputy Secretary of State David Hill that any solution to the current situation in the country should be far from external interference.

A statement by the Iraqi Presidency said that Hill affirmed his country's support for the stability and security of Iraq and the fulfillment of the Iraqi aspirations to live in peace, freedom and respect for Iraqi sovereignty.

For its part, the US State Department said in a statement that Hill called for taking steps to protect demonstrators, journalists and activists in Iraq. He also affirmed Washington's permanent commitment to a secure, stable and sovereign Iraq without any external interference.

Source: Al-Jazeera + agencies

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Al-Kindi: America is trying to deploy its gangs and return Iraq to 2014

11:30 - 20/12/2019

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Political analyst Hashem Al-Kindi said on Friday that the United States plans to spread its criminal gangs in Iraq and cause chaos and bring it back to 2014, noting that it has reduced its diplomats while working to increase the number of its forces in the bases, especially Ein al-Assad.
Al-Kindi said in a statement to the "information", that "the recent American steps reflect two things, the first of which they have worked on for years and through the civil society institutions that have supported them, and achieved this during the demonstrations with the aim of dominating the Iraqi political decision with the aim that the selection of the new prime minister be within the American conditions." .
He added that "America is pushing its tools to reject any personality that is presented as a candidate for prime minister, and that it may be pushing towards options outside the constitutional frameworks, meaning that it is far from parliament and the constitution, and this is intended to end the constitution and move towards jurisprudence."
And that "America is pushing towards chaos in order to interfere more with the Iraqi file, and it paves the way for ruin by strengthening the presence of its military forces and moving ISIS terrorist cells in more than one place, in addition to pressing Iraq to end the presence of the popular crowd and cancel the agreement with China".
He explained that "America has reduced its spies who work as diplomats in Iraq , after pressure and threats to their interests by Islamic resistance men, while working to increase the number of its forces, especially at the base of Ain al-Assad."
He stressed that "America is preparing to take out its gangs to the Iraqi street, create chaos again and return Iraq to the year 2014, and therefore the issue of choosing the prime minister and controlling the situation must be resolved." 25 n ended

https://www.almaalomah.com/2019/12/20/444733/

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The Iraqi president is awaiting a constitutional answer to appoint a prime minister

20-12-2019 02:22 PM

 

Amoun - The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, refused to implement the demands of the "Al-Benaa" bloc in the Iraqi parliament by assigning one of its candidates to head the government for violating the opinion of the popular movement.

A political source said earlier today, Friday, that the President of the Republic met late on Thursday evening a delegation from the Building Alliance close to Iran.

He added that Saleh informed the delegation that he had met representatives of social demonstrations and events and that the candidates did not meet the conditions for ensuring social peace, so he would not submit them for the nomination. The building alliance close to Iran submitted two candidates to the position of Prime Minister to succeed the resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, Qusay al-Suhail or Abdul-Hussein Abtan.

The source said that the Construction Alliance asked the president not to submit an inquiry request from the Federal Court and to proceed with the removal of one of the candidates for the position, which was rejected by Saleh.

The source added that President Saleh submitted an urgent request to the federal court in the country to take its opinion on his powers to choose a prime minister as a sponsor of the constitution.
The constitutional period of 15 days, in which the President of the Republic was required to present an alternative candidate for the resigned Prime Minister, had ended on Thursday evening without agreement on choosing a person to fill the position.

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TV: Soleimani threatens Barham, Halbousi, and Al-Sadr, and informs Abu Mahdi of an order

 

 

 2019/12/20 06:55:25

 

Shafaq News / Al-Hadath TV revealed that the leaders of the republic and parliament in Iraq, in addition to the leader of the movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, had received "threats" from the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.
The event stated, "Qassem Soleimani summoned Muqtada al-Sadr to Qom Airport and threatened him."
Sadr is in Qom to study in her religious possession.
The station reported that Qassem Soleimani threatened Sadr with removing him from Iran, preventing him from entering Lebanon, and telling him not to guarantee his security in Iraq.
And she said that Suleimani threatened in addition to the presidents of the republic and the parliament.
She explained that after threatening Sadr, Soleimani informed Abu Mahdi, the engineer, that al-Sadr would stand neutral.

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The text of the Sistani reference statement on the demonstrations, the election law, and the formation of the government

Policy

2019-12-20 | 05:39

 

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Alsumaria News publishes the text of the statement of the supreme religious authority, Mr. Ali Al-Sistani, which was delivered during the second sermon of Friday prayers by the representative of the Supreme Religious Authority in Karbala Abdul-Mahdi Al-Karbalai today, Friday, 20 / May / 2019.

 

Dear brothers and sisters , we

read you the text of what our response from Mr. Samaha Office (long live) in Najaf Ashraf: In the

name of God the Merciful

country is still living conditions difficult and disturbing, where it continues different categories of citizens to participate in the demonstrations and peaceful protests demanding reform, while exposed Some of its actors are assassinated, kidnapped and threatened, and in return, many government departments and educational institutions are forced to close their doors without a necessity for that. Some citizens ’properties are subject to burning and vandalism, and many complain of the weakness of the state’s prestige and some rebel against the laws and regulations regulating The public in the country without deterrence.

 

And we indicated in a previous sermon that the people are the source of powers and from which they derive their legitimacy - as stipulated by the constitution - and accordingly the nearest and safest way to get out of the current crisis and avoid going to the unknown, chaos or internal fighting - God forbid - is to return to the people by holding elections Early, after legislating a fair law for it, forming an independent commission to conduct it, and setting up an effective monitoring mechanism at all stages of its work that allows the restoration of confidence in the electoral process.

However, it is noticeable that the approval of the electoral law has been hindered to this day, and the dispute over some of its main articles has been exacerbated. Passing a law not in this capacity will not help bypassing the current crisis.

And if the election law is approved in an acceptable manner, the role of intellectual elites and national competencies willing to political work to organize their ranks and prepare their programs for the advancement of the country and solve its worsening problems within the framework of studied practical plans comes in order to be ready to present them to the voters at the time of the elections, and education is provided to compete in them not On the basis of regional, tribal, or sectarian affiliations of the candidates, but rather in view of their competence and qualifications and what programs they have applicable to cross the country into a better future, in the hope that the next parliament and the government that emanates from it will play the required role In making the necessary appetite reforms to get rid of the consequences of corruption and quotas and the absence of social justice in the previous period.

In conclusion, we hope that the formation of the new government, which must be a non-controversial government, responds to the requirements of the current stage, and be able to restore the prestige of the state and calm the situation, and hold the upcoming elections in a calm atmosphere far from the side effects of money or illegal weapons and from interference External. God grants success.

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Al-Sadr appoints "Kazem Al-Issawi" as a special aide and adviser on security and military matters

Policy

2019-12-20 | 07:04

 

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The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced today, Friday, the return of "Kazem al-Issawi" to the ranks of the current movement and the appointment of a special assistant and adviser on security and military matters.

Al-Sadr said in a statement published on his Facebook page, “ Saleh Muhammad Al-Iraqi ” on Facebook “after the truth was revealed to me .. and that he is still following the path of our father Al-Sadr (Jerusalem) and that he will not deviate from that, and that he is still committed to the pledge of loyalty to the family of Al-Sadr and to their service and preserves I heard them with his righteous actions, and this is why Janab appointed Brother Kazem Al-Issawi, may God Almighty, may God bless him, grant us a special assistant and adviser on security and military matters.

It is noteworthy that the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada Al-Sadr, decided (May 15, 2019) to give his jihadist aide Kazem Al-Issawi a pledge of retreat for a year, donate to the families of the martyrs, leave businesses, and prevent him from going to foreign countries except for the strict necessities determined by Al-Sadr.

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Saleh refers the case of the largest bloc to the Federal Court

December 20, 2019

The President of the Republic, “Barham Saleh,” referred the case of the largest bloc to the Federal Court, amid constant pressure to impose candidates from the Al-Fateh Alliance, according to sources close to the Iraqi presidency. The sources said that “Saleh” submitted an urgent request to the Federal Court that included defining the largest bloc after the resignation The government and the submission of more than one political party as candidates for the post of prime minister, and clarify the powers of the President of the Republic to refuse or accept the candidates of the blocs at this stage and the same sources added that a delegation from the conquest met "Saleh" yesterday night to prevent him from submitting the constitutional inquiry to the court and pushed him to Recognition of the two candidates who came to the position of Prime Minister to succeed the resigned Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, and the sources continued saying that “Saleh” informed the delegation of the Building Alliance that the two candidates did not meet the conditions presented to ensure social peace and the sources indicated that the President of the Republic assured the Building Alliance that he would not be presented to any From the two names

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2019/12/20 03:15:34 PM 654

Hear an explosion inside the green zone

 

Baghdad / Al-Ghad Press:

A security source said today, Friday, that an explosion occurred inside the Green Zone.

 

The source said to "Al-Ghad Press" that "an explosion shook the green area, with smoke billets rising from it, without knowing its details yet."

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The people of Baghdad flock to Tahrir Square after Friday sermon

Localities

2019-12-20 | 06:33

 

 

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Hundreds of Baghdadis, Friday afternoon, started arriving in Tahrir Square, the center of demonstrations in the center of the capital, to participate in the ongoing protests since last October, following the sermon of the Supreme Religious Reference today.

A security source told Alsumaria News that hundreds of Baghdad residents started arriving in Tahrir Square in the center of the capital, Baghdad, to participate in the demonstrations, after the end of the Friday sermon.

The source pointed to the stability of the security situation in Tahrir Square, pointing at the same time to taking strict security measures to protect the demonstrators in anticipation of any emergency.

 

 

The supreme religious authority had called during the Friday prayer sermon today, for early elections after the legislation of the "fair" election law, the formation of an independent commission, and the setting up of an effective monitoring mechanism at all stages of its work that would restore confidence in the electoral process, and considered that this is the closest and safest way out of the crisis And avoid going into an unknown, chaos, or infighting.

The religious authority also confirmed that the country is still living in difficult conditions with continued demonstrations and sit-ins, and that its perpetrators are subject to assassination and intimidation.

 

And witness the capital Baghdad and a number of provinces of the country, widespread popular protests, which started from the first of last October, and were renewed more widely on the 25th of last month and until today, interspersed with widespread violence that killed more than 250 people, and thousands of wounded.

The demonstrators continue their protests for the third month in a row, despite the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi , demanding the dissolution of Parliament, the prosecution of those involved in the killing of the demonstrators, and the holding of early elections.

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20-12-2019 02:27 PM

Close to Al-Sadr: The demonstrations will escalate if the parties do not agree on a professional and independent Prime Minister

 

 

Baghdad - news

Close to the leader of the al-Sadr movement and the alliance of Muqtada al-Sadr, Friday, that the wave of demonstrations will escalate if no professional and independent candidate for prime minister is agreed.

"If there is no agreement on a professional and independent Prime Minister, and they come with a party figure previously tested, the wave of demonstrations will escalate," said a close associate of Sadr, who declined to be identified, in a statement to an Arab newspaper, seen by Al-Akhbariya.

 "The president of the republic has several names for assignment, including Qusay al-Suhail, Mustafa al-Kazimi, Asaad al-Idani, and others, and these names are rejected by the demonstrators as well as the Sadrist movement," he said, noting that "there are pressures on the movement to accept Qusay al-Suhail, but Sadr refuses for fear of entering Iraq In a civil war. "

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20-12-2019 09:36 AM

Backstage secret meetings between Maliki and Al-Amri and a cleric to nominate a new prime minister

 

 

Baghdad / news

An Iraqi political source revealed the scenes of agreements and consultations in the past 48 hours to choose a candidate for the post of prime minister, and the role of the official of the Iraq file in the Lebanese Hezbollah, Muhammad Kawtharani, in it.

The source said, "Kawtharani met in the past two days political leaders from the Al-Fateh bloc led by Hadi al-Amiri and the State of Law coalition headed by Nuri al-Maliki."

He continued, "Kawtharani also met the Iranian ambassador to Iraq, Erez Masjidi, and figures from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard from the Quds Force, charged with choosing the prime minister from the special division of the Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani."

The source emphasized that "Kawtharani was asked to support the nomination of Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Qusay Al-Suhail to the post of Prime Minister."

The source pointed out that "Kawtharani pledged to the Lebanese Hezbollah for financial support for him if Al-Suhail assumed the position by guaranteeing contracts for shadow companies affiliated with the party in the field of marketing and transporting Iraqi oil."

Projects for the party

The pledge also states, according to the source, to "provide support to the Lebanese Hezbollah for allocating major projects in Iraq to companies and fronts of the party, and to open financial doors in the Central Bank of Iraq to withdraw and transfer funds to exchange companies and private banks affiliated with Hezbollah."

He added, "In return, the Lebanese Hezbollah movement undertakes with its Iranian partners and the Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, to impose Qusay al-Suhail's candidacy for the post of prime minister and to cancel all nominations that rival him."

He pointed out that "On this basis Qusay Al-Suhail pledged to Al-Kawtharani to implement the terms of the agreement, and the two left Baghdad yesterday, Wednesday, to Qom on a secret visit to meet the Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr, in an attempt to persuade him to support Al-Suhail's candidacy, to return to Iraq today."

The source said, "Kawtharani was primarily the godfather of Al-Suhail's assumption of the position of head of higher education in the current government. The two are linked to an economic partnership in several fields, including the establishment of private universities owned by the Lebanese Hezbollah in Iraq."

Al-Suhail is a former member of the Shiite leader Moqtada Al-Sadr's movement, and later joined the State of Law bloc, which is led by former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

Al-Suhail took the position of first deputy speaker of the Iraqi parliament after the 2010 election cycle, but he resigned from his post in February 2014.

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20-12-2019 12:30 AM

For the second time .. A drone plane is flying over the presidential palace to nominate "Al-Suhail"

 

 

Baghdad - news

Informed sources revealed, Thursday, December 19th, that the Drone drone flew for the second time over the Iraqi presidential palace. The sources noted that the flight of the plane comes in conjunction with pressure faced by the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, in order to pass the assignment of the candidate of the Alliance Fath Qusay al-Suhail to the post of Prime Minister.

The sources revealed, according to the British Independent newspaper, that "the flight of the plane comes in conjunction with pressures on the President of the Republic to pay the mandate of the candidate of the Alliance to open Qusay al-Suhail for the position of next prime minister."

And continued: that the commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani, held several meetings with political forces loyal to Tehran, in the context of passing the assignment of Al-Suhail to the position of the next prime minister.

She pointed out that "the President of the Republic tried to get out of the impasse in the mandate when he asked Parliament to clarify the largest bloc." She indicated that "the request was to clarify the changes in the parliamentary blocs and to prevent the nomination from the building bloc headed by the Al-Fateh Alliance, which was passed by the Prime Minister of the resigned Adel Abdel Mahdi." ".

She noted that "the President of the Republic is in the meantime consulting with a group of jurists to clarify the question of whether the second assignment after resignation calls for the selection of the candidate for the largest bloc, or whether the President of the Republic can assign to whom he deems appropriate."

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20-12-2019 09:56 AM

The President of the Republic refers the issue of the largest bloc to the Federal Court

 

 

Baghdad / news

Informed sources said that the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, submitted yesterday an urgent request to the Federal Court that included the definition of the largest bloc after the resignation of the government, and the submission of more than one political party to candidates for the post of Prime Minister and the powers of the President of the Republic to reject or accept the candidates of the blocs at this stage.

The sources stated that "a delegation from the parties of the building bloc met Saleh yesterday to prevent him from submitting the constitutional inquiry, and led him to recognize two candidates for the construction, Qusay al-Suhail or Abd al-Hussein Abtan, to the position of Prime Minister to succeed the resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi."

According to the sources, "Saleh assured the delegation of the building bloc that he had met representatives of social demonstrations and events and that the candidates did not meet the conditions for ensuring social peace."

He added, "President Saleh informed the construction delegation that he will not present any of the two names at present and will not present any of the other names presented before clarifying his role in selection as President of the Republic and a protector of the constitution, and before the Federal Court decides in the mechanisms to announce the largest bloc in this sensitive transitional stage."

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20-12-2019 02:18 PM

Victory: The "Shiite House" must choose a prime minister, even if the rest of the political parties are not satisfied

 

 

Baghdad - news

Today, Friday, the victory coalition led by Haider al-Abadi affirmed that the "Shiite house" must choose a new prime minister even if the rest of the political parties are not satisfied with it.

The days of Muzaffar Nuri, a spokeswoman for Al-Nasr, said in a statement that Al-Akhbaria received, "It is clear to all of us that the ball was thrown in the Shiite house represented by the five big blocs."

Nuri added: "The problems are, choosing the Prime Minister of the (Shiite House) to satisfy the Iraqi street and not be obligated to satisfy the rest of the political parties," noting that "the election law (Article 15 and Article 16) must proceed with the majority (Shiite House) taking into account the rest of the The blocks, but not at the expense of the Iraqi street. "

And she continued: "The third problem is the early elections (the Shiite house) in agreement with the rest of the blocs, but not at the expense of the Iraqi street," explaining that "then the reference (orders) the Shiite house and who claims its authority, and advises and indicates to the rest of the blocs what comes in its sermons in which (An interest for the public good) which may require some concessions in the supreme interest of the country. "

Nuri concluded, saying: So everyone must join hands to cross the crisis, otherwise everyone will lose.

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12/19 2019 21:48

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170 MPs nominate Allawi to head the government after a "mysterious agreement" with the demonstrators

 

Baghdad / Obelisk: The Building Alliance says, Thursday, December 19, 2019, that he threw the ball at the Republic Presidency Stadium, after he came to Barham Salih, a number of candidates, who are afraid of their photos reaching the Tahrir Square "so as not to be burned and dropped" .

And while the coalition is waving that its candidates - numbering 30 names - are acceptable to the "street, reference and political forces," the 170-member bloc announced that it had nominated Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi to head the new government, noting that this was done "in consultation with the demonstrators."

The deputies did not clarify the mechanism of dialogue with the demonstrators, and who are the bodies that represent them and were negotiated with them, nor did the demonstrators indicate anything that indicates their agreement on a particular personality.

On Thursday, the member of the Construction Alliance, Muhammad Al-Baldawi, revealed the reasons for the failure of the names of his coalition candidates to be publicly announced by him as prime minister.

Al-Baldawi said, through local satellite channels, that "the Presidency of the Republic is responsible for naming the largest bloc in charge of naming the new Prime Minister." "The candidate for prime minister must be acceptable to the people, the authority, political forces, and the international community."

He continued, "Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani and Qusay Al-Suhail, their names were put forward as candidates for prime minister, and they were not presented officially, while 30 other names were discussed."

And, "The offering of names burns it, and the ball is now in the court of the President of the Republic, and it is he who chooses to which the specifications apply."

Meanwhile, the head of the Bayraq al-Khair Parliamentary Bloc, Muhammad al-Khalidi, said Thursday that 170 deputies presented Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi to President of the Republic Barham Salih as a candidate to form the new government "in consultation with the demonstrators," while stressing that these representatives represent a "larger bloc" in parliament.

Al-Khalidi added, during his hosting at the same station, that "the political forces gave names to the President of the Republic for the position of Prime Minister and were rejected by representatives of them, including deputies who gathered the 170 representatives," stressing that "the candidate who will not satisfy the street will not pass."

 

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A source for {Al-Sabah »: President Saleh received the applications of 48 candidates

Friday 20 December 2019 19

 

Baghdad / Al-Sabah / Omar Abdul-Latif Mohanad Abdel-Wahab

 

Members of the House of Representatives favored the announcement by President Barham Salih of the candidate for prime minister tomorrow, Sunday, revealing that he had received the requests of about 48 candidates for the position.

This comes at a time when a legal expert confirmed the absence of a constitutional or governmental vacuum with the end of the 15-day period, indicating that the caretaker government continues to operate until the vote on the new government booth.

Representative Abbas Al-Atafi told Al-Sabah that the resigned government will continue to carry out the work of the executive and other ministries until one of the personalities is appointed as the next prime minister.

Al-Atafi confirmed that the President of the Republic received requests from 48 candidates for the position, but he pointed out, "There is no agreement on one of these personalities until now." On acceptability.

Al-Atafi revealed a meeting of the Parliamentary Correction Gathering in order to present an appropriate figure to be Prime Minister of Iraq during the next stage, which could bring him to the shore of safety, away from the personalities who previously held an executive position.

In turn, the member of the House of Representatives for the Al-Fateh Alliance, MP Ahmad Al-Kinani, suggested that the political forces introduce the name of the new prime minister tomorrow, Sunday.

Al-Kanani said to “conscious”: “The political forces are conducting continuous meetings during this period to resolve the name of the candidate for the position of prime minister.” 

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The final say in the constitution’s ruling for the Prime Minister’s resignation

Friday 20 December 2019 61

 

Dr.. Hassan Al-Yasiri

 

Over the past three parts of this study, we have examined the presentation and analysis of evidence and arguments of the opinion that goes to - the necessity - to submit the resignation of the Prime Minister to Parliament for the purpose of voting on it, or to the President of the Republic.

 We have echoed that evidence from two sides. One of them was to deny those evidence that they invoked, and the other was to list more other evidence to support the opinion that we presented, which is that the Prime Minister is not constitutionally obligated to present this resignation to any party, based on this to Constitutional jurisprudence and democratic experience in parliamentary systems.

With regard to this second body, we have presented three additional evidence that reinforce what we have gone through.

Today, we continue to present the remaining of these evidence, renewing the notice that the evidence that we presented is taken one unit, not separate, and one of them is not taken without taking into account the other related evidence, because some complement each other:

 

4 - Fourth evidence from the second party:

Here I return to the implementation of the general rules of interpretation, and certainly I mean by that the general rules in constitutional jurisprudence and parliamentary systems, as well as general rules in the art of legal and constitutional drafting, not general rules in the civil service law or administrative law to which he based - wrongly and justly - the owners of dissenting opinion, In this regard, I ask them the following questions:

 

A- Is resignation a personal right and a political practice of the Prime Minister in the parliamentary systems, or is it not, what means it must be suspended on the approval of other parties?!.

Of course, the readers ’answer came in the past, and this answer is represented by saying that resignation is a personal right that is not suspended on a condition, and whoever believes otherwise is a supporter of the first opinion, let us tell us about the position of these systems with this

Regard.

 

B- I refer to those who specialize in the art of legal and constitutional drafting, and not others, to ask them the following question:

If the legislator does not consider the resignation as a personal right of the Prime Minister, and it was commented on the approval of other parties - Parliament or the President of the Republic - and we asked you, gentlemen, for advice and drafting this provision in a constitutional text, then what would you give up, and what would you write in the drafting?

Do you think that this ruling must be mentioned explicitly, which is that the Prime Minister must submit his resignation to the concerned party - Parliament or the President of the Republic - within a specified period, then mention the implications of accepting or rejecting the resignation?

Or are you fascinated by the absence of the need to mention all these provisions, the possibility of being silent about them, and the absence of an explicit text regarding them, based on the fact that silence here is not a misfortune or a shame ?!

And I announce it to you frankly unconcerned, on behalf of those skilled in the art:

It is imperative, and must, and it is necessary, and it is necessary, in the premise of the question, to mention these provisions with a clear text, and not to accept silence in this resource, because it represents a major defect, and a great shame.

Whoever doubts that, let us review the specialists in this section!

In the other direction, ask these specialists again:

If the legislator wished to make the resignation of the Prime Minister a personal right of him, not commenting on the approval of another party, is it necessary in such a case of editorial point to present this fact in an explicit text, or that it can be tolerated, as it will be understood and circulated in the field of permitting all available means of interpretation ?.

And announce it again; the legislator does not need in this case to include the explicit text, because the matter is related to a permissible work that is not prohibited on the one hand, and not suspended on a condition on the other hand, so what is the text then, and what are its obligations ?!

But more than that; I do not exaggerate if I say that stating the explicit text according to the foregoing will be a formative defect formally, will not make the constitution free from criticism and defamation, as if the text comes as follows:

(The Prime Minister has the right to resign, without being obligated to submit it to the House of Representatives, the Federation Council, or the President of the Republic)!

 

5- In order to complete the above evidence related to the second party, I will add another enhanced guide:

 

When the constitution was intended to regulate the provisions of the resignation of the President of the Republic, and he did not want to deal with him as he dealt with the position of the Prime Minister, he came with a clear text in Article (75/1) stating the following:

(The President of the Republic may submit his resignation to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and it shall take effect seven days after the date on which it was deposited with the House of Representatives.)

You first notice that the constitution organized the resignation of the President of the Republic with a clear text, while he did not work like that with the Prime Minister, even though the organized text came in the language of permissibility, not obligatory, so if the permissibility was a motivation to make the constitution come with an explicit text, then how is it necessary? It should then be organized and provided for in the first measurement in a first chapter!

This also rejects the dissenting opinion that the resignation of the Prime Minister must be submitted to Parliament or the President of the Republic. Silence here means that the constitution made the resignation a purely personal right, not suspended on a condition, nor with the consent of another party.

 

shapes :

Perhaps someone is tempted by our aforementioned speech that we have said that resignation is a personal right that is not suspended on a condition, and that the organization of this right by an explicit text is a formative defect formally from a drafting point of view, so why did the constitution fall into this defect by placing a similar text in the case of the President of the Republic, even though Submitting the resignation of the President of the Republic to the House of Representatives is a passport, not a duty.

 

Problem response:

The response and push for this problem lies in the fact that many - as I have said repeatedly - are not closely familiar with the provisions of the Iraqi constitution, as well as comparative constitutions, and in this regard may be absent from the minds of some of those that the legislative authority established by this constitution consists of two wings: the parliament And the Federation Council, and therefore the text came to guide the President of the Republic when he intends to submit his resignation, as he must present it to the House of Representatives, not the Federation Council, and this in turn reinforces our reasoning once again that the Prime Minister is not obligated to submit his resignation to any party whatsoever, if it were otherwise The text is used to specify this Explicitly, and to specify the party to which the resignation is submitted.

 

Results :

Based on the presentations and analyzes presented in this study, the following results can be concluded:

 

1 - The main goal that drove us to write extensively in the constitution’s rule is the resignation of the Prime Minister despite the fact that Parliament voted on this resignation, so that the truth becomes clear, that truth that was lost due to the fact that those who do not know about things that they are not familiar with, and whose circumstances are not surrounded by it, are transformed. Voting - the false delusion - to a constitutional year or custom.

 

2 - The bulk of the opinion that went to say - that it is necessary - to submit the resignation of the Prime Minister to Parliament or the President of the Republic lies in two arguments; the first of which is to protest the absence of the constitutional text and its silence, and the other is the analogy with other branches of law, namely the civil service law And the administrative law, and it was evident by the extensive presentation of the fall of these two arguments, their inability to withstand constitutional jurisprudence and experiences in parliamentary systems.

 

3 - Based on the multiple evidence that we gathered, the resignation of the Prime Minister under the provisions of the Iraqi constitution and general rules in parliamentary systems is a purely personal right of the Prime Minister, and a political behavior that can be invoked in order to achieve some political and popular goals; and no one can deny this right, or cover it This behavior.

 

4 - This resignation is considered effective as soon as it is announced, without being commented on by a condition, that it depends on a specific procedure, or that it is accompanied by the approval of any body, whether legislative or executive.

 

5 - The fact that resignation is a personal right of the Prime Minister does not mean that he is not notified of other parties with it, whether it is the House of Representatives or the President of the Republic, it is an option, if he wants to, and if he does not, then that we have seen in this regard based on that resignation is a right And it is in the circle of permissibility, and it is not obligatory or obligatory for any party to agree to it, but this right does not prevent the Prime Minister from notifying other parties about it, especially the House of Representatives and the President of the Republic, but rather it is the most appropriate in my modest estimate.

 

6 - The real or wise resignation of the government turns it into a caretaker government, whether in the cases explicitly mentioned in the constitution, or any other practice in parliamentary systems.

 

7 - I call again on all dear brothers who are not specialists in the Iraqi constitution - according to what we have mentioned above - not to delve into the issues of the constitution and its provisions; The constitution differs from the provisions of other branches of law, such as administrative law, civil law, or civil service law, to which some tend to infer the ruling of the constitution mistakenly.

* It ended with the success of God Almighty.

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12/19 2019 21:48

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170 MPs nominate Allawi to head the government after a "mysterious agreement" with the demonstrators

 

Baghdad / Obelisk: The Building Alliance says, Thursday, December 19, 2019, that he threw the ball at the Republic Presidency Stadium, after he came to Barham Salih, a number of candidates, who are afraid of their photos reaching the Tahrir Square "so as not to be burned and dropped" .

And while the coalition is waving that its candidates - numbering 30 names - are acceptable to the "street, reference and political forces," the 170-member bloc announced that it had nominated Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi to head the new government, noting that this was done "in consultation with the demonstrators."

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 If this is true, this guy Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi could be what they've needed for a long time. He is a Sunni an was the communications minister when Maliki was in power. He quit because of his interference an even tried to help remove Maliki from office. The article says the demonstrators were consultation with them so maybe Sunday we will have a new PM, here's to hoping....