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Could Abdul-Mahdi once again find himself as Iraq's PM?


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Could Abdul-Mahdi once again find himself as Iraq's PM?

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraq’s Shiite political parties are divided over whether current caretaker prime minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi should be reappointed in a bid to end the months-long contention over the choice of his successor.

In a letter penned last week to President Barham Salih and parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi, Abdul-Mahdi announced his immediately effective resignation from the official duties of his caretaker premiership. He called on the parliament to make December 4, 2020 the official date for snap elections to be held. 

Despite resigning from official duty, Abdul-Mahdi nominally remains the caretaker prime minister. If he were to secure parliamentary approval, he could be re-appointed to the role of prime minister proper

Abdul-Mahdi resigned from the premiership in December amid widespread popular protests in Iraq’s southern and central provinces that have raged since October 2019, with Iraqis demanding the removal of the post-2003 political elite, an overhaul of the political system, and early elections.

After months of wrangling, Shiite political parties nominated former communication minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as PM-designate on February 2.  He was given a free hand by Shiite parties to choose an independent cabinet, on the condition that Kurds and Sunnis grant him the same freedom. His insistence to appoint candidates himself, however, caused tensions with Kurdish representatives and divided Shiite political parties. 

Allawi resigned from the role last Monday after failing to secure parliamentary approval to form a cabinet.

President Barham Salih must now appoint a new candidate as premier by next Sunday, according to article 76-3 of the Iraqi constitution.

Shiite political parties, who make up parliament’s majority, are conducting another round of negotiations to settle on a consensus candidate. 

The Fatih Coalition, which placed second in Iraq’s 2018 parliamentary elections, are supporting Abdul-Mahdi’s lead of government until snap elections take place. 

Fatih MP Nassim Abdullah told Rudaw on Saturday that Abdul-Mahdi’s continued tenure is the only way to move past the current political impasse. 

“I would say that no Shiite political party in Iraq has the ability to nominate a candidate to become the next Prime Minister,” Abdullah said. 
“Therefore, I believe the best and most suitable solution now is to support Abdul-Mahdi in the parliament to surpass the current political crisis.”

The biggest opponent among Shiite parties to Abdul-Mahdi’s reappointment is the Sayirun bloc, led by Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Sadr met Abdul-Mahdi’s December resignation December with jubilation, hailing it as a “first achievement of the revolution” in reference to the anti-government protest movement. 

Lack of unity within the Shiite political parties in Baghdad resulted in Allawi’s failure to pass a cabinet in parliament, a member of the Hikma Movement told Rudaw on Saturday.

“There is no splitting, but we could say that enough of a gulf grew for Allawi’s cabinet formation to fail,” Hikma MP Aisar Jabiry said. “There are different opinions and views and that is okay.  Sometimes our differences intensify, but they will not reach breaking point.” 

Sunnis too were divided over Allawi’s candidacy, he added, while Kurds were uniformly against Allawi. 

 
Under the tenure of Abdul-Mahdi, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) was granted a 12.6 percent share of the 2019 federal budget. This was conditional on the KRG delivering a quota of 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil to Iraq’s state oil marketing company (SOMO).
 
Although the KRG failed to comply with the oil quota, it still received its share of the budget, angering many Shiite leaders who accused him of being too soft on the Kurds.

For Kurds, priority does not lie in a prime ministerial candidate’s political affiliation or resume, but in if they can create a positive working relation with them. Kurdish MPs are therefore unlikely to oppose his possible reappointment.

“The Kurds do not negotiate about their legal and constitutional rights with Baghdad, such as its share in the annual budget, disputed areas and Kurdish Peshmerga forces,” Mohammed Shakir, a Kurdish member of Iraqi parliament told Rudaw on Saturday. 

Kurds “insisted” on choosing its ministers for the upcoming cabinet from the Kurdistan Parliament in Erbil - not from among Kurdish parliamentary members in Baghdad, Shakir added. 
 
Foreign influence on post-2003 Iraqi government formation looks unlikely to end, with Iranian state media outlet IRNA reporting the arrival of Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, in Baghdad on Saturday to meet Iraq’s three presidencies –Abdul-Mahdi, Salih, and Halbousi.

Shamkhani will also meet Iraqi political party leaders to discuss cabinet formation, IRNA added. 
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Pictures of Abdul-Mahdi flying again in Baghdad's Tahrir
Square!

19:17 Saturday 07 March 2020
 

People - Baghdad

 


The demonstrators of Tahrir Square, in the center of the capital, Baghdad, Saturday, rejected
their efforts to return the mandate of the resigned prime minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, to form
the new government. They described him as "a failure."

The demonstrators held banners bearing pictures of Abdul-Mahdi, obtained by "people",
today (7 March 2020), which read "Your return is unsuccessful," and put the slogans near
the Turkish restaurant building opposite the Tahrir Square, and at the entrance to the bridge
of the Republic.

 

http://www.nasnews.com

 

On Thursday, an Arab newspaper quoted a political source who described it as "informed"
as saying that influential Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish political forces are seriously trying to
reassign resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, but the Marjaiya position is an
obstacle to it.

The source says, according to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper, and its follower, “NAS”
(March 5, 2020) that “the recent political movement represented by the meetings held
by the President of  the Republic Barham Salih with many Shiite leaders, has not yet
formulated a specific  position regarding the crisis of forming the Iraqi government
Coming. ”

He added, “Among the options presented now is not for a specific party to adopt a specific
candidate, but for the character to be assigned from within the parliament to be approved
by collecting signatures so that, if assigned and formed by the government, he will be
able to stand on solid ground through a parliamentary bloc behind him. ”

In response to the newspaper’s question about whether the issue of collecting signatures
repeats Allawi’s own experience in terms of collecting dozens of signatures for his
nomination, but she was not able to pass it, the “knowledgeable” politician replied, “It is
different this time, because it will not be through individual initiatives, but rather through
consensus prior".

Regarding the possibility of returning the resigned Prime Minister, Adel Abdel-Mahdi, the
source pointed out that “there are already serious attempts to return Abdel-Mahdi, and
there are influential political forces that stand with this option, whether they are Shiite,
Sunni or Kurdish, but everyone takes into account the reservation of the religious
authority that I demanded a new prime minister. ”

For his part, "Al-Sharq Al-Awsat" quoted Iraqi intellectual and politician Hassan Al-Alawi as
saying that "without an American-Iranian consensus, it is difficult to pass a new Iraqi
Prime Minister because of the different circumstances, facts and the nature of the
conflict between the two parties."

Al-Alwi, a former lawmaker, added that “Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi is an Iranian fancy,
but he was unable to persuade even many of the forces close to Iran, because he did not
come across the known consensus.”

He pointed out that, “After what happened between America and Iran,
especially after the killing of Qasim Soleimani, Iran no longer had a major
impact (in Iraq), which withdrew over its influence in Iraq, as the
Soleimani killing incident changed many equations in Iraq and the region,
and thus things became More complicated even in terms of passing a prime
minister. ”

He explained, "The passing of an Iraqi prime minister is linked to external
factors; not only internal."

On the ongoing “endeavors” to return Adel Abdul-Mahdi, Al-Alawi said that
“Abdul-Mahdi is not a leader; rather, he is a soldier who commands the
matter of the power to which he belongs
, but he is neither aggressive nor
vengeful and also not bold in making decisions, while we need a bold man
in making decisions.” ”

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3 minutes ago, DinarThug said:

slogans near
the Turkish restaurant building

I know

i was there grabbing lunch

 

i am trying to be first in line for rv

okie told me be there

 

will update you all when I cash in

 

just ordered camal ball soup

 

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Al-Abadi: The failure to pass the government of Muhammad Allawi due to the Shiite dispute .. The blocs wanted to preserve their privileges that they obtained in the era of Abdul-Mahdi

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/189001/العبادي-اخفاق-تمرير-حكومة-محمد-علاوي-بسبب-الخلاف-الشيعي-والكتل-ارادت-الحفاظ-على-امتيازاتها-التي-حصلت-عليها-في-حقبة-عبدالمهدي

Baghdad / Obelisk: Former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sunday, 8 March 2020, that the political process has a fundamental failure, and insisting on narrow personal interests will not get the country out of the crisis.

Al-Abadi added in an interview with the Kurdish Zakros channel: There is confusion among the political blocs, as there are those who participate in the government and at the same time oppose it, and pointed out by saying: We wanted politicians from the early days of the demonstrations to think outside the fund and choose an independent prime minister.

Al-Abadi stressed that the assignment of Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi took place by consensus between the others and Al-Fateh, but it was not their first choice even if there was an internal Shiite agreement for Allawi’s passing, while he hinted that small blocs wanted their privileges to remain in the Abdul Mahdi’s government.

On the current economic situation, Al-Abadi said: We left a surplus in the budget and oil prices in 2019, it was good and the government currently has a very large deficit and there were no projects or investment and we do not know where the money went and how it was disposed of.

Al-Abadi did not lose sight of the fact that there are those who are trying to fail the largest government that is not commensurate with him because he has interests in the billions of dollars, noting that the distribution of wealth was improper and the region's share was flawed and who was calling me that most of my political interests in order to stay in the government considered it treason.

Regarding the relationship with Kurdistan, Al-Abadi pointed out that the differences with the Kurdistan region are superficial. There is blood with which we participated, and for the first time the armed forces between the army and the Peshmerga fought together, and it became a successful experience that we wanted to establish for it.

Al-Abadi considered that the presence of weapons outside the framework of the state is very dangerous, and this matter is covered by everyone from north to south. For a political or party leader, arms are rejected.

And he added: There are those who felt a danger when he saw the existence of a national project that avoids sectarianism, nationalism and racism because he lives from it, and its demise threatens its existence, so he used these weapons to break up the victory coalition, and there were those who participated at home and abroad and countries in this matter.

On the issue of fraud, the former prime minister stressed: An investigation was opened into the issue of the Electoral Commission and fraud and it was a scientific investigation, but blocks stood against me greatly in the investigation and we were surprised to drop the charges from the Electoral Commission. With it, and there are those who spoke at the negotiations to form the government in 2018, that a government without our will will lead to burning the country, and the alliances that took place are not real alliances.

As for the relationship with Al-Sadr, he stressed that his relationship with Muqtada Al-Sadr is good.

Obelisk publishes the main themes of the Abadi TV interview:

- The political process has a fundamental failure ... and insisting on narrow personal interests will not get the country out of the crisis.

There is confusion among the political blocs, as there are those who participate in the government and at the same time oppose it.

- From the early days of the demonstrations, we wanted politicians to think outside the box and choose an independent prime minister.

- Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi's assignment took place by consensus between the others and Al-Fateh, but it was not their first choice, even if there was an internal Shiite agreement for Allawi's passing.

Small blocs wanted to keep their privileges in the government of Abdul-Mahdi.

- We left a surplus in the budget and oil prices in 2019, it was good and the government currently has a very large deficit and there were no projects or investment and we do not know where the money went and how it was disposed of.

There are those who are trying to fail the largest government that is not appropriate for him because he has interests in billions of dollars.

The distribution of wealth was improper, and the region’s share was flawed, and those who called on me for most of my political interests to stay in the government considered it treachery.

- The differences with the Kurdistan region are superficial. There is blood in which we participated for the first time. The armed forces between the army and the Peshmerga are fighting together, and it has become a successful experience that we wanted to establish.

- Arms outside the framework of the state are very dangerous, and this matter is covered by everyone from north to south. Weapon at a political or party leader is unacceptable.

- There are those who felt a danger when he saw the existence of a national project that avoids sectarianism, nationalism and racism because he lives from it and its demise threatens its existence, so they used all their weapons to break up the victory coalition, and there are those who participated at home and abroad and countries in this matter.

- We opened an investigation into the issue of the Electoral and Electoral Commission, and it was a scientific investigation, but the blocs largely stood against me in the investigation, and we were surprised to drop the charges from the Electoral Commission.

- Not to hold early elections as treachery, as the reference called for it, and the street demanded it, and the politicians promised the people.

There are those who spoke at the negotiations to form the government in 2018 that a government without our will would lead to the burning of the country.

The alliances that took place are not real alliances.

My relationship with Muqtada al-Sadr is good and I have contact with him, and there may be different views on some issues.

- Masoud Barzani visited me after the government ended and my relationship with him and with the leaders in the Kurdistan region in Arbil or Sulaymaniyah is good and Mr. Barzani invited me to visit the region.

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On 3/12/2020 at 11:07 AM, horsesoldier said:

 

All just an elaborate hoax from the start...gave the illusion of new beginnings. WE knew better. Iranian influences within the government are still way to deep.  :tiphat:

 

exactly , and the protestors no matter how beat down they are know better too, imo Mahdi will simply keep the same game active I'll stop here to not bum anyone out i had a huge spiel typed up and backspaced it out we're simply watching and waiting anyways .

stay healthy and all the best.............

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