DinarThug Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 CNN. Broadcasting That It’s Close While Safe Distancing ! LINK In the cabin of "independent experts and academics" .. close to him: Al-Zarfi is close to completing his government 29th March, 2020 A source close to the Prime Minister-designate, Adnan Al-Zorfi, revealed on Sunday that the latter had completed his cabinet, which he said was from "independent experts and academics." "There are a number of lists containing the names of the candidates that have been studied by the Prime Minister-designate in order to choose the most appropriate to take over the ministerial portfolios in the next government," the source, who declined to be named, told Shafaq News. He added that "Al-Zrafi is nearing the end of the cabinet file after selecting a number of candidates for this position," noting that "the candidates who were chosen for the government from all Iraqi components are experts and independent academics." On March 16th, the President of the Republic tasked Barham Salih, the head of the parliamentary victory bloc, Adnan al-Zarfi, to form the new government within 30 days. This mandate came after the "Seven Committee" of the Shiite forces failed to reach agreement on a specific candidate. Al-Zrafi faces rejection from prominent Shiite forces close to Iran, headed by Hadi al-Amiri, the Al-Fateh coalition, and the State of Law coalition led by Nuri al-Maliki, and pushed it to form a new seven-party committee to choose an alternative to al-Zorfi. But a parliamentary source told Shafaq News a few days ago that Al-Zarfi had succeeded in penetrating the ranks of the Shiite forces opposing his assignment, and he persuaded about 100 deputies to give confidence to his government in Parliament. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinarThug Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 LINK Kurds send an invitation to the Shiites: unite your ranks and resolve the file of the prime minister 30th March, 2020 The Kurdistan Democratic Bloc confirmed, on Monday, its support for a candidate obtaining a Shiite consensus for prime minister, calling on Shiite forces to unify their position on a candidate for prime minister. The bloc's deputy, Ahmed Al-Saffar, told Shafaq News, "The Kurdistan Democratic Party has no problem or objected to any figure that the Shiite forces deem appropriate for the prime minister, given that the position belongs to the Shiite component." He added that "the Kurdish parties do not interfere in the issue of choosing a candidate for prime minister," calling at the same time Shiite forces to "unify their position in light of the current crisis and choose their candidate to form the next government." On Al-Zorfi, Between Al-Saffar, "According to my personal opinion, the Prime Minister-designate possesses extensive economic and financial information, in addition to his administrative experience as he was conservative of Najaf earlier, this requires the Shiite forces to give room and ample space for Al-Zorfi to form the government in the coming period until the time The election". 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinarThug Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 LINK A deputy reveals a Shiite division over the passage of the Zarfi government 16:14 - 3/30/2020 The deputy of the Sadikoun parliamentary bloc, Fadel Jaber, revealed, on Monday, a great division between the Shiite political blocs over the passing of the Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zorfi, while he stated that the Al-Fateh Alliance is still adhering to his position rejecting the passage of Al-Zarfi. Jaber said in a statement to the "information", that "the Shiite blocs are divided among themselves regarding the passage of al-Zarfi and there are forces that changed their positions after the negotiations," noting that "Al-Fateh insists on not passing al-Zarfi and still rejects it." He added that "the Sunni and Kurdish blocs informed us that they would not risk passing Zarafi without agreeing between him and the Shiite forces," noting that "the Sunnis and the Kurds do not want to pass a prime minister who is not agreed upon by a Shiite." Today, Monday, Al-Fateh deputy, Hammam Al-Tamimi, affirmed that the issue of passing the government in charge of Adnan Al-Zarfi reached a dead end, and he only has to apologize in order to protect face, indicating that the political forces have reached advanced stages by naming the alternative. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsesoldier Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 I guess that headline is the polite version. My version wouldn’t have even a hint of polite in it. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinarThug Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 LINK Allawi: The Kurds agreed to pass my government on condition that the Sunnah is pleasing 30th March, 2020 The former official in charge of forming the government, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, confirmed today, Monday, that the Kurds, at first, requested the nomination of non-independent ministers (their share of 3 ministries) because they are a region and need political representation in the government. Allawi said in a radio interview followed by / Mawazine News /, that he "suggested to them that they nominate 3 independent personalities for each ministry and in my turn chose a person who meets the conditions of integrity, and to ensure the political representation of the region, then we will create a" Ministry of State for the Region "where a politician is nominated by the Kurds (At the level of Deputy Prime Minister.) He added, “The Kurds agreed to that at last.” But they stipulated that I satisfy Al-Halbousi (you understand him), so I understood from their words that there is an agreement between them that the Kurds and Halbousi only go together.” 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsesoldier Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 No doubt there’s a “ Goat 🐐 “ clause included. Sacrificial or otherwise. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregp Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Time to take over the government. Push the Shiites in a hole and burn them. All of them. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinarThug Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Report: Corona crisis is the last straw in the coffin of the political system in Iraq 2020-03-30 10:11:45 The Wall Street Journal said the Coruna Storm could be the last straw in the coffin of the political system in Iraq, with the government failing to contain diminishing oil revenues, deteriorating services, and disrupting public life. The newspaper stated that the Iraqi state institutions are already collapsing due to the drop in oil prices, the collapse of health infrastructure and the state of geopolitical chaos in light of the exchange of threats between Washington and Tehran, attributing this to the rampant corruption that dominated the political system in 2003. The Wall Street Journal added that Iraq at this time The embarrassment needs a stable political leadership, but political differences and ignoring the demands of the demonstrators have brought the country to the point of collapse and Iranian-backed groups have become more aggressive in threatening US interests, prompting Washington to reposition its forces so that they can deal with the attack. The missile is more convenient The newspaper concluded by emphasizing that the current moment in Iraq is the greatest opportunity ever to get rid of the political system, which since 2003 has been concerned with monopolizing state resources and enriching patronage networks at the expense of the Iraqi people. LINK 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDuesing Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 It doesn't matter if he completes his cabinnate if the parliament is still full of corrupt he still wont get anything done. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsesoldier Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 hour ago, gregp said: Time to take over the government. Push the Shiites in a hole and burn them. All of them. A Shiite hole... I like it 👏 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsesoldier Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, KDuesing said: It doesn't matter if he completes his cabinnate if the parliament is still full of corrupt he still wont get anything done. Thinking .... Deja Vu all over again with this guy as well-I hope not . Edited March 30, 2020 by horsesoldier 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregp Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 This sucks 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3n1 Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 3 hours ago, KDuesing said: It doesn't matter if he completes his cabinnate if the parliament is still full of corrupt he still wont get anything done. +1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoD Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 It appears to me that the president has only one option in resolving this delay from the parliament of thieves. He has to dissolve this farce of a government an call for immediate elections.... 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsesoldier Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 Close the borders and airports - LOCK THAT COUNTRY DOWN ! FREEZE as many as possible [ in the middle of the night-whatever it takes ] everyone of these stinking criminal politicians bank accounts where ever those accounts are in the world are -THEN . . .send in the Iraqi military ( that haven't been bought and corrupted ) Under the DIRECT supervision of the US Military and arrest them in their homes dragging them out in their jammies. 2am works real well. . . coordinate the strike . . . it can be done. . . keep going, don't stop. Work around the clock. BUST'EM, bust as many as you can and keep going until every last one of them is wearing orange. Elections aren't the answer. You'll just elect a brand new mob of crooks. You have to scrutinize every individual for the next election cycle to make sure there's no affiliation with previous crooks - nye on impossible in that country but there has to be some. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcav Posted March 31, 2020 Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 4 hours ago, DoD said: It appears to me that the president has only one option in resolving this delay from the parliament of thieves. He has to dissolve this farce of a government an call for immediate elections.... After an RV of course. 😏 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinarThug Posted March 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 LINK Al-Fateh: The Zarrafi negotiating team began to offer temptations to the blocs, not their mask 19:21 - 30/03/2020 Al-Fateh coalition revealed, on Monday, that the negotiating team for the formation of the Adnan Al-Zorfi government presented a number of temptations for positions and ministries to political blocs to persuade them to pass its government, indicating that the team has so far failed to persuade any bloc. Al-Fath Muhammad Karim told Al-Maalouma that the Prime Minister-designate, Adnan Al-Zarfi, came under American pressure, which increased the size of the blocs refusing to pass it. He added that "Al-Zrafi's negotiating team, which holds continuous meetings with the political blocs, began to offer temptations to the blocs in ministerial positions," noting that "the team has failed to persuade any blocs of temptations until now." He explained that "the indicators show the inability of Al-Zrafi to persuade the blocs to pass his cabinet before the end of the constitutional period," noting that "even the blocs supporting him began to back down after the attempts of his negotiating team to offer temptations." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinarThug Posted March 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 LINK Kurdish lawmaker reveals moves to persuade protesters to support Zarfi 10:50 - 3/31/2020 The MP from the Kurdish Future Parliamentary Bloc, Sorkit Shams al-Din, revealed, on Tuesday, political moves to persuade the protesters against Prime Minister-designate Adnan al-Zorfi to join the supporters ’group to form his government. Shams al-Din said in a statement to “The Information”, Al-Zrafi will be very comfortable with the presence of high-level understandings between the Kurdish and Sunni forces," noting that "the remaining time does not allow for the maintenance of an independent government unable to recover the conditions the country is going through." He added that "the Kurdish opposition forces with the formation of an interim government led by Al-Zarfi to complete the issue of holding early parliamentary elections." Shams El-Din indicated that "there are political moves to persuade the protesters against al-Zorfi to join the supporters' front for him to form his government and gain the confidence of Parliament." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinarThug Posted March 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 LINK Allawi: The Sunnis and Kurds insist on quotas 11:19 - 31/03/2020 Former Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi accused the Sunni and Kurdish parties of refusing to give up their entitlements and insisted on work in quotas, revealing an agreement between Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi and the Kurdish forces in exchange for giving him confidence. Allawi said in televised statements, "The majority of the Shiite forces, the most prominent of them are the other, and the Fatah movement supported the abolition of quotas," explaining that "the Sunni and Kurdish parties refused to give up their entitlements and insisted on the work of quotas." Allawi added that "the Kurdish leadership informed him of the need to nominate political ministers to preserve the constitutional entity of the region," adding, "If I had waived my conditions for forming a government for one of the parties, I would now be prime minister." Allawi pointed out that "Muhammad Al-Halbousi insisted on naming the ministers of the Sunnah himself, but I refused that," noting that "there was an agreement between Al-Halbousi and the Kurdish forces regarding sharing the benefits and naming the ministers in exchange for giving me confidence." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinarThug Posted March 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 LINK Other: It's difficult for Zarfi to gain the confidence of Parliament 12:20 - 3/31/2020 The deputy of the Alliance of Raiders Riyad Al-Masoudi affirmed on Tuesday the difficulty of the Prime Minister-designate obtaining the confidence of the House of Representatives during the coming period, indicating that the position of the Kurdish political forces is not clear and includes a kind of deception. Al-Masoudi said in a statement reported by Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed newspaper and seen by him / the information, that it is still difficult for Al-Zrafi to obtain the confidence of the Iraqi parliament, pointing out that he is continuing his dialogues and meetings to gain the support of the majority, and that the coming days will clarify the positions of the blocs more”. He added that “the position of the Kurdish political forces is unclear and includes a kind of deception”, pointing out that “they stipulated the approval of the Shi’ite political majority to support the Prime Minister-designate Adnan al-Zarfi, so that they support him,” noting that “but in reality, if the Shi’ite blocs agree, there will be no Basically, no one needs support.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinarThug Posted March 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 LINK Barzani's party: We asked Zarfi to wait until he visited Kurdistan 12:31 - 3/31/2020 The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Imad Bajlan, revealed, on Tuesday, that the Kurdish forces asked Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zarfi to wait until he visited the Kurdistan region of Iraq to obtain Shiite support, indicating that his party does not want to be part of the Shiite conflict - Shiite. Baglan said in a statement reported by the newspaper “Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed” and seen by him / the information. This house, because it is in everyone's interest.” He added that "the position of Prime Minister is from the share of the Shiite component according to the established political practice in Iraq," stressing "respect for the decisions of the political forces representing this component, which reject Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zorfi." He continued, "The Kurdish forces asked Al-Zarfi to wait for a visit to the Kurdistan region, and that the visit be after he received the Shiite support," stressing that "the party has no objection to Al-Zarfi, but he does not want to be part of the Shiite-Shiite conflict." Baglan pointed out that "it is imperative for the Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zorfi to persuade the majority of the Shiite political blocs to support him, and then go to open dialogues and negotiations with the Sunni and Kurdish political parties." The leader of the Barzani Party stressed that "the Kurdish political forces refused to vote for the Zorfi government except with the support of the Shi'a political majority," noting that "there are historical relations and a strategic alliance between the Kurds and the Shiites." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinarThug Posted March 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 LINK Deputy: Al-Zarfi failed to grant Al-Halbousi six ministries, and the latter will stand against him 14:50 - 3/31/2020 Member of Parliament, on behalf of Khazaal, affirmed on Tuesday that Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zarfi failed to grant Parliament Speaker Muhammad Al-Halbousi six ministries to pass his government, while he stated that Al-Halbousi would stand against the passage of Al-Zarfi in Parliament. Khazal said in a statement to the "information", that "Al-Zrafi is moving at the present time to persuade the political blocs to pass his government and offer a lot of temptations to achieve this." He added that "Al-Zarfi is unable to grant Al-Halbusi these ministries, as some blocs are also demanding access to ministerial portfolios," noting that "Al-Halbusi will stand against the passage of the government of Al-Zarfi to the intersection of interests between them." The MP revealed the parliamentary bloc of Sadiqun Fadel Jaber, on Monday, a great split between the Shiite political blocs over the passing of the Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zarfi, so he showed that the Al-Fateh Alliance is still adhering to his position rejecting the passage of Al-Zarfi. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinarThug Posted March 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) LINK Shabandar: Common names as an option for Shi'a parties instead of Zarfi are inaccurate 30th March, 2020 Independent politician Izzat Shabandar confirmed, on Monday, that the names in circulation as the option of the Shiite parties instead of the Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zarfi are inaccurate. "The names that some media circulate as an alternative option to Shiite parties that refuse to nominate Zarfi are inaccurate," Shabandar said in a tweet on Twitter. He added, "Keeping those parties to reject them without a specific alternative weakens their ability to change and shakes their constitutional right to nominate." Edited March 31, 2020 by DinarThug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinarThug Posted March 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 LINK Turkoman Front: Al-Zarfi’s strong fortunes in forming his government, and we support him for these reasons 31st March, 2020 The Turkmen Front saw, on Tuesday, that the Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zarfi had strong chances in forming his government. The head of the front, Deputy Arshad al-Salihi, affirmed that “the Prime Minister-designate’s chances are strong in forming the government”, indicating “his support for the assignment of Adnan al-Zarfi in his capacity from the different liberal current over the past year.” Al-Salihi added: “Our support for the Prime Minister-designate came after the experiences he lived in in the Najaf Governorate administration, as well as his knowledge of political and regional balances”, stressing “the necessity of representation for the nationalities and the levels in them.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinarThug Posted March 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 LINK The latest development of Al Zorfi’s cabin .. The Kurds are asking him to wait, and the Sunnis agree to a Shiite condition and division 31st March, 2020 Half of the time granted to the Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zarfi has passed, to choose his cabinet, and until now it has not been clear. Kurds are demanding to wait and informed sources talk in an interview with / Mawazine News / about the desire of Al-Zrafi to visit the Kurdistan region to discuss with the Kurdish blocs about the shape of his cabinet. The sources said, "The Kurdish blocs asked Al-Zarfi to postpone his visit to the region, especially since she does not want to break with the old covenants with the Shiites, and they asked Al-Zarfi to obtain a Shiite consensus, or that the visit be in the last week of the deadline granted to him." Shiite division On the other hand, the Shiite blocs are divided over Al-Zarfi, so all the leaders led by Muqtada Al-Sadr and the Al-Nasr coalition led by Haider Al-Abadi support him, and the Al-Fateh coalition and the State of Law coalition reject it, and while Al-Fateh deputies say that Al-Zorfi's ministerial cabinet will not pass in the parliament, Al-Fateh representatives insist that there is a consensus to pass it. Adi Shaalan, a member of the Al-Fateh Alliance, said, "All indications show the repetition of the failure to hold the voting session on the government of the designated Adnan Al-Zarfi, as happened with his predecessor, especially after the widening scope of his rejection to reach representatives of the Sunni and Kurdish constituents," noting that "there is consensus among all The political forces on the importance of any candidate for prime minister receiving the support of the Shiite forces before proceeding to negotiate with him, given that the position is a component of the component." Al-Shaalan called on Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zarfi to "apologize for forming the government to save face before the historic failure inside the parliament dome and his so-called cabin, because passing it would be stories of a thousand nights and nights." The deputy’s statement on Al-Fateh is completely different from what the MP from Al-Nasr coalition Falih Al-Ziyadi said, saying that “Al-Zarfi started dialogues and negotiations with an increasing frequency with the various political blocs regarding forming the next government.” He added that "during the next two weeks, the formation of the government will be completed," stressing that "the Prime Minister is open to all the opposition and non-opposition political blocs." He pointed out that "there is almost a political consensus to pass the government formation of the Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zarfi." The Sunni political camp is divided into two parts, the first is heavily supportive of al-Zarfi and represents the wing of the old players, Jamal al-Karbouli and Osama al-Nujaifi, and the second section includes the new wing that includes Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi, Muhammad al-Karbouli and Ahmad al-Juburi, "Abu Mazen", and this section requests ministries before support, according to the sources. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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