“The Prime Minister” is an exclusive right for Al-Sadr, and “Al-Hanana” announces the “largest bloc”: This is its number and its many.

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Salam: The Key Positions For The Kurds Have Been Agreed Upon

08/01/2022

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Earth News/ The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Repin Salam, revealed today, Saturday, that an agreement has been reached regarding the main positions for the Kurds.
In an interview with Earth News, Salam said, "The decisive hours today for everyone and for the national vision must be put before the eyes."
He added, "We have not finished with the researchers, but the Kurds agreed to be in a joint committee to engage in the political process and the benefits of the Kurds, including the President of the Republic and the Deputy Speaker of Parliament. They were discussed and preliminary agreements were obtained in this regard."
The Kurdish leader continued, "The names nominated for the position of Deputy Speaker of Parliament were not announced to the media until a final stage is reached because decisions in Iraq are variable and there are no constants," stressing that "the name did not leak to the media, but agreement was reached on the key positions of the Kurds."
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Seems like more than normal News articles for a Saturday, would you agree?

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Close To Al-Maliki: Parliament Session May Witness The Registration Of Two Large Blocs!

08/01/2022

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Earth News/ A close associate of the leader of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, revealed today, Saturday, that there is an intention to announce two large blocs in the first parliament session tomorrow, Sunday.
Al-Muqrib, who asked not to be named, told "Earth News", "Dialogue and negotiation continues between the coordination framework, directly and indirectly, in order to form the largest bloc in the two parties, but this matter requires a lot of time and greater understandings, and this matter may not be achieved." In the first session of Parliament, as it will be held tomorrow, Sunday.”
He added that "the coordination framework does not intend to present itself as a larger bloc in the first session, in return for that the Sadrist bloc will not submit an official request that it is the largest bloc. If the Sadrist movement presents this request during tomorrow's session, the framework will also submit a request as the largest bloc attached to it." The signatures of the framework’s deputies, whose number so far exceeds 90, and for this reason, tomorrow’s session, Sunday, may witness the announcement of two large blocs, as happened in the 2018 elections.

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A Statement From Taqadud Reveals The Details Of The Tripartite Meeting Between Al-Halbousi, Al-Khanjar And Barzani

08/01/2022

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Earth News/ Today, Saturday, the Progress Alliance issued a statement in which it revealed the details of the tripartite meeting between its leader, Muhammad al-Halbousi, the head of the Azm Alliance, Khamis al-Khanjar, and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani.
A statement issued by the media office of the Progress Alliance, received by Earth News, said that "a high-level delegation from the Progress and Azm Alliances met today, Saturday, with the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Mr. Masoud Barzani."
He added that "during the meeting, they discussed developments in the Iraqi political arena, the steps of the first session of the House of Representatives, and the formation of the new government."
The statement continued, "The meeting stressed the necessity of rapprochement between the components of Iraq, and taking into account the interest and stability of the country."

It is noteworthy that a joint delegation of the Azm and Advance alliances arrived this morning in Erbil and met with the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Nassoud Barzani.

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Fifth session .. Who are the most prominent candidates for the presidency of the House of Representatives?

January 08, 2022

 

 

 

Divisions and Disagreements (Facebook)

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Hours after the convening of the first session of the House of Representatives, which resulted from the October 10, 2021 elections, which took a long time due to objections to the election results. Statements and speculations escalate due to the political division, starting with the so-called “Sunni component,” which has traditionally taken over the highest legislative position, with the approach of the session, which is supposed to open the door for nomination for the presidency of Parliament and its two deputies after the members of the Council take the constitutional oath.

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Major divisions emerged between the "Sunni" political forces over the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives

And in the midst of the accelerated events and meetings, chaos prevailed, not in terms of the odds, but in the nominations of the same bloc, showing the extent of the great division between the most prominent political forces, and those with the highest seats (within the component) in the elections.

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In the beginning, a local news agency affiliated with one of the leaders of the Azm Alliance (headed by al-Khanjar) published an urgent news in which it said that the Azm Alliance announced its "only candidate to take over the presidency of the Iraqi parliament."

 

And it stated, quoting a source that it did not indicate to him, that ""the leaders of the Azm Alliance held a special meeting, which unanimously nominated Mahmoud al-Mashhadani for the presidency of the House of Representatives, instead of the head of the Progress Alliance, Muhammad al-Halbousi."

To further confirm the nomination, the former Minister of Defense and the winning candidate in the elections, Khaled Al-Obeidi, posted a tweet on his personal account on Twitter, saying that it was "to unify the position of the Alliance of Resolve", in which he announced his relinquishment of his candidacy for the presidency of Parliament in favor of Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, "perhaps it will be the beginning of a new era in which self-denial will prevail." monopolizing positions and personal interests.

He was Mahmoud al - Mashhadani , head of the House of Representatives, representing the Sunni Accordance Front for the post in 2006.

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At the time when leaders in "Al-Azm" announced, through statements and interventions, the candidacy of Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, Khamis al-Khanjar (the supposed head of al-Azm according to the coalition statement) was sitting with the head of the Progress Alliance, Muhammad al-Halbousi, at the reception of the joint delegation of the two main Kurdish parties, and then accompanied him on a visit to the party leader. Kurdistan Democratic Party's Massoud Barzani in Erbil, which raised doubts about al-Mashhadani's candidacy.

The official spokesman for the "Azm" coalition, Salah al-Jubouri, issued a clarification, but made matters more complicated, in which he said that "the Azm coalition, led by Khamis al-Khanjar, announces that it has not yet submitted to any person to take over the position of parliament speaker," adding that the coalition's interest is currently focused on "working with the benevolent forces to convene The first session of the new parliament in a calm atmosphere.

In this context, the head of the Jamahiriya Party, which is affiliated with the Azm Alliance, Ahmed al-Jubouri (Abu Mazen), took the same path, saying in a tweet on Twitter: "We did not address any nomination or nominations. We have a heavy task in drawing up a new ruling system that adopts true partnership and we trust the leadership of Khamis al-Khanjar, who is The only authorized person to make Egyptian decisions.” He concluded his tweet with the hashtag #Al-Azm_One.

Choice and division

At the beginning of last month, the "Azm" coalition was announced of 34 winning candidates, headed by Khamis al-Khanjar, who mainly heads the "Azm" coalition, in addition to the Hasm movement, the national masses, the Sunni group of the National Contract, the Arab Alliance in Kirkuk, and other Sunni blocs.

The most prominent personalities are: Salim al-Jubouri, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, Salman al-Jumaili, Mishaan al-Jubouri, Qassem al-Fahdawi, Khaled al-Obaidi, Talal al-Zoba'i, Muthanna al-Samarrai, Muhammad Nuri al-Abed Rabbo, Rakan al-Jubouri, Ahmed al-Jubouri, Mansour al-Murayed.

There are many indications that politicians (such as Mishaan al-Jubouri) and other sources close to the atmosphere of the Sunni blocs declare, making the dissolution of the Azm alliance almost inevitable.

 

He entered an alliance of progress and determination alone. Indeed, the rivalry between them reached high stages before the elections. However, a Turkish-Emirati intervention brought them together, in addition to Masoud Barzani's insistence on dealing with the outputs that they produce.

Despite the lack of a political agreement so far, a source, who requested anonymity, told "Ultra Iraq" that a decisive agreement between al-Halbousi and al-Khanjar with international and local sponsorship will lead the first to the presidency of Parliament in exchange for ministries in the government for al-Khanjar, and indicated that "the leadership was entrusted with the consent of al-Halbousi's determination." He stressed that "the Alliance of Resolve will disintegrate if the door for candidacy for the presidency of Parliament is opened."

The source expects that the first session of the House of Representatives will be limited to the new members taking the constitutional oath so that the session will remain in place until an agreement is reached on the President of the Republic and perhaps the Prime Minister as well, who is waiting for the decision of the Sadrist movement and the coordinating framework.

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The election of Al-Halbousi will speed up the date of the elections for the Speaker of Parliament

Iraq

02:08 - 2022-01-08

 

Tariq Harb said the legal expert known that the election of Mohammed Halbusi Chairman of the Alliance offer as chairman of the House of Representatives will be the fastest in the history of the speaker of parliament elections.

He said that the election of a war Halbusi president of the parliament will be the fastest in the history of the speaker of parliament elections, what he got from the support of a parliamentary ensures a great winning parliamentary majority Sadrist and Sunni and Kurdish.

He added Tariq Harb said , "separating Halbusi from office hours this night only."

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Iraq.. Nomination of Muhammad al-Halbousi for the presidency of the House of Representatives

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Today, Saturday, the Sunni parties in Iraq agreed to nominate Muhammad al-Halbousi for the presidency of the House of Representatives for a second term.

And the Iraqi News Agency (INA) stated that a meeting was held today, when the two Sunni alliances agreed to "progress" and "determination" to nominate Muhammad al-Halbousi for the presidency of the House of Representatives, and Khamis al-Khanjar assumed the presidency of their alliance.

 

 

This comes at a time when the General Secretariat of the House of Representatives announced the completion of all preparations for the convening of the first session of Parliament tomorrow, Sunday.

 

The Secretary-General of the House of Representatives, Sirwan Abdullah Serini, said that the Parliament's General Secretariat began planning to work on technical and logistical matters and preparing for the first session.

 

And he indicated that the General Secretariat of the House of Representatives conducted a simulation of the session tomorrow, Sunday.

He explained that the session will be for the winning representatives only, and there will be no invitation or celebration for political, governmental and diplomatic figures.

It is noteworthy that the political division in force in Iraq since 2003 grants the presidency of the parliament to the Sunni component, the presidency of the Council of Ministers to the Shiite component, and the presidency of the republic to the Kurdish component.

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An agreement opens the way for Al-Halbousi to head the new Iraqi parliament

 

Baghdad

Aktham Seif El Din

January 08, 2022

 

The "Progress" and "Azm" coalitions vote unanimously to nominate Al-Halbousi to head the Iraqi parliament (Getty)

 

A coalition headed by Muhammad al-Halbousi  and "Azm" headed by Khamis al-Khanjar resolved the position of the new parliament speaker , by agreeing to nominate Muhammad al-Halbousi, while the controversy continues regarding the position of the presidency, and the formation of the "major bloc" that is entitled to nominate a prime minister.

The two alliances, who were brought together by a joint alliance, held a meeting this evening, Saturday, to discuss the file of the presidency of the parliament, which was the political custom in the country to be from the share of the Sunni component.

During the meeting, "Progress" and "Azm" voted for Khamis al-Khanjar to take over the presidency of their joint alliance, while they nominated Muhammad al-Halbousi for the presidency of the House of Representatives.

According to a joint statement issued by them, issued after the meeting, "Khamis al-Khanjar was voted unanimously as the head of the coalition, and Muhammad al-Halbousi as a candidate for the presidency of Parliament," without giving further details.

The secretariat of the Iraqi parliament had announced earlier today that all preparations had been completed for the first session of the new parliament, tomorrow, Sunday.

Meanwhile, a member of the Kurdistan Islamic Union bloc, Muthanna Amin, announced his candidacy for the position of Deputy Speaker of Parliament in tomorrow's session.

"Based on the support of our party, the Secretary-General of the Islamic Union and members of the leadership, and based on our competence and ability based on the testimony of political parties, we will nominate ourselves for this position," he added.

The Iraqi political forces are trying to resolve the controversy over the presidency, which belongs to the Kurds, and try to agree on the "big bloc", whose features have not yet appeared.

The forces of the "coordinating framework", which represents the forces that objected to the election results, held a meeting this evening, at the home of the leader of the "Al-Fateh" coalition, Hadi al-Amiri, to discuss the possibility of agreement with the Sadrist movement, regarding the formation of the "great bloc".

A well-informed political official told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that "no agreement has been reached so far regarding the major bloc, and that contacts took place between leaders in the framework and leaders in the Sadrist movement regarding this, and no results have been obtained from this," noting that "No data for compatibility so far.

He expressed his hope that "the coming hours will bear understandings, especially since contacts are continuing, and there are attempts to gather the two sides (the coordination framework and the Sadrist movement) in a joint meeting, in an attempt to resolve before tomorrow's session."

Well-informed Iraqi political sources revealed earlier today, to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, that an Iranian delegation that includes prominent leaders of the Revolutionary Guards, as well as diplomatic personalities, is currently visiting the capital, Baghdad, with the aim of converging the views between the current and the framework regarding the matter. The major bloc, as well as discussing the form of the new government.

The new Iraqi parliament is preparing to hold its first session 3 months after the elections that took place on October 10 last year.

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POSTED ON 2022-01-09 BY SOTALIRAQ

Al-Sadr is close to announcing a broad alliance, and Al-Maliki demands a position that Al-Abadi abolished

Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan

Nouri al-Maliki, the former prime minister, stands before Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement, his expanded coalition government, or what the latter calls the "political majority."

Al-Maliki, the leader of the State of Law coalition, requests 8 positions for his coalition - which came third in the election results - including a senior position for him, which al-Sadr rejects.

The leader of the current, with the highest seats, was able to include 4 political forces in his bloc, while the status of the Shiite forces (the coordinating framework) remained unresolved.

Al-Sadr reached, hours before the opening of the first session of Parliament, which is supposed to be held today, Sunday, to the threshold of achieving "half + one" of the total number of seats, which gives him the right to form a government.

Five names of candidates for the position of prime minister are circulating, and it seems that the positions of the President of the Republic and Parliament are almost settled.

Before the New Year, the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, called the new parliament to hold its first session on the ninth of this month, three days after the Federal Court announced the ratification of the election results.

In the first sessions, it requires choosing the three presidencies and declaring the largest or “most numerous” bloc, according to the constitution’s expression in Article 76, which will present a candidate for prime minister.

Contrary to the last hours

According to political sources, the reasons for the collapse of the agreement that took place recently, between al-Sadr and the Coordination Framework Group, is because of “Nuri al-Maliki.”

And during the past two days, news leaked about the two groups merging to form the largest bloc, before Muqtada al-Sadr returned to talk again about the "political majority."

The sources told Al-Mada that "after the two rounds of meetings between Al-Sadr and the coordination framework in Baghdad and Al-Hanana, they agreed to merge, but Al-Maliki requested 8 positions in the government."

Al-Maliki, who won 33 seats, and according to the sources, requested "six ministries for his coalition, two of which are sovereign, in addition to the position of Deputy Speaker of Parliament and the position of Vice President of the Republic occupied by al-Maliki himself."

In 2015, as part of a series of reforms undertaken by former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, he had abolished the post of Vice Presidents of the Republic, before the Federal Court returned after that to overturn the decision.

The sources, who asked not to be identified, go on to say: "Al-Sadr informed the coordination framework that he rejects these demands, and that Al-Maliki is not in a position commensurate with his conditions."

The sources added, "Al-Maliki's requests mean that he acquired all the ministries that belong to the Shiites' share, which are 12 ministries out of 23."

On the other hand, there are still 17 seats for the Al-Fateh coalition, which includes 6 leaders (most notably Al-Amiri, Al-Khazali, Ahmed Al-Asadi, and Humam Hammoudi).

There is no place for “militias”!

As a result of that dispute, the negotiation collapsed, and Al-Sadr tweeted yesterday, “There is no place for militias, and no for subordination.”

Al-Sadr said: "Today there is no place for sectarianism and no place for ethnicity, but a national majority government in which Shiites defend the rights of minorities, Sunnis and Kurds."

He added, "There is no place for militias. Everyone will support system" rel="">support the army, the police, and the security forces."

Prior to that, al-Sadr had published a post in which he announced the features of his alliance with Sunni and Kurdish forces and was part of the coordination framework.

The leader of the Sadrist movement said in his tweet last Friday, that "the will of the free people is above all Western and Eastern external pressures," stressing that the people's will is a "national majority government."

Al-Sadr pointed out that any external pressure will not "discourage" him from the majority government, adding that any threats "will increase us (determination), (progress) and (determination) towards an Iraqi (democracy)."

It was understood from al-Sadr’s tweet that my coalition led by Muhammad al-Halbousi, the former parliament speaker, and Azm led by Khamis al-Khanjar joined him.

Al-Halbousi owns 42 seats after 5 independent winners in the elections joined his alliance, while only 12 winners remained from the Khanjar alliance after his team split, which reached 32 seats due to the latter’s support system" rel="">support to restore confidence to Al-Halbousi in the parliament’s presidency.

The tweet also referred to the merger of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, which has 31 seats, in addition to the Tasmeem Alliance of 5 seats, which (the latter) does not seem internally integrated.

Amer al-Fayez, a winning deputy from Basra and head of the design alliance, stated that he “did not sign with al-Sadr” against other Shiite forces.

Al-Fayez called on the Shiite movement to enter into a new project called "Reform Homeland Gathering," and said that the Sadrists were the first to sign it.

If Tasmim merges with al-Sadr, the coalition will have 164 seats, which is one seat less than “half + one” of the 329 parliament’s total.

"Formatting" options

The sources expect that the integration of the coordination framework is "only a matter of time", especially with the presence of Iranian pressures pushing this direction.

And in front of the framework is a solution of 3 solutions, according to what the sources say: “either isolating al-Maliki or submitting to al-Sadr’s conditions and reducing the share of the leader of the State of Law coalition, or the unlikely solution is to go with the rest of the parties that did not enter with al-Sadr.”

The dissidents from "Azm" who represent 20 seats are still insisting on the nomination of Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, who by chance will be the head of the age who will open Sunday's session, in addition to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which has 17 seats.

Also, about 30 individual candidates (out of 42 merged with 12 well-known political forces) did not resolve their issue, including 14 who did not merge with any known or new bloc formed after the results were announced.

Yesterday, the coordination framework announced that it wanted to form a government "in which all parties participate" and far from "exclusion and marginalization."

This came after a meeting of the "Coordination Committee" with the Kurdistan Democratic Party at Al-Maliki's house in Baghdad.

The framework had called last Friday, the Sadrist movement to form the largest bloc in number to maintain the constitutional maturity.

The names of the three presidencies

According to well-informed political sources, "Al-Sadr will grant the coordination framework, if it merges with the Sadrist bloc, the right of veto over the nominees of prime ministers, but he stipulated not to interfere in the names of the ministers, and the prime minister is responsible for choosing them."

According to the leaks, the names of 5 candidates to head the government are circulating, and they are the current Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, the Iraqi ambassador in London and Sadr's cousin, Jaafar Al-Sadr, and Adel Mahouder, who is a Sadrist and the former Minister of Municipalities.

As for the other two names that were not disclosed, the sources speculate that they are from the very close circle of the leader of the Sadrist movement, or what is known as the “Hanana Team,” which is Sadr’s residence in Najaf.

As for the rest of the names of the presidencies, the leaks talk about the Kurdish forces submitting Hoshyar Zebari to the presidency, a leader in the Democratic Party and the former Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs.

On the other hand, the position of Parliament Speaker appears to be almost agreed upon to renew the mandate of Al-Halbousi, but on the other hand, Al-Mashhadani is competing with him, who is supported by the dissidents from Al-Khanjar, after Khaled Al-Obeidi, the leader of the dissident from the coalition, relinquished the position.

Opening session

According to the constitution, in the first session, the deputies must elect a speaker and two deputies by an absolute majority, then parliament will elect a new speaker by a two-thirds majority of the deputies within 30 days of the first session.

The latter assigns the candidate of the largest bloc in Parliament to form a government, and the Prime Minister-designate also has 30 days to form a government and present it to Parliament for approval.

But Ali Shaddad, a new deputy in parliament for Basra, does not expect much to happen in the session that will be held on Sunday.

Shaddad said, in connection with (Al-Mada) about the session: "It will be an opening only, in which it will be announced that the president of the age will take the presidential oath and that the winning candidates will take the constitutional oath, then it will turn into an open session."

The Federal Court had decided in 2010 to cancel the “open session”, but the political forces repeated that several times after the decision, but under other names, such as turning it into a “deliberation session”, which was what the supposed president of the age, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, spoke a few days ago.

Representative Shaddad, who is from the State Forces Alliance, added: "I do not expect that the matter of choosing the speaker of parliament will be decided in the first session, but this may happen in a close session, which may be in the same week."

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The Union and the Democratic Party postpone the dispute over the presidency of the republic

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  Sulaymaniyah: Muhammad al-Baghdadi

 

It is hoped that the next parliament will be able to elect a speaker, tomorrow, Sunday, and avoid the scenario of the open session after the 2010 and 2014 elections, to move later to elect the President of the Republic within a maximum period of 30 days, according to the constitution.

The position of the President of the Republic is specifically linked to the Kurdish political agreement, according to custom after the first government after 2003, which casts a shadow over the results of the elections in the Kurdistan region, in which the Democratic Party won thirty-one seats, followed by the National Union with seventeen.

The two parties often negotiate the sharing of the presidency and the region's presidency, but the recent legislative elections set a new reality by putting the Kirkuk governor's post on the table.

A member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Anas Sheikh Mazhar, said: “The priority of the Kurdistan Democratic Party is the rights of the people of Kurdistan, and then talk about government positions. This time".

Mazhar added, in an interview with "Al-Sabah", that "the position of Kirkuk governor has to do with Kurdish understandings with the rest of the blocs, and I think that the two parties can reach an understanding regarding federal government positions before going to Parliament."

In turn, the official of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan organizations in Kirkuk, Hedayat Taher, saw the absence of a link between the two positions.

Taher explained to "Al-Sabah", that "the governor's position, according to the electoral benefits, is from the union's share. from the party, but the latter broke his promise.

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A critical 24 hours between the Sadrist movement and the coordination framework

Saturday 08 January 2022 238

 Baghdad: Muhammad Al-Ansari

 

Although there are only 24 hours left for the first session of the new parliament, things seem to be murky and unclear regarding basic issues, foremost of which is the “largest bloc” that will be tasked with forming the expected government. If the “Shiite duo” agree: the Sadrist bloc and the coordination framework On entering into a single alliance, things will go smoothly, but in the event that they separate and one of the parties is able to declare itself a “larger bloc” and proceed with agreements with the other partners, the country will proceed to a blockage and perhaps more clearly a “dark tunnel” whose end is unknown.

The past few hours carried a joint movement from the "Kurdish duo": the Democratic and Patriotic Union, led by Hoshyar Zebari, as he met the Sadrist movement's political body and the leaders of the coordination framework.

Zebari stressed that "the electoral benefits will be the verdict in determining Iraq's destiny," and added in a joint press conference with the leader of the Sadrist movement, Nassar al-Rubaie, that "dialogue with the Sadrist movement is very useful and everyone is required to take advantage of the opportunity."

Meanwhile, sources close to the "coordinating framework" reported that the latter's leaders held an extensive and lengthy meeting at the home of the head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, after the framework's meeting with the Kurdish delegation led by Zebari.

In turn, the leader in the coordination framework, Wael Al-Rikabi, said: "The framework will enter the first session of Parliament scheduled to be held on Sunday with approximately 100 deputies, and will hand over to the Presidency of Parliament a letter declaring that it is the largest parliamentary bloc." He added, "The coordinating framework is still hopeful, as we are on the threshold of the first session, to enter it with the Sadrist movement as a larger bloc that represents the Shiite component for the purpose of forming a government."

And he indicated that "if the Sadrist movement continues to refuse to enter with us in a consensus government, we will go alone to enter the first session, in addition to those with us from some of the winning personalities and the winning independent candidates."

He explained that "the coming hours before the session may witness a meeting between the framework and the current in Najaf or the capital, Baghdad, and all matters are subject to dialogue for the purpose of consensus between the Shiite blocs."

While the "Kurdish" and "Shiite" duo are negotiating to reach a possible consensus formula, the leaks of the "Sunni duo": determination and progress, indicate that talk of consensus between the two parties has gone unheeded, especially with regard to the renewal of the parliament's presidency for the leader of "progress" Muhammad al-Halbousi, And announcing the leadership of the component to negotiate with other parties, despite internal and external attempts to reunite and gather what was scattered in the decision.

Pending the coming hours, the resolution of matters will remain suspended between the "Sadr movement" and the "coordinating framework."

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POSTED ON 2022-01-09 BY SOTALIRAQ

A political source reveals the three most prominent candidates for prime minister

 

A political source reveals to Rudaw the three most prominent candidates for prime minister

A political source revealed the most prominent names nominated in the election
The political oasis now, to assume the presidency of the next government, noting that there are other options that may be presented according to the understandings between the political parties in the event that no agreement is reached on the most prominent candidates.
The source told the Rudaw Media Network, on Saturday (January 8, 2022), that "the political blocs are circulating three prominent names to take over the position of the next prime minister," noting that "these names are Mustafa Al-Kazemi, Haider Al-Abadi and Asad Al-Eidani."
The source, who asked not to be named, explained that "Mustafa Al-Kazemi is not wanted by the coordinating framework, and therefore the Sadrist movement may be forced to support Haider al-Abadi's assumption of the position, so that he does not receive the blame alone from the rest of the Shiite parties, in the event that al-Abadi does not succeed in his mission."
The source pointed out that "Al-Eidani is on the list of candidates, but there are grievances against him from some political parties, and perhaps the West as well," adding that "other than these names may be presented in the political arena soon, in the event that no agreement is reached between the various parties about them."
According to the final results, the Sadrist bloc won the largest number of parliamentary seats, with 73 seats in the 329-seat parliament, while the “Progress” bloc won 37 seats, and the State of Law coalition won 33 seats, while the Kurdistan Democratic Party won 31 seats. The Kurdistan Alliance won 17 seats, the Al-Fateh Alliance won 17 seats, while the Azm Alliance won 14 seats.
The “Extension” movement won 9 seats, the “Eshraqa Kanon” movement won 6 seats, the “National Contract” coalition won 4 seats, the National State Forces alliance won 4 seats, and the “Hasm Reform Movement” alliance won 3 seats. The “Babylon” movement will have 4 seats, the “Our People is Our Identity” coalition will have 3 seats, the “Turkmen Iraq Unified Front” will have one seat, the “New Generation” movement will have 9 seats, and the “Designation” alliance will have 5 seats.
The number of parties winning one seat was 16, while the number of seats for individuals winning the elections was 43, divided between 38 men and 5 women.
The commission said that more than 9.6 million people voted in the elections, in which at least 167 parties and more than 3,200 candidates competed for parliament seats.

 

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A critical 24 hours between the Sadrist movement and the coordination framework

Saturday 08 January 2022 238

 Baghdad: Muhammad Al-Ansari

 

Although there are only 24 hours left for the first session of the new parliament, things seem to be murky and unclear regarding basic issues, foremost of which is the “largest bloc” that will be tasked with forming the expected government. If the “Shiite duo” agree: the Sadrist bloc and the coordination framework On entering into a single alliance, things will go smoothly, but in the event that they separate and one of the parties is able to declare itself a “larger bloc” and proceed with agreements with the other partners, the country will proceed to a blockage and perhaps more clearly a “dark tunnel” whose end is unknown.

The past few hours carried a joint movement from the "Kurdish duo": the Democratic and Patriotic Union, led by Hoshyar Zebari, as he met the Sadrist movement's political body and the leaders of the coordination framework.

Zebari stressed that "the electoral benefits will be the verdict in determining Iraq's destiny," and added in a joint press conference with the leader of the Sadrist movement, Nassar al-Rubaie, that "dialogue with the Sadrist movement is very useful and everyone is required to take advantage of the opportunity."

Meanwhile, sources close to the "coordinating framework" reported that the latter's leaders held an extensive and lengthy meeting at the home of the head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, after the framework's meeting with the Kurdish delegation led by Zebari.

In turn, the leader in the coordination framework, Wael Al-Rikabi, said: "The framework will enter the first session of Parliament scheduled to be held on Sunday with approximately 100 deputies, and will hand over to the Presidency of Parliament a letter declaring that it is the largest parliamentary bloc." He added, "The coordinating framework is still hopeful, as we are on the threshold of the first session, to enter it with the Sadrist movement as a larger bloc that represents the Shiite component for the purpose of forming a government."

And he indicated that "if the Sadrist movement continues to refuse to enter with us in a consensus government, we will go alone to enter the first session, in addition to those with us from some of the winning personalities and the winning independent candidates."

He explained that "the coming hours before the session may witness a meeting between the framework and the current in Najaf or the capital, Baghdad, and all matters are subject to dialogue for the purpose of consensus between the Shiite blocs."

While the "Kurdish" and "Shiite" duo are negotiating to reach a possible consensus formula, the leaks of the "Sunni duo": determination and progress, indicate that talk of consensus between the two parties has gone unheeded, especially with regard to the renewal of the parliament's presidency for the leader of "progress" Muhammad al-Halbousi, And announcing the leadership of the component to negotiate with other parties, despite internal and external attempts to reunite and gather what was scattered in the decision.

Pending the coming hours, the resolution of matters will remain suspended between the "Sadr movement" and the "coordinating framework."

 

Mystery speaker behind the wall of microphones.

 

3 hours ago, yota691 said:

POSTED ON 2022-01-09 BY SOTALIRAQ

A political source reveals the three most prominent candidates for prime minister

 

A political source reveals to Rudaw the three most prominent candidates for prime minister

A political source revealed the most prominent names nominated in the election
The political oasis now, to assume the presidency of the next government, noting that there are other options that may be presented according to the understandings between the political parties in the event that no agreement is reached on the most prominent candidates.
The source told the Rudaw Media Network, on Saturday (January 8, 2022), that "the political blocs are circulating three prominent names to take over the position of the next prime minister," noting that "these names are Mustafa Al-Kazemi, Haider Al-Abadi and Asad Al-Eidani."
The source, who asked not to be named, explained that "Mustafa Al-Kazemi is not wanted by the coordinating framework, and therefore the Sadrist movement may be forced to support system" rel="">support Haider al-Abadi's assumption of the position, so that he does not receive the blame alone from the rest of the Shiite parties, in the event that al-Abadi does not succeed in his mission."
The source pointed out that "Al-Eidani is on the list of candidates, but there are grievances against him from some political parties, and perhaps the West as well," adding that "other than these names may be presented in the political arena soon, in the event that no agreement is reached between the various parties about them."
According to the final results, the Sadrist bloc won the largest number of parliamentary seats, with 73 seats in the 329-seat parliament, while the “Progress” bloc won 37 seats, and the State of Law coalition won 33 seats, while the Kurdistan Democratic Party won 31 seats. The Kurdistan Alliance won 17 seats, the Al-Fateh Alliance won 17 seats, while the Azm Alliance won 14 seats.
The “Extension” movement won 9 seats, the “Eshraqa Kanon” movement won 6 seats, the “National Contract” coalition won 4 seats, the National State Forces alliance won 4 seats, and the “Hasm Reform Movement” alliance won 3 seats. The “Babylon” movement will have 4 seats, the “Our People is Our Identity” coalition will have 3 seats, the “Turkmen Iraq Unified Front” will have one seat, the “New Generation” movement will have 9 seats, and the “Designation” alliance will have 5 seats.
The number of parties winning one seat was 16, while the number of seats for individuals winning the elections was 43, divided between 38 men and 5 women.
The commission said that more than 9.6 million people voted in the elections, in which at least 167 parties and more than 3,200 candidates competed for parliament seats.

 

 

Smartest person in Iraq behind the podium. 

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the fact that they have seated and elected these three says to me we have a very stable political party and government. next step.....RV

[yota691]

Al-Sadr can run the government of Iraq.. A bold statement from a member of the coordination framework ends the (Al-Qah) controversy - Urgent

 

 

487 Policy 01/20/20 16:40 Baghdad today -

special Today, Monday, the leader in the coordination framework, Aid Al-Hilali, proposed a new figure to run the next government, in a step to get rid of the (Q) controversy between the Shiite parties. Al-Hilali told (Baghdad Today) that "the international factor is influential in the issue of the political decision in Iraq, and this matter does not harm him by consulting the experts (in reference to the external factor). And he added, "Iraq has not produced a mature political class to bring the country to safety, and therefore the current stage requires choosing an acceptable figure to run the government, and through it the expressions that say this candidate is resounding (rude) and this candidate is Maliki (rude) and here we can go to an important figure is required. He is Jaafar Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr to lead the government in the coming period. He continued, "Jaafar al-Sadr is the son of the al-Sadr family on the one hand, and he may be accepted by the movement. At the same time, he is the son of Mr. Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, founder of the Dawa Party, and therefore he is the best figure who can lead the government for the next four years."

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On 1/8/2022 at 11:20 PM, yota691 said:

Al-Maliki, the leader of the State of Law coalition, requests 8 positions for his coalition - which came third in the election results - including a senior position for him, which al-Sadr rejects.

I hope Al-Sadr has an excellent security team.  IMO, he’s going to need it for protection against Maliki’s forces. 

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1 hour ago, Bama Girl said:

I hope Al-Sadr has an excellent security team.  IMO, he’s going to need it for protection against Maliki’s forces. 

Jeffrey Epstein and Al-Sadr didn't kill themselves. 

[yota691]

Politicians: The identity of the next government has not yet been decided

Tuesday 11 January 2022 210

 Sulaymaniyah: Muhammad al-Baghdadi 

 

The large Kurdish blocs are intensifying their negotiating efforts to find a foothold in one of the two camps seeking to form a government, through an equation that gives the Kurdish negotiator the required "balance."

Erbil's delegations in Baghdad have always carried the slogan of working the constitution in accordance with partnership, while maintaining the rhetoric of "standing at the same distance from all parties." 

Erbil and Baghdad witnessed a Kurdish negotiating movement with the Fatah and State of Law blocs on the one hand, and my alliances of progress and determination on the other.

A member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Bashir Haddad, counted the various political dialogues with Erbil, "the evidence of the wisdom of the Kurdish leadership, and its positive role towards the openness of the political situation in Iraq and the stability of the country. The region has always stressed the importance of forming a strong government capable of taking responsibility and building the state on solid foundations that secure stability." .

In his interview with Al-Sabah, Haddad added, "All that Erbil requires is to consolidate the foundations of the federal system and strengthen the principles of true partnership."

For his part, Kurdistan Democratic Party member Muhammad Zangana does not see any guarantees for the existence of an honest government, as he put it.

Zangana said in an interview with "Al-Sabah": "The Kurdish side is working in full swing to meet the aspirations of the Iraqis in forming a government awaiting the resolution of many files," noting that "there are 55 constitutional articles that have been bypassed."

Political researcher Hazem Al-Bawi told Al-Sabah: “The current political work and its nature are completely different from what they used to be in the past, due to the clear discrepancy in the election results and the new reality they brought about. Because of the equilibrium policy.

 Al-Bawi suggested the agreement of the political blocs to form a government that expresses the opinion and position of everyone, or the so-called consensual coalition government, as he described it.

Political researcher Ammar al-Baghdadi said, in an interview with "Al-Sabah", that "the Kurdish experience in political work deals with Baghdad in accordance with the region's higher interests."

Al-Baghdadi believes that the current Kurdish dialogue with the rest of the parties in Baghdad, "may produce a balanced prime minister with full powers, independent of the influence of the surrounding political forces, which is also reflected on the relationship of the federal government with the regional government."

• Editing: Ali Abdel Khaleq

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Saddam's trial judge nominates himself for the presidency

political| 03:59 - 11/01/2022

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News
, on Tuesday, Rizgar Amin announced his candidacy for the post of President of the Republic. 
Amin said in an interview carried by Kurdish media: "I present my candidacy for the post of President of the Republic of Iraq." 
It is noteworthy that Rizgar Amin, born in Sulaymaniyah in 1957, is one of the judges participating in Saddam Hussein's trial. Ended 29 / h 

[yota691]

The Kurdistan National Party Reveals A New Candidate For The Presidency Of The Republic

 

01/11/2022 | 4:25 PM

information / special

On Tuesday, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan revealed a new candidate for the presidency, other than Barham Salih.

Union member Mahmoud Khoshnaw said in a statement to the "Information" agency, that "there is a new candidate who has decided his matter by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan for the presidency of the republic," noting that "the Kurdistan Democratic Party does not object to our candidacy of any personality for the presidency."

He added that "the trump card now is not the position of the president of the republic, but the Kurdish people and the region, and the position of the president of the republic has been decided for another candidate."

A well-informed political source had earlier confirmed the insistence of Kurdistan Democratic Party Chairman Massoud Barzani to reject Barham Salih's candidacy for the presidency. finished 25 and

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Its delegation left Baghdad in anger.. Al-Sadr rejects Iranian mediation to ally with the "framework": No to Al-Maliki

 

 2022-01-10 12:00

 

 

Shafaq News/ An informed political source revealed, on Monday, the visit of an Iranian diplomatic delegation, which included figures from the Revolutionary Guards, to the capital, Baghdad, for the purpose of bringing the views between the coordination framework and the leader of the Sadrist movement Muqtada al-Sadr, and uniting them in a bloc that constitutes the most numerous in the Iraqi parliament.

 

The source explained to Shafaq News Agency, "The Iranian delegation left the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, angry and upset after failing to bring the two sides closer together."

 

The source told the agency, "Al-Sadr remained insistent on removing the leader of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, from the alliance between the framework and the current, and this was rejected by the framework, which stressed the importance of an alliance of all his forces with the Sadrist bloc."

 

He added, "The failure to reach a solution between the two parties, and Sadr's desire to isolate al-Maliki from the Shiite political house, greatly disturbed the Iranian delegation."

 

The parliament’s first session, of its fifth session, which was held on Sunday, witnessed the election of Muhammad al-Halbousi to head the parliament for a second term, and the leader of the Sadrist movement, Hakim al-Zamili, and the representative of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Shakhwan Abdullah, as his two deputies.

 

Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi, after assuming the presidency of the session, announced the opening of the nomination for the position of the presidency, within 15 days, according to the constitutional timings.

 

The head of the Sadrist bloc, Hassan al-Athari, before the adjournment of the opening session by its elected president, Muhammad al-Halbousi, presented a list of the names and signatures of the most numerous parliamentary bloc, to the new parliament presidency.