A {final} meeting between Al-Sadr and Al-Amiri

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Through Today’s Meeting..Deputy: The Coordinator Will Decide His Position On Tomorrow’s Session

 

2022/02/06 | 4:49 PM

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The representative of the State of Law coalition, Muhammad Al-Ziyadi, stated, on Sunday, that the meeting of the forces of the coordination framework that will be held today will decide the decision to hold a session of the House of Representatives to choose the Presidency of the Republic or not.

Al-Ziyadi told the "Information" agency, "The coordinating framework will hold a meeting today to discuss the most prominent political developments taking place in the Iraqi arena, starting with Muqtada al-Sadr's decision to boycott tomorrow's session, discuss new alliances, form a consensus government, and the issue of the blocking third."

He added that "the coordinating framework will determine its position after the end of the meeting expected to take place from the upcoming parliament session," noting that "the next few hours will reveal the holding of tomorrow's session or it will be postponed."

The representative of the State of Law coalition, Muhammad Al-Shammari, had said earlier today that the coordinating framework forces will hold an important meeting today to discuss new developments in the political arena, noting that the holding of the parliament session for the election of the President of the Republic is not clear vision so far. Done / 25 SR

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POSTED ON 2022-02-06 BY SOTALIRAQ

Monday's session without the chest current turns the blocking third on all and the tire is forced by the drainage government

In a sudden move, Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement, turns the blocking third on his opponents, and allows the caretaker government to stay for a period of up to several months, and in politics there is no limit to evasion in strategic decisions.

With a stance similar to his announcement of boycotting the elections, the leader of the Sadrist bloc froze negotiations to form a government, with announcing a boycott of the presidential election session.

Al-Sadr's move came against a political clash that amounted to threatening chaos, not starting with the targeting of party headquarters and not ending with the bombing of the airport.

Al-Sadr's opponents read the last position between a political maneuver or a tactic whose consequences are not known until now, while sources close to the coordination framework say that his forces are now discussing the course of the political process in the event that the Sadrist bloc proceeds in the boycott.

In light of the latest data, prominent politicians say that al-Sadr is maneuvering with the same tactic that the framework forces used, as he, along with the Alliance of Sovereignty and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, is going to break the quorum by more than the blocking half, which means putting the opponents in front of a constitutional vacuum that the government of Mustafa al-Kazemi, which they refuse to continue, will continue. .

Until further notice, the decision to freeze the negotiations imposes a difficult equation, according to those familiar with the political issue, noting that the framework forces, after they had a narrow room to maneuver after the initiative of Massoud Barzani, the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, now have one option, which is to accept the conditions of al-Sadr and its division between loyalists and opposition. Otherwise, the political process is facing a real blockage, from which the forces will not leave with the least losses, but rather with the most, and this is what the political weights impose.

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**“Al-Hanana” reveals the scenes of the past 48 hours and the secrets of Al-Sadr’s new positions**
6th February, 2022
A source close to al-Hananah, the headquarters of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, revealed on Saturday, the reasons that prompted the latter to suspend his discussions on forming the next government and boycott the session on electing the president of the republic next Monday.

The source told Shafaq News Agency, asking not to be named, that “Al-Sadr’s recent decisions come as a matter of political tactics, and this does not mean canceling the agreement between the tripartite coalition of political forces that won the largest number of seats.”

The source explained, in the context of his behind-the-scenes account of what happened during the past 48 hours, that “the large number of pressures from all internal and external parties on al-Sadr prompted the latter to adopt a political tactic that restores things to normal and delivers a clear message that the Sadrist bloc does not adopt partisan deals, but rather seeks to adopt a national government program.” A reformist who meets the aspirations of the street, who desires a government that works for the citizen, not its partisan or political references.

He pointed out that “Al-Sadr sent a clear message to everyone far and wide that he is adopting a national program, not an external agenda, as some promote, and it does not mean canceling the agreement or the tripartite coalition between the partners (the Alliance of Sovereignty and the Kurdistan Democratic Party), but rather increases their solidarity, and the coming days will reveal that.” The source added that “Al-Sadr and his allies are proceeding with the formation of the reformist national majority government, and whoever wants to join our party is welcome, and whoever does not want the opposition is the most appropriate place for him.”

The source said, “According to the information received, one of the leaders of the framework sponsoring the reunification initiatives will visit Al-Hanana to meet with Al-Sadr and to quell the atmosphere to agree on a specific date to sit at a dialogue table with the rest of the partners and political forces, including the forces of the coordination framework, to end the controversy over the Shiite-Shiite dispute through subordination to items The initiative of Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani and the achievement of a Shiite alliance that includes the Sadrist bloc and some of the framework forces without the head of state law Nuri al-Maliki, as well as confirming the guarantees related to the file of the Popular Mobilization and not prejudice to it.

He added, “Government positions are only granted according to parliamentary weight, and therefore there is no courtesy or favoritism in that,” referring to the demands of some forces to grant the position of Vice President of the Republic to the leader of the state of law, Nuri al-Maliki. The source pointed out that “the coming hours will witness a feverish political movement among all political forces to put the final touches on their agreements, in addition to emphasizing the commitment to the constitutional terms.”

Earlier on Saturday, al-Sadr had a telephone conversation with Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

According to a similar statement issued by the two sides, Barzani and al-Sadr affirmed that “the strategic alliance is coherent and is proceeding to expedite the formation of the government of the national majority to carry out its duties towards the Iraqi people, meet their aspirations, preserve their higher interests, and consolidate the foundations of stability and prosperity.” This call comes a few hours after the Sadrist bloc announced the suspension of its discussions to form the next government and the boycott of the parliament session dedicated to electing the president of the republic next Monday.

It seems that the statement was referring to the unofficially announced “strategic alliance” between the Sadrist bloc, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Sovereignty Alliance to form the next government. Still, other Shiite forces affiliated with the coordination framework reject al-Sadr’s efforts to form a national majority government, and demand a consensual government in which everyone participates, similar to previous governments. The Sadrist bloc topped the October 10 elections, with 73 seats, followed by the Progress Alliance with 37, the State of Law coalition with 33, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party with 31. Rj4
https://shafaq.com/ar/كل-الاخبار/الحنانة-تكشف-كواليس-الـ48-ساعة-الماضية-وخبايا-مواقف-الصدر-الجديدة

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s federal court on Sunday decided to temporarily suspend the nomination of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP) candidate for the Iraqi presidency, Hoshyar Zebari.

The court held a session on Sunday in response to cases filed against Zebari by a number of MPs, and ruled to temporarily suspend his candidacy status until the case is completely resolved.

According to the court’s decision published by Iraqi state media, the ruling against Zebari’s candidacy was made on the grounds that he did not meet the conditions of “good reputation and integrity” required by the constitution.

Zebari on Sunday evening said he “respects” Iraqi Federal Court’s decision to suspend his candidacy for the presidential race “until the lawsuit filed by some of those who cling to the days of pre-reform is resolved,” he wrote in a Facebook post. 

The suspended candidate added that he trusts the judiciary to confirm that he has fulfilled the conditions for the presidential candidacy and that “what is rumored is nothing more than a groaning for more clinging to power.” 

The legislature is scheduled to meet on February 7 to elect a new president for the country. The KDP had fielded Zebari, who has previously held several positions in Baghdad, while the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) has nominated the incumbent Iraqi President Barham Salih for the position.

The KDP was expected to hold an advantage over the PUK for the presidency race given their alliance with the Sadrist Movement, the largest parliamentary bloc, led by Muqtada al-Sadr. In a turn of events on Friday, Sadr called on members of his bloc not to vote for the KDP candidate for the Iraqi presidency if he does not meet the necessary requirements to fulfill the position. Sadr has promised to enact political reforms and to form a government free from corruption.  

Zebari served as the Iraqi finance minister from 2014 to 2016 before he was removed from his position following a secret parliamentary vote of no-confidence over alleged corruption and misuse of public funds. Despite Zebari denying the allegation brought against him at the time, 158 MPs out of 249 present in the meeting voted against him. He was later cleared of the charges. 

[horsesoldier]

This is just absurd. A Parliamentary type of governance is damn frustrating come election time. At least in the USA elected officials sit their damn butts down and commence to backstabbing.

Meanwhile as see in the above article what a mess forming a new government is. We’ve seen how long & drawn out things can get; all the while time marches on with nothing gets done. 
Of course when the government does get seated; these guys just sand bagging & foot drag.

Almost 20 years & where they ?

[currenzcraze]

**The Iranian influence within Iraq is not as simple as turning off and on a light switch. Give this time to work itself out and let's await the 2022 Budget and see if it will enhance, or follow, the White Papers. Then, and only then. will the IQD have a chance to give us a ROI. It's that simple, lengthy, but still simple**

Qa'ani pulling strings in the dark to force a Shiite-Shiite agreement

2022-02-07 09:22

Shafaq News/ The commander of Iran's elite Quds Force, Esmail Qa'ani, continues to hold serial meetings with the Coordination Framework forces to ponder potential solutions to the ongoing Shiite-Shiite disagreement, an inside source revealed on Monday.

The source said that Qa'ani's conclaves with the leaders of the Shiite forces are being held under secretive circumstances to avoid media disturbances.

In a statement to Shafaq News Agency, the spokesperson to Nouri Al-Maliki's State of Law Coalition, Bahaa al-Din al-Nouri, said, "the meetings between the Coordination Framework poles did not stop despite putting the talks with political forces outside the Framework on halt."

"The Coordination Framework did not shut any doors...we hope the dialogues unfolds to agreements that can be materialized on reasonable grounds," he continued.

"The Coordination Framework did not boycott the session to protest Hoshyar Zebari's candidature. In fact, it decided not to attend because of the hazy general atmosphere; many disagreements are yet to be settled and the largest bloc is yet to be named. We hope we can address all these issues prior to forming a government."

A source revealed that Qa'ani met with the Coordination Framework leaders at the residence of Humam al-Hamoudi, the chairman of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, in Baghdad.

The meeting, according to the source, revolved around the recent updates on the political situation in Iraq on the eve of the parliament session called to elect a new head of the state.

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The coordination framework reveals an initiative that will be a "lifeline for the next government."

• Time : 02/07/2022 23:00:24
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{Politics: Al-Furat News} A member of the coordination framework, Haider Al-Lami, revealed an initiative that will be "the lifeline for the next government."

 

Al-Lami said; For the (unpublished) program broadcast by Al-Furat satellite channel tonight, it said: “No one can interpret the constitution from Article 92, third, except for the Federal Court, and it is not permissible to open the door for candidacy for the presidency of the republic except by the decision of the court, but there are movements that want to gather the papers.” 
He added, "The coordinating framework is still building a solid political process that crosses the path of safety for the next four years, and is still committed to not going unified without the other parties as the most numerous bloc. It will put forward an initiative that will appear in the coming days and be a participant in the government, and the initiative will be a lifeline."
Al-Lami pointed out, "We are against the exclusionary majority, and time is not qualified for it, because there are major interventions and a bitter Iraqi reality, which needs everyone's solidarity," explaining that "the political process is going through a suffocating crisis and needs everyone to enter it, and we do not want it to go through a lame stage."
He continued, "The decision of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Mr. al-Sadr, was a savior for the Kurdistan Democratic Party in their non-attendance to the session. So far, our relations with everyone are good, and we hope that political competition will not be a door to spoiling the relationship."
Al-Amy added, "The coordination has a head, a word, a direction, and our decision is unified; but if the tripartite alliance was {Kokkriti}, why did al-Sadr's decision surprise Mr. al-Sadr not to attend the Kurdish and Sunni parliament session?"
 He stressed, "the necessity of everyone's participation in the national and government space, and everyone bears his responsibility, and the country cannot be led without participation."

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'Agreement with Alekte is excluded'

Barzani's party: days after the end of the Zebari case and the holding of a session to choose him as President of the Republic

2022.02.07 - 17:37

 

  

Baghdad - people  

On Monday, the Kurdistan Democratic Party determined its position on the parliament session to vote for a candidate for the position of President of the Republic, and while he indicated that the boycott of today's session came in the wake of the state order, he stressed that the Federal Court will "do justice" to Zebari within days.  

  

 

  

Democratic Party MP Shirwan Al-Dobardani said during his hosting on the "Manchit Ahmar" program, which is presented by colleague "Rima Na'isa" and followed by "Nas" (February 7, 2022), that "the position of boycotting the Triple Alliance came after the issuance of the state order from the Federal Court regarding Zebari." ".  

Al-Dobrdani added, "We are waiting for the Zebari case to end in the next few days and for the session to be held to choose him as President of the Republic."  

He continued, "The consensus between the two Kurdish parties regarding the position of President of the Republic is unlikely, and we have no candidate but Zebari."  

"We believe in the Iraqi judiciary and the Federal Court, and within days the case will be settled," he said.  

Al-Dobrdani stressed that "Zebari enjoys the consensus and support of the Democrats, the Sadrist movement and parties from the framework."  

He pointed out that "there will be a decision to cancel the state order by the Federal Court and the return of Zebari as a candidate for the presidency." 

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Al-Maliki refuses an important position before meeting Qaani.. A convincing initiative from Al-Attar to Al-Sadr

 

9,284 Policy 2022/02/09 12:38 Baghdad today -

Baghdad Today, Wednesday, the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Wafa Muhammad Karim, revealed an upcoming meeting that will bring together the head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, with the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, Ismail Qaani, who visited the leader of the Sadrist movement Muqtada al-Sadr yesterday. Karim told (Baghdad Today) that "the coordinating framework will announce, after two days, a "good" initiative with the Sadrist movement to get out of the current crisis among the Shiite political house, as this initiative will be convincing for al-Sadr," noting that "Al-Maliki refused to take over the position of deputy." The President of the Republic does not accept to be a deputy to a minister who was in his government (referring to Hoshyar Zebari, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first and second Maliki governments). And he indicated that "Al-Maliki wants either the position of prime minister or remains the leader of his bloc, similar to Massoud Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and Muqtada Al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement," noting that "things are on the way to détente and the expected meeting between Al-Maliki and the framework and Qani may lead to a final decision and a political breakthrough." . He added that "the great political blockage is currently in the Shiite house, and if this blockage ends, the rest of the differences in the Kurdish and Sunni house will be resolved. Therefore, we are waiting for this initiative, about which we have received some information, but the initiative, according to what we have reached, will be convincing for al-Sadr."

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The coordinating framework reveals new names for the presidency.. This is the fate of Zebari and Saleh

 

6,384 Policy 2022/02/09 11:12 Baghdad today -

Baghdad A member of the coordination framework, Ayed Al-Hilali, revealed today, Wednesday, that the Kurdistan Democratic Party has submitted new candidates for the presidency, one of whom is Fouad Hussein, while he expected that there would be no chances for Hoshyar Zebari after the Federal Court's decision. Al-Hilali said (to Baghdad Today) that "there is a strong personality, who is Khaled Siddiq Ahmed from Halabja governorate and is close to the two Kurdish parties, and he has greater chances of assuming the presidency." And he indicated that "the Union, for its part, is still insisting on its candidate, Barham Salih, for the presidency."

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Warning against the division of this house.. Why did Maliki refuse to take over Zebari as President of the Republic

 

529 Policy 02/09/2022 18:15 ak Baghdad Today-

Special Today, Wednesday, Representative of the Coordination Framework, Mahmoud al-Salami, warned of a price to be paid by each party that contributed to the dispersal of the Shiite component or the exclusion of part of its parties from political participation. Al-Salami told (Baghdad Today), "The negotiations are open between the current and the framework, and there will not be between them, and in the end there will be a Shiite-Shiite alliance, and the largest bloc will be Shiite, and consensus will exist and everything will be resolved soon, even the position of the President of the Republic may be resolved soon through dialogue or in the parliament. ". And he added: "Every party contributed to the dispersal of the Shiite component or the expulsion of part of its parties outside political participation," noting that "they will pay the price for that, even if they succeed in the process of separation." In his previous interview with (Baghdad Today), the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Wafaa Muhammad Karim, revealed an upcoming meeting that will bring together the head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, with the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, Ismail Qaani, who visited al-Sadr yesterday, indicating that the coordinating framework will announce, after two days, an initiative "Good" with the Sadrist movement to get out of the current crisis among the Shiite political house, as this initiative will be convincing for Mr. Sadr. Karim said, "Al-Maliki refused to assume the position of Vice President of the Republic, as he does not accept to be a deputy to a minister who was in his government (referring to Hoshyar Zebari, Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first and second Maliki governments)," noting that "Al-Maliki wants either the position of prime minister or remains a leader of his bloc. Like Massoud Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist movement. He explained that "things are on the way to détente, and the expected meeting between al-Maliki and the framework may lead to a final decision and a political breakthrough."

[JonnyV]

Ha.  Don’;t hold your breath there Salami.    BTW,  who ever named you had a sense of humor.  So many jokes could be said with that name.  🙄

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Weak tactics in negotiation may lose the Sadrist movement to its winning strategy  

Number of readings: 88 Author: Farhad Alaa Al-Din         Publication date: Thursday 10-02-2022  

Farhad Aladdin

 

The project of the national majority government is dying today, approaching its last breath, after the shock of the Federal Court's interpretation of Article 70 of the Constitution that two-thirds must be held during the presidential election session. And the presence of two-thirds will not be achieved without prior agreements and consensus between the political blocs, in particular between the Sadrist movement and the coordination framework..

 

In a precedent that the political scene was unfamiliar with, the parliamentary blocs unanimously agreed in frequent statements that they refused to participate in the February 7th session called by the Presidency of the Parliament to choose the President of the Republic, which ended in a lack of a quorum after it was limited to the attendance of 58 deputies from independents and small blocs only. We say a precedent because we used to go to the parliament in most crises and be in its corridors without entering the session with the aim of disrupting the quorum.

 

After a series of announced positions not to participate, the surprise was not against the backdrop of the boycott and thus the failure of the presidential election session, but rather what the leader of the Sadrist movement Muqtada al-Sadr announced in an unexpected tweet in which he implicitly called for the possibility of directing members of the Sadrist bloc not to vote for the candidate of his ally, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Hoshyar Zebari for the presidency..

 

He went even further by stopping the ongoing negotiation with the parliamentary blocs and their political forces, as well as boycotting that session, which raised the astonishment of observers that the largest parliamentary bloc that has the project of the ruling national majority is the one behind the disruption of the session and thus pave the way to bypassing the constitutional deadlines.

 

The current between strategy and tactics

The strategy of the Sadrist movement in dealing with the electoral process over the previous sessions, especially with the last, i.e. early elections, was and still is the subject of interest and praise from most political circles and all observers, which now indicates the rise of the trend’s graph in reaping the fruits of parliamentary victory one cycle after another..

 

This time, the current revealed a clear desire to take over the administration of power through a tweet to its leader on November 22, 2020, in which he said, "If I find that the elections will result in a (Sadr) majority in the House of Representatives, and that they will obtain the prime ministership, and therefore I will be able with their help and as we pledged together to complete the reform project. from the inside".

 

Although the observers did not pay attention to this desire and dealt with it with interest, the movement and its leader were actually planning to achieve it. And the spokesman for the movement, Salah Al-Obaidi, announced in a press conference held on December 29, 2020, that “there is an intention and ambition to obtain 100 seats in the upcoming elections, to seize control of matters,” which sparked at the time a wave of speculation that this would be impossible to achieve. Seats at the latest. However, the current surprised everyone and became the largest winning parliamentary bloc with 73 seats.

 

According to what was achieved, it appears that the current adopted a new strategy of three parallel dimensions:

 

The first dimension: the formation of internal alliances, which was represented by holding a series of talks with two important parties in the Iraqi political arena. The second party was represented by the Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by Massoud Barzani, and reached a deep understanding about entering into an alliance after the elections..

 

The second dimension: the trend towards establishing foreign relations and building partnerships of mutual understanding at the regional and international levels, where the Sadrist movement dispatched high-level representatives to several capitals with the aim of confirming its openness to the outside world, and in particular Iraq’s regional neighborhood.

 

- The third dimension: developing the internal organization of the movement, spreading the culture of elections in accordance with the applicable law, raising the level of performance of the movement’s electoral machine despite its experience and depth of experience, and providing it with efficient cadres and granting it broader powers to choose candidates in addition to entrusting its management with a leader from the first line known for his successes and his remarkable management in the previous elections . As well as mobilizing the public by the leader of the current personally and calling on him to obey the necessity of participation.

 

All of this ended with the current winning a Sadrist majority of 73 seats, in conjunction with a clear decline in their strong competitor, the Al-Fateh Alliance, which won only 17 seats..

 

Muqtada al-Sadr announced the victory of his movement in the elections in an enthusiastic televised speech on November 11, 2020, after the announcement of the preliminary results, in which he said, "Praise be to God who cherished reform with its largest bloc, an Iraqi bloc, neither eastern nor western, there is no place for corruption and corrupt people in Iraq after today, and we will remove corruption with our blood.

 

From now on, the government or the parties will not have control over the money and goods, but rather it is for the people. The arms must be confined to the hands of the state and the use of arms outside this scope is prohibited. All embassies are welcome unless they interfere in Iraqi affairs and form the government.".

 

This discourse aroused the ire of al-Sadr’s opponents and rivals alike, and they considered it as a declaration of war or a direct threat to their existence in the least described, and as a political, economic and security targeting, which pushed the forces, parties and factions under the weight of the dispute with the trend and its leader to unite its ranks and declare its adherence to an undeclared alliance called the Coordination Framework. As a large bloc rivaling and at the same time opposing the larger Sadrist bloc, it began to draw the features of its political and negotiating discourse by confronting al-Sadr. This was the first tactical mistake that the current made. Observers believe that it was better for the current to give reassurance messages to competitors instead of raising their fears.

 

Al-Sadr's other move, excluding the negotiating team, freezing the work of the political body, and then changing its leadership with a new cadre from Najaf, who are considered the closest to Sadr in the first episode, raised the astonishment and astonishment of most observers, because the previous body and its electoral machine had performed well, and they were the ones who were behind Al-Sadr's successes. It was expected that they would be rewarded for their good performance and their achieved success. However, the chest went the opposite of expected.

 

This, in turn, led to the decline of the role of the Sadrist movement and its disappearance from the scene, which allowed its rivals from the forces of the coordination framework to start an unprecedented movement and to appear on the scene with a remarkable force, the first of which represented by organizing loud demonstrations and mass sit-ins and occupying the media scene with press conferences and a remarkable appearance on television screens with a speech that seeks to confirm The falsification of the election results, in addition to the trend towards the judiciary to challenge the integrity of the elections in return for the silence of the applied movement due to the commitment of its leaders to al-Sadr’s orders to freeze the movement and stop statements pending what the judiciary will say about the lawsuits of those affected.

 

Here the scene approached to resemble what happened in 2010 after the results of the elections at that time and the intensification of the confrontation between the Iraqi List led by Iyad Allawi and the rule of law led by Nuri al-Maliki.".

 

In other words, I see that the current here has lost the political and practical initiative, leaving the arena to its rivals, in conjunction with what it suffers from a clear internal confusion, so it lost its necessary and obligatory tactical capabilities as soon as the election results were announced, losing about two months during which it was able to implement its plans to form the largest bloc and build supportive alliances Assigning him a comfortable and secure majority government ensured.

 

Polarization failure

Observers believe that al-Sadr's early announcement of winning a fiery speech had negative effects on the movement and its negotiating position, as it pushed the political blocs under the coordination framework to unite the position and evoke the requirements of the confrontation with a high level, at the expense of the strength of the position of the Sadrist movement among the Shiite component, which demands unity. As al-Sadr and his current do not represent all the spectra of the component, and that the mood of those spectra is distributed among several blocs and forces, whether inside or outside the framework, such as the independents and the Octoberists, for example..

 

Al-Sadr also decided to stop the new political body from its negotiations to lead the negotiations himself, seeking to attract the other Shiite blocs, by visiting the leader of the Wisdom Movement Ammar al-Hakim and the head of the Victory Alliance Haider al-Abadi on January 5, 2021 in an attempt to include them in his alliance, but he met him by refusing that step, to return The Sadrist movement has moved to a situation of silence and stagnation in exchange for the continuation of the coordination framework in its attempts to win the side of the judiciary and the friendliness of the street with its mass demonstrations.

 

Al-Sadr tried again with some of the framework forces to invite them to a meeting at his father’s house in Al-Hanana, but the framework refused the invitation, forcing Al-Sadr to go to Baghdad to meet with the leaders of the coordination framework at the house of the head of the Al-Fateh Alliance Hadi Al-Amiri on December 4, 2021, and the meeting ended with a tweet Excerpted from al-Sadr, in which he said, "No eastern, not western, national majority government," which means that no solution will be reached. The framework insisted on participating with all his might, but al-Sadr was insisting on excluding the rule of law and its leader, Nuri al-Maliki..

 

A delegation from the framework led by Hadi Al-Amiri visited Najaf on December 29, 2021 to meet Al-Sadr in Al-Hanana, but the meeting also ended in a tweet with the same meaning. Although the Federal Court announced its ratification of the final results of the elections on December 27, two days before the date of Al-Amiri’s visit, then the President of the Republic set on December 30, 2021, by a republican decree, the date for the first session of the House of Representatives to be held on January 9, 2022.

 

Time was raiding everyone, which increased the pace of the movement, but the failure of the agreement was the master of the situation, as well as the failure of the framework to polarize the Kurds and Sunnis, so the situation remained as it is. For its part, the Sadrist movement was unable to attract the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan because of the deep disagreement between the latter and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, especially with regard to the struggle for the position of President of the Republic. Therefore, the movement avoided direct negotiations with the Union, and in the end, the movement maintained its tripartite alliance with the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the constituent alliance of sovereignty. Whoever advanced under the leadership of Muhammad al-Halbousi and resolved to lead Khamis al-Khanjar, without an official announcement until this moment.

 

In the first session of the House of Representatives, the tripartite alliance was able to elect a presidency after being able to impose a comfortable majority on its rivals, which reinforced the sharpness of the dispute between the current and the framework.

 

The matter of cohesion and the prohibition of exclusivity

The framework’s chances of preventing the current from proceeding with the election of the Presidency of the House of Representatives declined to increase its repeated failures, starting with its loss of the largest bloc and passing through its failure to win appeals submitted to the judicial body for elections and losing the case before the Federal Court and ending with the failure of its attempt to keep the first session open with the departure of its deputies to the House of Representatives, leaving the road Paving the way for the tripartite alliance to choose the president of the council and his first and second deputies.

 

The dialogue resumed between the current and the framework through a series of urgent messages to find a way out of the current dispute, following a lightning visit to Hananah by Hadi al-Amiri to meet al-Sadr in private on January 15, when it was agreed that some of the framework forces would participate in the expected Sadrist movement without the rule of law, but that Al-Amiri, after returning to Baghdad and discussing the agreement with the framework forces, returned and informed Al-Sadr of his retreat. According to what al-Sadr revealed in a televised interview on January 25, 2022.

 

Meanwhile, an informed source revealed that the leader of the state of law, Nuri al-Maliki, sent a message to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran asking for his opinion on the current’s disagreement with the framework. The response came to him through a visit by the commander of the Quds Force, Ismail Qaani to Baghdad, stating the invitation of the Supreme Leader for the framework forces to remain coherent and that none of it enters the tripartite alliance without the other parties, so that the framework gathers its forces with this invitation and expressly declares its refusal to participate in any partial alliance at the expense of the framework’s unity.

 

The doors were closed again between the framework and the Sadrist movement, while Qaani went to meet Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, and informed them of Iran's refusal to proceed with forming a majority government at the expense of the unity of the Shiite house, which threatens Iranian national security, calling on Barzani to intervene to heal the rift within the component. Shiite and played the role of the big brother because of its political and social weight. This prompted Barzani to launch his initiative of assigning the President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, to go to Al-Hanana, accompanied by Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi, and with them, the head of the Sovereignty Alliance, Khamis al-Khanjar, on January 31, and an attempt to persuade Muqtada al-Sadr to address the crisis by agreeing with the forces of the coordination framework..

 

This Al-Hanana meeting resulted in Al-Sadr sending a high-ranking delegation from his current to Al-Amiri presenting a roadmap consisting of nine new points for participating in the majority government, but Al-Amiri rejected it because it excluded part of the framework forces, to keep the situation as it is..

 

The Sadrist movement has so far lost all available opportunities to attract the Shiite blocs within the framework, forcing its allies in the Triple Alliance to move from their side to try to create understandings with the framework forces, contrary to what al-Sadr calls for..

 

Reducing the available options

The Federal Court is as close as possible to detonating two bombs in the face of the Sadrist movement. The first is represented by its decision on the largest bloc and the date of its formation, and the second and most importantly is that the quorum for the session to elect the President of the Republic and according to the text of Article 70 of the Constitution, is completed only when two-thirds of the members of the House of Representatives are present. This interpretation is a project hit The majority is at the core and gave birth to him before he was born.

 

The Sadrist movement's available options began to recede, which made it lose the ability to maneuver. The stream has confined itself to a narrow corner, from which it is difficult to leave for several reasons, including:

 

- First: Raising the slogan of a national majority government and insisting on the non-participation of influential Shiite forces within the coordination framework, despite the lack of support by its partners within the tripartite alliance for this approach, based on their belief that consensus is the easiest and surest way to reach the formation of a government that satisfies all conflicting parties.

 

Second: The tripartite alliance is based on the principle of the strongest winning component blocs, i.e. the forces that obtain the highest number of seats within their components and they have broad public bases that support their leaders, but these blocs do not have a common vision and do not have a unified work program with clear parameters, goals and mechanisms. There are clear differences between these forces and those.

 

As one of the announced priorities of the current is reform, fighting corruption and reorganizing the armed factions, while the priorities of the Sovereignty Alliance focus on the issues of the Sunni component, represented in the reconstruction of the liberated areas, the return of the displaced and others, and the disclosure of the fate of the missing and the disappeared. As for the Kurdistan Democratic Party, its priorities are related to the region’s problems with the center and the budget Territory, Article 140 and other contentious issues.

 

It should be noted here that the joint paper that was signed by the constituent parties of the tripartite alliance does not refer to the demands of the Sovereignty Alliance or the Democratic Party. And the real response to the demands of the rising street demanding radical reforms, which ended in holding early elections as the beginning of the awaited series of detailed treatments..

 

Third: The leaders of the forces of the Triple Alliance confronted managing and directing negotiations and following up on the formation of alliances, in contrast to what happened in the past of assigning negotiating teams to reach common denominators that were later presented to the leaders. Therefore, these forces lost the flexibility of movement and maneuvering, because the final decision is in the hands of the leader. An opinion or position announced and adhered to?! This was evident through his decision to freeze the work of the political body of the movement and prevent its leaders from negotiating, assuming these tasks himself..

 

Fourth: The leader of the Sadrist movement changed his negotiating team immediately after the elections, which confused the partners, as they had been dealing with the old team for more than a year, and they were not familiar with or heard about the new team. This sudden change made dealing with the partners difficult for a while, and after holding a series of meetings and knowing the negotiators' potentials for both parties, which led to delaying the negotiation and thus delaying the conclusion of the results..

 

Fifthly: The absence of the previous negotiating team means the absence of all previous understandings on which Al-Sadr built all his victories and successes, as the architect of Al-Sadr’s successes and his efficient team was suddenly absent here, and then almost certain leaks stating that the old team was flexible and pragmatic, while the new team was formed of hawks They are hardened in vision, orientation and dealing with the other, and the team’s hardening converges with what is known about al-Sadr. Its adherence to a final opinion made dealing with the Sadrist movement very difficult..

 

As a result, we see that the current did not succeed in polarizing even a small number of small blocs and independent representatives, while the prevailing expectation was that the Sadrist movement would become attractive to these without much trouble, but that others would race to join the movement, but what happened blew up all expectations..

 

Sixth : Strict discourse and lack of flexibility united the competitors despite their internal differences, as the blocs within the coordination framework are from several spectrums and diverse directions, and most of them do not agree in vision, approach and tradition, but their sense of threat and marginalization made them agree among themselves to preserve their entities and existence.

 

Seventh: A feeling prevailing among the partners of the past that the Sadrist movement is leaving the partners of the past for political reasons and forgetting the previous positions of these blocs and the personalities that cooperated with it, which made others deal with great caution and feel distrust that the movement may leave them as it did with others in the past..

 

Eighth: The faction’s failure to open up to and polarize the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was a major tactical mistake, as the union and the framework together could break the quorum in the session to elect the president, while if the union was with the movement, holding the session would have been much easier.

 

Ninth: The sudden shift in attitudes without warning makes the partner feel suspicious and apprehensive about the change in the direction of the current. Perhaps the last tweet that surprised the Democratic Party about their candidate for the presidency of the Republic is the best proof of this.

 

Tenth : Miscalculation of timing, emptying the arena for competitors, indifference to what is happening in the political corridors, remaining as a spectator, not proposing practical initiatives, adhering to and insisting on one position, and believing that others are forced to accept, and since the announcement of the final results of the elections so far, they all enter into the door of political tactics that have not succeeded. tangible current.

 

It is clear that the Sadrist movement has won in drawing a complex and difficult strategy and succeeded in achieving it, but it stumbled in implementing its pages due to tactical errors and weak negotiating ability. Article 70 of the constitution, to ensure that the electoral achievement is preserved, or else he and no one else will fall victim to his resounding success.

 

Blockage and early elections again

After the political blockage and adherence to hard-line positions and self-closure by all parties, the political process will have entered a dark tunnel fraught with dangers, as proceeding with the majority project has become almost impossible due to the decision of the Federal Court, as well as continuing without electing the President of the Republic and forming a new government will mean failure. The excuse for the winning forces to achieve their electoral entitlement, and they bear the greatest responsibility for that.

 

Observers believe that the Sadrist movement has no choice but to agree with the coordination framework in whole or in part to proceed with the project of forming the government. The Current, Al-Fateh and the State of Law, Progress and Resolve, Democratic and Union) with the small and independent blocs going to the opposition and the selection of a consensual prime minister".

 

This scenario has become the closest with changing its name to a five-way consensus government (the current and the framework, the alliance of sovereignty, the democracy and the union)..

 

The Sadrist movement, as the first winner in the elections and the head of the largest parliamentary alliance (the Alliance to Save the Nation), bears a great responsibility as a result of what will happen in the near future. Therefore, the leader of the Sadrist movement must think carefully about his next steps, and perhaps the first steps to be taken are to assign his team to start negotiating with the other blocs in order to reach solutions. And remedies that end the status quo. Otherwise, calling again for new elections is the option without which there is no choice. Otherwise, it is risking the fate of the country and its future, especially if chaos spreads or armed confrontation erupts to resolve the dispute, God forbid..

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Al-Party resolves the controversy over the alternative candidate for the presidency of the Republic

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The Kurdistan Democratic Party, on Thursday, resolved the controversy over the alternative candidate for the presidency of the republic.
  
 
The Secretary of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party stated to “Voice of America / Kurdish Section” radio station (February 10, 2022), that “the position of the President of the Republic was not useful for Kurdistan, and I am surprised that we entered into a battle of arms with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan over this position.” He explained, "We need a backup candidate, perhaps Fouad Masum."
Mirani added, "Barham Salih took some steps that he should not have taken, and he harmed the Kurds, and he did not use his competence for the benefit of the Kurds."
Mirani continued, "Neither we nor the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan can be opponents. We want to serve the federal experience in our country, and we will not choose the opposition."
Mirani concluded by confirming that "it is not on the table to assume the position of President of the Republic," calling for "his name to be removed from the list."

 

link  :  https://ashourland.net/2022/02/10/البارتي-يحسم-الجدل-بشأن-المرشح-البديل/

 

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The coordination framework announces its initiative to end the political blockage

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{Political: Al Furat News} The coordination framework announced the details of its initiative to end the political impasse.

A statement by him stated that {Euphrates News} received a copy of it: “After the political differences caused the constitutional periods to be exceeded, which we are all keen not to continue or repeat in order to serve our Iraqi people and to cooperate seriously in advancing state institutions and removing obstacles that stand in the way of construction and reconstruction. Therefore, we propose this national initiative to get out of this political blockage and open up prospects for cooperation and partnership to serve the nation:

First: Calling all political forces and national personalities to start a new phase of communication and dialogue to achieve the constitutional requirements and complete the sovereign positions in order to achieve a real partnership in the management of the country that belongs to all citizens. 

Second: After the last explanation issued by the Federal Court related to the timing of the most numerous parliamentary bloc, which gave more time to be invested for understanding and dialogue and to give priority to the public interest of the country and to miss the opportunity on projects that want to harm the political stability, security of the country and civil peace, we extend our hands to the political forces Concerned with the formation of the most numerous parliamentary bloc, and we particularly mention the Sadrist movement, political entities and independent parliamentary personalities to sit down, meet, and debate about forming the most numerous bloc in a new way to serve the country and the larger national component, moving away from the logic of quotas and dividing spoils, and adopting the standard of efficiency and sincerity in public service.

Third: The agreement of the most numerous parliamentary bloc on the criteria for selecting a strong, efficient, wise prime minister who is able to cross the stage, and the specifications for forming the government cabinet in accordance with standards of integrity and efficiency to be faithful to the sovereign decision that preserves Iraq’s security and independence and to be able to take strategic decisions that advance the country’s service reality and in what It guarantees the restoration of life in the agricultural and industrial sectors, support for the national product and the private sector, and treatment of the deprived, in a way that contributes to eliminating the specter of unemployment that threatens large groups of young people, graduates and owners of poor families.

The coordinating framework declared, "it is fully prepared to interact positively with all the propositions, ideas and visions that will be presented by our partners in the homeland, with whom we share one destiny. We all have a common responsibility to end the political impasse that the country suffers from, and to join hands and cooperate to defend Iraq as a homeland that guarantees us all." Our best efforts to serve the Iraqis as a people and people who have suffered greatly over the past period."

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The coordination framework presents an initiative to end the political blockage / expanded

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Baghdad / NINA / - The coordination framework presented today an initiative to end the political blockage.

The framework of the initiative called on all political forces and national figures to start a new phase of communication and dialogue to achieve the constitutional requirements and complete the sovereign positions in order to achieve a real partnership in managing the country that belongs to all citizens.

And he said in a statement: “After the last explanation issued by the Federal Court regarding the timing of the most numerous parliamentary bloc, which gave more time to be invested for understanding and dialogue and to give priority to the public interest of the country and to miss the opportunity on projects that want to harm political stability, the security of the country and civil peace, we extend our hands To the political forces concerned with forming the most numerous parliamentary bloc, especially the brothers in the Sadrist movement and the political entities and independent parliamentary personalities, to sit down, meet and debate about forming the most numerous bloc in a new way to serve the country and the largest national component and move away from the logic of quotas and division of spoils and adopt the criterion of efficiency and sincerity in public service.

He stressed the need for the most numerous parliamentary bloc to agree on the criteria for selecting a strong, efficient, wise prime minister who is able to cross the stage, and the specifications for forming the government cabinet in accordance with standards of integrity and efficiency to be faithful to the sovereign decision that preserves Iraq’s security and independence and to be able to take strategic decisions that advance the country’s service reality and what It guarantees the restoration of life for the agricultural and industrial sectors, support for the national product and the private sector, and treatment of the deprived, in a way that contributes to eliminating the specter of unemployment that threatens large groups of young people, graduates and owners of poor families.

He continued, "We declare our full readiness to interact positively with all the proposals, ideas and visions that will be presented by our partners in the homeland, with whom we have one destiny. We all have a common responsibility to end the political impasse that the country suffers from, and to join hands and cooperate to defend Iraq as a homeland that guarantees us all. Our best efforts to serve the Iraqis as a people and people who have suffered greatly over the past period./End 3

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The political stubbornness of one of the parties exacerbates the matter.. The framework: We extend our hand and await a response to resolve the situation in Iraq

 

 

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Baghdad Today, Thursday, the Al-Fateh Alliance confirmed that the dialogues between the framework and the movement are still at a standstill, attributing the matter to what it called the "political stubbornness" of the Sadrist movement. And the representative of Al-Fath Ali Turki said in an interview with (Baghdad Today), that "the negotiations between the coordination framework and the Sadrist movement are still in place despite the entry of many mediations and personalities to resolve the situation." He added, "There is (political stubbornness) to which the current adheres, which leads to a worsening of matters and the failure to reach an agreement that could be a decisive factor for the political blockage," noting that "the coordination framework is still working to bring the views closer and reach a satisfactory agreement with the Sadrist movement." . He pointed out that "the framework launched a new initiative aimed at resolving the political impasse, and is awaiting the current's response to this initiative."

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13 paragraphs.. (Baghdad Today) publishes for the first time the text of the agreement between the Sadrist bloc and the Democratic Party for Iraq policy

 

 

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Baghdad Today, Friday, Baghdad publishes for the first time the text of the agreement between the Sadrist bloc and the Kurdistan Democratic Party for Iraq policy. The text of the agreement between the Sadrist bloc and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, as published by the Kurdish drw website: It has become clear that Iraq has become a prisoner of corruption and dependency, and it is no longer possible to get out of the crisis inherent in the political process that controls its tracks without the concerted free will capable of laying solid national foundations, to save the country in the face of comprehensive change that would restore consideration to the higher national interests by completing the building of the state and its organs and its constitutional institutions and restoring its prestige in all fields and levels. This cannot be achieved without liberating its national will and liquidating everything that is outside its authority within the framework of the constitution and the principle of separation of powers, strengthening the role of each of them and non-interference in its affairs. Proceeding from this point of view and the forces and requirements required by the following:

 

First: openness, after signing this document, to some political forces that are ready to adopt this document with its basic structures and enriching its contents, provided that everyone accepts resorting to the constitution and what is embodied by the popular will in the legislative elections.

 

Second: Agreeing to form the government and a national unity for salvation and change whose base is a national majority that believes and adopts what is necessary to save the country from the scourge of sectarianism and racism by working jointly to enable a democratic transformation towards building the state and restoring its prestige and adopting equal and free citizenship as a basis for governance and decision. The signatories to this document and those who interact with it are responsible for forming the government, ensuring its continuity, providing support to it, and holding it accountable within the framework of the constitution without directly interfering in its affairs, and they are responsible for its success, stumble and failure.

 

Third: Respecting the principle of the presence of a political opposition in Parliament that monitors government agencies and institutions in a manner that enhances its oversight role in accordance with constitutional contexts.

 

Fourth: Working to present a draft amendment to the constitution in Parliament in accordance with the constitutional mechanisms and their requirements within a period of up to one year.

 

Fifth: Supervising the implementation of the withdrawal of US forces in accordance with the timetable established between the two sides. Whether or not it is not, international norms and Iraqi law must be resorted to.

 

Sixth: Iraq's commitment to the policy of anti-Zionism and the criminalization of normalization with Israel.

 

Seventh: Working on implementing the constitutional texts and laws that preserve moral values and prohibiting what spreads deviation and practices contrary to public and private morals.

 

Eighth: Respecting the prestige of the state and its institutions, in particular the judiciary, preventing the interference of political parties and blocs in everything related to the authority and its organs, confronting any external interference and criminalizing it, and protecting the borders and ports of Iraq from the domination of the outside and the parties and their extensions.

 

Ninth: Preserving the independence of Iraqi government decisions in its internal and external affairs from any external interference.

 

Tenth: Enabling the armed forces to prepare, train and arm, enhance their defensive capabilities to protect the country’s sovereignty and independence, support the official security forces and the required resources and supplies, and restore the prestige and readiness of their formations in accordance with the constitutional contexts and their development. Taking into consideration the necessity of controlling and organizing the crowd, purifying it of undisciplined elements, and limiting arms to the hands of the state.

 

Eleventh: Iraq is an independent, sovereign state, and in order to confirm this, the following is being implemented: a) regulating foreign relations and establishing the principle of reciprocity with other countries. b) Strengthening the role of Iraqi embassies and enabling them to represent Iraq with the status and role it deserves. C) Work to restore the status of the Iraqi passport document to what it used to be in prestige and respect among other similar passports.

 

Twelfth: Forming a higher committee with expanded powers and in coordination with the judicial authority to audit and investigate government corruption files from 2003 onwards and to hold the negligent and the corrupt accountable with strict and clear procedures. Where did you get this?).

 

Thirteenth: Presenting the necessary draft laws for the public interest and complementing the building of constitutional institutions and giving priority to draft laws (the Union Council, reconstruction, and oil and gas) to the House of Representatives for discussion and taking what is necessary for their approval and taking the necessary measures to activate and implement the Law of the General Authority to Ensure the Rights of the Regions and Governorates No. (26) For the year 2016 and Law No. (55) of the General Authority for Monitoring the Allocation of Federal Imports.

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An initiative to end the political blockage in Iraq
Are there no chances of forming a national majority government?
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Friday 11 February 2022 22:48
 

Muqtada al-Sadr froze negotiations with the political blocs (Reuters)

 

It seems that the insistence of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr , to form a national majority government is facing obstacles from his closest competitors, namely the "coordinating framework" that refuses to form a government of the national majority or the exclusion of any party from the framework forces in forming the new government, which al-Sadr stresses is "Neither Eastern nor Western... A national majority government."

And before the session to choose the president of the republic, the Sadrist bloc froze its negotiations with the other political blocs until further notice by order of al-Sadr.

The Sadrist bloc and its allies, the Sovereignty Alliance and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, boycotted the session that was scheduled to be held on Monday, February 6th. And the coordinating framework announced not to attend the session, which was postponed until further notice, in conjunction with the announcement by the parliament presidency to open the door for nomination again for the position.

New initiative

And the "coordinating framework", which includes Shiite political forces with the exception of the Sadrist bloc, announced, on Wednesday, an initiative to end the political blockage in Iraq.

The framework said in a statement, "After the political differences caused the constitutional periods to be exceeded, which we are all keen not to continue or repeat in order to serve our Iraqi people and to cooperate seriously in advancing state institutions, and removing obstacles that stand in the way of construction and reconstruction, we present this national initiative." To get out of this political blockage and open up prospects for cooperation and partnership to serve the country.

The initiative included, according to the statement, "inviting all political forces and national figures to start a new phase of communication and dialogue to achieve the constitutional obligations and complete the sovereign positions in order to achieve a real partnership in managing the country that belongs to all citizens."

The framework added, "After the recent explanation issued by the Federal Court regarding the timing of the most numerous parliamentary bloc, which gave more time to be invested for understanding and dialogue and to give priority to the public interest of the country and to miss the opportunity on projects that want to harm political stability, the security of the country and civil peace, we extend our hands to The political forces concerned with the formation of the most numerous parliamentary bloc, especially the brothers in the Sadrist movement, the political entities and independent parliamentary personalities, to sit down, meet and debate about forming the most numerous bloc in a new way to serve the country and the largest national component, and we move away from the logic of quotas and the division of spoils and adopt the standard of efficiency and sincerity in public service ".

The framework affirmed, "the agreement of the most numerous parliamentary bloc on the criteria for selecting a strong, efficient, wise prime minister who is able to cross the stage, and the specifications for forming the government cabinet in accordance with standards of integrity and efficiency, to be faithful to the sovereign decision that preserves Iraq's security and independence, and to be able to take strategic decisions that advance With the country’s service reality, in a way that guarantees the restoration of life in the agricultural and industrial sectors, support for the national product and the private sector, and the treatment of the deprived, in a way that contributes to eliminating the specter of unemployment that threatens large groups of young people, graduates and owners of poor families.

For our part, we declare our full readiness to interact positively with the proposals, ideas and visions that will be presented by our partners in the homeland, with whom we share one destiny, and we all have a common responsibility to end the political impasse that the country suffers from, and to join hands and cooperate to defend Iraq As a nation that guarantees us all, and that we do our best to serve the Iraqis as a people and people who have suffered greatly over the past period."

Compatibility is mandatory

For his part, the State of Law coalition confirmed that consensus has become an obligation for everyone to produce the three presidencies.

The coalition's deputy, Jawad al-Bolani, said in a press statement that "after the recent developments in the political situation and the apparent absence of political blocs by not attending the voting session on the President of the Republic, it became obligatory for everyone to agree to produce the three presidencies."

He pointed out that "the Iraqi components are required to make more effort to create national consensus in order to produce a parliamentary bloc capable of crossing the country to safety, so the expanded consensus and the expanded government can meet the needs of the stage."

He added, "The initiatives are there and the dialogue has not stopped, and we hope everyone will move to form the largest bloc."

The insistence on the political majority

Meanwhile, writer Ali Al-Jawadi believes that "the new coordination framework initiative did not bring anything new," adding that "the policy of breaking the bone has become more prevalent than the method of consensus and understandings to reach a solution."

Al-Jawadi said that "the new coordination framework initiative will not cause a rift in the thick wall of dispute with the rest of the blocs supporting the majority option," noting that "what the initiative contained was summed up in calling all national figures for dialogue and starting a new phase of communication and common agreement on the personality of the prime minister, which is All of these issues were raised in all previous meetings and dialogues, and there is no objection to them from the leader of the Sadrist movement.”

He added that "the initiative did not target the essence of the dispute between the framework and the Sadrist movement related to Sadr's objection to the joining of the framework with all its political components to the largest bloc or the tripartite alliance, which the coordinating framework rejects and considers as a fragmentation of it," noting that "Al-Sadr adheres to his position, even after a meeting The commander of the Iranian Quds Force, Esmail Qaani , tweeted about a national majority government, which means insisting on the position that the framework initiative did not find any remedy or solution to this adherence to the decision.

He added, "The political blockage will continue until the parliament succeeds in overcoming the obstacle to voting on the president of the republic, which needs two-thirds, and each party will resort to betting on the numerical majority, especially the tripartite alliance by attracting votes from small blocs and independents to achieve two-thirds, and then it will go The President of the Republic will assign the candidate of the largest bloc, and if the president is one of the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s candidates, then he will assign the Sadrist bloc candidate, and al-Sadr’s tweets will be achieved by a national numerical majority.”

Al-Jawadi stresses that "the policy of breaking the bone has become more prevalent than the method of consensus and understandings to reach a solution, as a result of each party's adherence to its demands, and the lack of any desire to give up those demands as we see it on the ground."

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The text of the agreement between the Sadrist bloc and the Kurdistan Democratic Party

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The text of the agreement between the Sadrist bloc and the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

Below is the text: It has become clear that Iraq has become a prisoner of corruption and dependency, and it is no longer possible to get out of the crisis inherent in the political process that controls its tracks without the concerted free will capable of laying solid national foundations, to save the country in the face of comprehensive change that would restore consideration to the higher national interests by completing Building the state and its constitutional bodies and institutions and restoring its prestige in all fields and levels. This cannot be achieved without liberating its national will and liquidating everything that is outside its authority within the framework of the constitution and the principle of separation of powers, strengthening the role of each of them and not interfering in its affairs. Proceeding from this point of view and the forces and requirements required by the following:

 

First: openness, after signing this document, to some political forces that are ready to adopt this document with its basic structures and enriching its contents, provided that everyone accepts resorting to the constitution and what is embodied by the popular will in the legislative elections. 

 

Secondly : Agreeing to form the government and a national unity for salvation and change whose base is a national majority that secures and adopts what is necessary to save the country from the scourge of sectarianism and racism by working jointly to enable the democratic transformation to take place towards building the state and restoring its prestige and the adoption of equal and free citizenship as a basis for governance and decision. The signatories to this document and those who interact with it are responsible for forming the government, ensuring its continuity, providing support to it, and holding it accountable within the framework of the constitution without direct interference in its affairs, and they are responsible for its success, stumble and failure. 

 

Third: Respecting the principle of the presence of a political opposition in Parliament that monitors government agencies and institutions in a manner that enhances its oversight role in accordance with constitutional contexts. 

 

Fourth: Working to present a draft amendment to the constitution in Parliament in accordance with the constitutional mechanisms and their requirements within a period of up to one year. 

 

Fifthly: Supervising the implementation of the withdrawal of US forces in accordance with the timetable established between the two sides, and with or without it, international norms and Iraqi law must be resorted to. 

 

Sixth: Iraq's commitment to the policy of anti-Zionism and the criminalization of normalization with Israel. 

 

Seventh: Working on implementing the constitutional texts and laws that preserve moral values and prohibiting what spreads deviation and practices contrary to public and private morals. 

 

Eighth: Respecting the prestige of the state and its institutions, in particular the judiciary, preventing the interference of political parties and blocs in everything related to the authority and its organs, confronting any external interference and criminalizing it, and protecting the borders and ports of Iraq from the domination of the outside and the parties and their extensions. 

 

Ninth: Preserving the independence of Iraqi government decisions in its internal and external affairs from any external interference. 

 

Tenth: Empowering the armed forces to prepare, train and arm, enhance their defensive capabilities to protect the country’s sovereignty and independence, support the official security forces and the required resources and supplies, restore the prestige and readiness of their formations in accordance with the constitutional contexts and develop them. Regulating and organizing the crowd, purging it of undisciplined elements, and limiting weapons to the hands of the state.

 

 Eleventh: Iraq is an independent, sovereign state, and in order to confirm this, the following is being implemented: a) regulating foreign relations and establishing the principle of reciprocity with other countries. b) Strengthening the role of Iraqi embassies and enabling them to represent Iraq with the status and role it deserves. C) Work to restore the status of the Iraqi passport document to what it used to be in prestige and respect among other similar passports. 

 

Twelfth: Forming a higher committee with expanded powers and in coordination with the judiciary to scrutinize and investigate government corruption files from 2003 onwards and hold the negligent and corrupt to account with strict and clear procedures. ?). 

 

Thirteenth: Presenting the necessary draft laws for the public interest and complementing the building of constitutional institutions and giving priority to draft laws (the Union Council, reconstruction, and oil and gas) to the House of Representatives for discussion and taking what is necessary for their approval and taking the necessary measures to activate and implement the Law of the General Authority to Ensure the Rights of the Regions and Governorates No. (26) For the year 2016 and Law No. (55) of the General Authority for Monitoring the Allocation of Federal Imports.

 

link  :  https://ashourland.net/2022/02/11/نص-الاتفاق-بين-الكتلة-الصدرية-و-الحزب-ا/

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Silence prevails in the atmosphere of the two Kurdish parties in the hours of deciding the presidential race

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The two Kurdish parties entered the stage of media silence and the suspension of campaigns against each other in the last hours before the nomination race between Barham Salih and Hoshyar Zebari was decided, after the Union received new proposals from Massoud Barzani, the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
  
Well-informed Kurdish sources explained, this Friday afternoon (February 11, 2022), that the media silence and the waiting for the results of the recent meetings and consultations is the master of the situation between the two Kurdish parties before the crisis is resolved.
The sources indicated, "The two parties deliberately did not make any statement or clarification and published pictures after the meeting of Bafel Talabani and Massoud Barzani yesterday, Thursday, as well as after the meeting of the Political Bureau of the National Union last night to discuss Barzani's proposals, in order to create the atmosphere for the possibility of reaching consensus on the outstanding issue between them." Since more than a month.
And "Nass" learned that Barzani, in his meeting with Bafel Jalal Talabani, suggested that the union accept a ministerial position in the next federal government in exchange for giving up the presidency of the republic to the party or withdrawing each of them to Barham Salih and Hoshyar Zebari and presenting a new consensual candidate supported by both sides instead.
The meeting of the Political Bureau of the National Union (the highest leadership body), ended yesterday night, without taking a decision on the response to Barzani's proposals to end the presidential crisis between the two parties. The meeting decided to hold further consultations on the file before making a final decision on accepting or rejecting the proposals.
The same sources indicated, "The interventions of some leaders in the meeting chaired by Bafel Jalal Talabani, after his meeting with Masoud Barzani and his nephew Nechirvan, stressed their adherence to Barham Salih's candidacy as a partisan option that cannot be undone in return for the pressures of Al-Party, while others preferred to wait to study the situation further and take action." More consultations.

Informed sources had told "Nass" that the results of the bilateral meetings between the leaders of the two Kurdish parties, Thursday, which culminated in a meeting with Bafel Talabani and Massoud Barzani, were positive and contributed to finding a solution to the dispute, but it has not yet reached a final formula.
The sources explained, (10 February 2022), that “Barzani made an offer to Pavel Talabani; Either accepting ministerial positions in the next government in exchange for giving up the presidency, or presenting an alternative consensual candidate, and withdrawing the current candidates, but Bafel Talabani did not accept or reject either of the two requests and returned to Sulaymaniyah in order to consult with the leaders of his party.

And the Secretary of the Political Bureau of the Party, Fadel Mirani, said in statements followed by “Nass” that Fouad Hussein, the current foreign minister in the federal government, is likely to be the alternative and reserve candidate to replace Zebari in the event that his party does not reach an agreement with Al-Yekiti. Mirani added that the options offered range from presenting a candidate outside the two parties, or presenting a consensus candidate with their support instead of the current candidates, or going to compete in the style of 2018.

https://ashourland.net/2022/02/11/صمت-يسود-أجواء-الحزبين-الكرديين-في-ساع/

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State of Law: Consensus has become mandatory for the production of the three presidencies

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The State of Law coalition confirmed, today, Friday, that consensus has become an obligation for everyone to produce the three presidencies.
The deputy of the coalition, Jawad al-Bolani, said in a statement to the official state agency that "after the recent developments in the political situation and the apparent absence of political blocs by not attending the voting session on the President of the Republic, it became obligatory for everyone to agree to produce the three presidencies."
He pointed out that "the Iraqi components are required to make more effort to create national consensus in order to produce a parliamentary bloc capable of crossing the country to safety, so the expanded consensus and the expanded government can meet the needs of the stage."
He added, "The initiatives are there and the dialogue has not stopped, and we hope everyone will move to form the largest bloc."

 

link  : https://ashourland.net/2022/02/11/دولة-القانون-التوافق-أصبح-إلزاما-لإنت/

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Al-Party clarifies about the text of the political agreement circulating with the leader of the current Muqtada al-Sadr

2022.02.12 - 14:52

 

  

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Media affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party quoted statements from the party’s negotiating committee in Baghdad, on Saturday, that the text of the bilateral agreement between them and the Sadrist movement currently circulating is “the initial draft of the Sadrists project, and it has undergone amendments.”  

 

According to what was reported by the party media, and was seen by “Nas” (12 February 2022), “the committee made it clear that the circulated text was handed over by the current to the party, and the two Kurdish parties were scheduled to make amendments to it before it was approved, but the Yekiti withdrawal from the Kurdish delegation The participant prevented the project from proceeding, and the party alone assumed the task of communicating with the Sadrists and making amendments and changes to the draft political agreement for the stage of the life of the political process in Iraq.  

  

The following is the agreement between the Sadrist bloc and the Kurdistan Democratic Party:  

It has become clear that Iraq has become a prisoner of corruption and dependency, and it is no longer possible to get out of the crisis inherent in the political process that controls its tracks without the concerted free will capable of laying solid national foundations, to save the country in the face of comprehensive change that would restore consideration to the higher national interests by completing the building of the state and its organs and its constitutional institutions and restoring its prestige in all fields and levels. This cannot be achieved without liberating its national will and liquidating everything that is outside its authority within the framework of the constitution and the principle of separation of powers, strengthening the role of each and not interfering in its affairs.  

Proceeding from this point of view and the forces and requirements it requires, the following:  

First: Opening up, after signing this document, to some political forces that are ready to adopt this document with its basic structures and enriching contents, provided that everyone accepts the appeal to the constitution and what is embodied by the popular will in the legislative elections. 

 

Second: Agreeing to form the government and a national unity for salvation and change whose base is a national majority that believes and adopts what is necessary to save the country from the scourge of sectarianism and racism, by working jointly to enable a democratic transformation towards building the state and restoring its prestige and the adoption of equal and free citizenship as a basis for governance and decision.  

The signatories to this document and those who interact with it are responsible for forming the government, ensuring its continuity, providing support to it, and holding it accountable within the framework of the constitution without direct interference in its affairs, and they are responsible for its success, stumble and failure.  

 

Third: Respecting the principle of the presence of a political opposition in Parliament that monitors government agencies and institutions in a manner that enhances its oversight role in accordance with constitutional contexts.  

 

Fourth: Working to present the draft amendment to the constitution in Parliament, in accordance with the constitutional mechanisms and their requirements, within a maximum period of one year.  

 

Fifth: Supervising the implementation of the withdrawal of US forces in accordance with the timetable established between the two sides. Whether or not it is not, international norms and Iraqi law must be resorted to.  

 

Sixth: Iraq's commitment to the policy of anti-Zionism and the criminalization of normalization with Israel.  

 

Seventh: Working on implementing the constitutional texts and laws that preserve moral values and prohibiting what spreads deviation and practices contrary to public and private morals.  

 

Eighth: Respecting the prestige of the state and its institutions, in particular the judiciary, preventing the interference of political parties and blocs in everything related to the authority and its organs, confronting any external interference and criminalizing it, and protecting the borders and ports of Iraq from the domination of the outside and the parties and their extensions.  

 

Ninth: Preserving the independence of Iraqi government decisions in its internal and external affairs from any external interference.  

 

Tenth: Enabling the armed forces to prepare, train and arm, enhance their defensive capabilities to protect the country’s sovereignty and independence, support the official security forces and the required resources and supplies, and restore the prestige and readiness of their formations in accordance with the constitutional contexts and their development. Taking into consideration the necessity of controlling and regulating the crowd, purifying it of undisciplined elements, and limiting arms to the hands of the state.

Eleventh: Iraq is an independent, sovereign state, and in order to confirm this, the following is being implemented:
a) regulating foreign relations and establishing the principle of reciprocity with other countries.
b) Strengthening the role of Iraqi embassies and enabling them to represent Iraq with the status and role it deserves.
C) Work to restore the status of the Iraqi passport document to what it used to be in prestige and respect among other similar passports.

Twelfth: Forming a higher committee with expanded powers and in coordination with the judicial authority to audit and investigate government corruption files from 2003 onwards and to hold the negligent and the corrupt accountable with strict and clear procedures. Where did you get this?).

Thirteenth: Presenting the necessary draft laws for the public interest and complementing the building of constitutional institutions and giving priority to draft laws (the Union Council, reconstruction, and oil and gas) to the House of Representatives for discussion and taking what is necessary for their approval and taking the necessary measures to activate and implement the Law of the General Authority to Ensure the Rights of the Regions and Governorates No. (26) For the year 2016 and Law No. (55) of the General Authority for Monitoring the Allocation of Federal Imports.  

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Coordinating Member: To remedy the current situation is to expedite the formation of the government

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{Political: Al Furat News} Member of the Coordination Framework, Representative of the State of Law, Muhammad Al-Sihoud, confirmed today, Saturday, that redressing the current political situation is to expedite the formation of the government.

Chihod told {Euphrates News}, "The current situation is remedied by expediting the formation of the government, and the political parties making concessions, especially the coordination framework and the Sadrist bloc, considering them the backbone of the political process in the country."

He added: "In addition to being the representatives of the largest parliamentary bloc, they are responsible for disrupting the formation of the largest bloc and the work of Parliament."

Chihod expected that "the fact that things remain as they are now constitutes a crisis, and this requires us to remedy this crisis by making concessions."

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Democratic Party: There is no truth to the document circulating on the agreement with the Sadrists

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Today, Saturday, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party delegation negotiating with the political parties denied the authenticity of the document circulating about the party's agreement with the Sadrist movement.

Kurdish media quoted a member of the delegation, who refused to reveal his name, that the document circulated by some media and social networking sites as the text of the agreement between the Democratic Party and the Sadrist movement to manage the country's affairs for the next four years is incorrect.

He stressed that this document is the first draft submitted by the Sadrist movement, which was limited to the broad and general outlines of the government's work.