The political blocs in Iraq are locked in last minute negotiations to nominate a new candidate to form the transitional government, following the resignation of the previous government headed by Adel Abdul Mahdi, at the beginning of this month. These consultations and meetings come at a time when Baghdad and nine provinces are witnessing unprecedented demonstrations and sit-ins in the history of Iraq to demand a change in the process Political, and enact a new election law to form a new government.
The Iraqi President, Barham Salih, addressed a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Muhammad Al-Halbousi, requesting that he be informed of the largest number of parliamentary blocs, registered in the first session of the Council, for the purpose of assigning a new candidate to form the Council of Ministers, and at a time when the blocs and parties are seeking to search for a candidate from within the current political structure The demonstrators are asking for an independent candidate outside the political process.
The representative of the Construction Alliance, Abbas Al-Zameli, revealed the details of a meeting of the political blocs yesterday, to choose a candidate to head the government, stressing that the candidate will be formally presented during the coming days, and said that the meeting included the general and detailed frameworks of the character that will be nominated formally, and suggested not The names are formally awaited until the presidency of the parliament responds to the Iraqi president’s speech on the issue of naming the largest bloc of the candidate. The constitutional deadline for nominating a candidate to form a new government is set to expire, or for the Iraqi president himself to assume the post of prime minister, in addition to his position as president, on Monday evening M, and thus gave the green light to the Al-Fatah bloc led by Hadi al-Amiri, to nominate a candidate, after the withdrawal of the largest bloc (Saeroun) led by Muqtada al-Sadr, from its right to nominate a candidate to form the new government.
The leader of the National Coalition in the Iraqi parliament, Iyad Allawi, called for the next government to be a mini government and a temporary one, whose ceiling does not exceed one year, and does not nominate for elections.
Allawi said, in a message he sent to the Iraqi president yesterday: "The next government should be a mini-government that does not exceed its one-year ceiling, does not nominate elections, and prepares for fair and transparent elections, with a new election law," calling for speeding up a solution to the crisis The current situation, and bringing the situation to the desired state of stability, when it undertakes a permanent government working on the outputs of the economy, increasing employment opportunities, and completing the referral of spoilers and those involved in the killing of peaceful Iraqis to justice in public trials.
On the other hand, the Victory Bloc in the Iraqi parliament, led by Haider al-Abadi, called for "commitment to a clear road map, with specific time limits for making change by implementing justice, holding perpetrators accountable, restricting arms to the state, restoring stability and societal peace, and liberating the Iraqi will and decision from any interference" .
The bloc said in a press statement yesterday, that the “Victory Coalition is not concerned with the race for powers to nominate any person for the Prime Minister’s website, and that the coalition that did not sign the formation of the current government, and did not participate in it, and demanded its resignation for its failure to run the country, and the coalition is not part of the nomination or Choosing which government is to come, and that the national interest requires a government independent of the mentality, will of acquisition, and party allocation ».
The head of the "State of Law" coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, called yesterday to adhere to the constitutional timing to resolve the candidacy of the Prime Minister, and stressed in a statement, the need to choose a person who is able to overcome challenges and meet the demands of the Iraqi citizen.
The Al-Amiri bloc took the initiative to put forward the names of the current deputy Ibrahim Bahr Al-Ulum, the deputy Muhammad Shia'a Al-Sudani, the current Minister of Higher Education Qusay Al-Suhail, the governor of Basra Asaad Al-Eidani, Abdul-Hussein Abtan, and the politician Izzat Shabandar, to assume the post. In contrast, the protest streets in Baghdad refused Categorically, the names of all the candidates for the position by the blocs and parties, and called through banners and data circulated in the demonstration squares, to nominate each of the team, Abdul-Ghani Al-Asadi, the team, Abdul Wahab Al-Saadi, Judge Rahim Al-Akili, Dr. Sinan Al-Shabibi, and the politician Mohammed Allawi.
To that, the head of the caretaker government in Iraq, Adel Abdul Mahdi, yesterday, expressed his refusal and denunciation to include the names of Iraqi leaders and personalities on the lists of sanctions in other countries, after the US Treasury announced the imposition of sanctions against three Iraqi militia leaders backed by Iran, against the background of Fatah Fire on protesters in Iraq.
Barham Salih asks the parliament to inform him of the largest bloc to appoint the candidate to form the cabinet.
Allawi calls for a mini government and temporary .. And Al-Maliki calls for compliance with constitutional timing.