Hoshyar Zebari, a leader in the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Massoud Barzani, called on the political parties in Iraq to take what he described as a step backwards to save the country, stressing that the country is in a dangerous predicament, and this comes hours after the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced his abandonment of forming a government for a period of 30 years. Day, and moving to the opposition during this period, opening the way for his allies, "Sunnis and Kurds" to ally with others.
Zebari wrote in a tweet on Twitter yesterday evening, Monday, that "Iraq is in a dangerous political and security stalemate," adding, "The presidencies failed to avoid the situation due to their utilitarian interests, refusing the electoral merit, and the judiciary being dragged into biased decisions," and pointed out that "the one affected is the citizen in terms of security and economics." ".
Zebari pointed out that "youth and popular demonstrations and protests are coming soon against the political and economic blockage, failure, starvation of the people, and lack of respect for the will of the people in their electoral choices."
Iraq is in a serious political and security predicament.
The presidencies failed to avoid the situation because of their utilitarian interests.
Rejecting the electoral merits.. and the judiciary being dragged into biased decisions.. The citizen who is affected is the security and economic one.
They do not realize the seriousness of the situation.. Everyone must review and take a step back to save the country.
— Hoshyar Zebari (@HoshyarZebari) May 16, 2022
For its part, the Coordinating Committee of what are known as the Shiite resistance factions called on the political parties to resort to the language of reason and the law, and said in a statement that “at a time when Iraq, and indeed the whole world, is going through dangerous stages that portend dire consequences that only God knows the truth of, from a looming global war to The danger of the drought whose effects and others have become apparent, we clearly see the extent of the political difference taking place in the country, which is escalating, contrary to what we had hoped from the political actors confronting the political process.
The commission added, "There are no agreements, or concessions, between the political parties. Rather, there is a clinging to positions, and we fear that this matter will be reflected on Iraqi society due to uncharacteristic extremism, which requires resorting to logic, reason and flexibility in putting forward ideas and initiatives to get out of the crisis."
Al-Sadr announced his abandonment of forming a government for 30 days (Reuters)
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Al-Sadr said in a statement, "We have an option left that we must try, which is the transition to the national opposition for a period of no less than 30 days," explaining that the reason for taking this decision is due to the increasing scramble against him from inside and outside and the idea of forming a national majority government, without naming him. which way.
Al-Sadr added, "If the parties and parliamentary blocs, including those whom we had the honor of allying with, succeed in forming a government to alleviate the suffering of the people, then it will be blessed, otherwise we will have another decision that we will announce at the time," without details.
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— Muqtada al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Sadr (@Mu_AlSadr) May 15, 2022
The Sadrist movement topped the parliamentary elections held last October with 73 seats out of 329, and formed an alliance with the two largest blocs for the year (the Alliance of Sovereignty) and the Kurds (the Kurdistan Democratic Party) in the name of saving a homeland.
Although this tripartite alliance occupies 175 seats, it failed to form a government after the competing forces within the so-called Shiite coordination framework - which includes prominent Shiite forces except for the Sadrist movement - disrupted the parliament session to elect a new president for the country.
The session to elect the new president requires the presence of two-thirds of parliament members (210 deputies), which is the number required to give confidence to one of the candidates, as the election of the president is a constitutionally necessary step to proceed with the formation of the government.
Independent deputies and emerging movements put forward an initiative last Sunday to form a government (communication sites)
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Last Sunday, independent deputies and emerging movements proposed an initiative to form a government in a statement they announced during a press conference held at the Parliament headquarters in the capital, Baghdad, by forming a parliamentary bloc calling on the political blocs concerned to join forces with it to form the most numerous bloc in the House of Representatives without prior conditions.
The statement added that "after assigning the bloc of independents and emerging movements by the elected president of the republic to nominate the person of the prime minister, the bloc will nominate independent figures without dictates and pressures from other political blocs, and the supporting bloc will enable him to choose the government formation that is characterized by the highest level of efficiency, experience and integrity, and in accordance with It is also responsible for supporting its electoral program, which includes conducting political and economic reforms and combating financial and administrative corruption.
In a statement, the Shiite coordination framework welcomed the initiative of the independent representatives, and said that it is very close to the terms of his initiative, which he announced on May 3, and "in particular the converging visions in forming the largest bloc and preserving the right of the majority."
The framework added in its statement, "We declare our commitment to assigning a competent neutral candidate to form the government to end the political impasse," calling on the political blocs to positively interact with what was announced by independents and emerging movements.
Reactions
Iraqi reactions varied on social media platforms, as observers and specialists in Iraqi affairs suggested that Sadr's followers would stage popular protests in order to turn the table on the coordination framework, noting that the recent Iraqi judiciary decisions, especially the rejection of the food security law submitted by Parliament, will force al-Sadr to resort to the street.
The Iraqi researcher, Kitab Al-Mizan, considered that Al-Sadr's statement this time was angry and different, closing all doors of dialogue and consensus, and laying new foundations for the rules of the political game.
Muqtada al-Sadr's statement this time is different, an angry statement in which he closed all doors of dialogue and consensus,
and laid new foundations for the rules of the political game
#national_opposition
- The Book of Libra (@ketabalmezan1) May 16, 2022
For his part, writer Saad al-Kinani considered in a tweet on Twitter that the initiative of independent representatives will complicate the political scene in Iraq, because 90% of them work under the mantle of the coordination framework and the rest are with the Sadrist movement.
The nucleus of the initiative of the independent representatives is to be the uniting bloc to nominate the prime minister and his cabinet. There are hidden frames of fingers in writing its signature
. There are no independent representatives, 90% of them work under the mantle of the framework, and the rest is with the Sadrist movement..a failed initiative that will complicate the scene pic.twitter.com/NvNxhRskn1
— Saad al-Kanani (@zssdsd) May 15, 2022
As for the writer Omar Habib, he saw in a tweet on Twitter that Iraq is at a crossroads, warning that the escalation is coming at all levels, and its first waves will strike all tools of the direct and indirect coordination framework.
We are at a crossroads, and the current will not accept anything being imposed on it, and it has popular, financial and political sufficiency, so the battle to impose wills will not benefit them.
Escalation at all levels is coming, and the first waves of escalation will strike all direct and indirect tools of the coordination framework.
— Omar Habeeb ||
Omar Habeeb (@TheOmarHabeeb) May 16, 2022