The Friday of Mutual Crowds in Iraq.. The Sadrist Movement Calls for a Gathering Until Further Notice and the Coordination Framework Demands “Defense of Legitimacy”

The Sadrist movement in Iraq called on its supporters to gather in all provinces today, Friday, and stay until further notice, while the Organizing Committee for Demonstrations of the Coordination Framework called on supporters of the framework to demonstrate on the walls of the Green Zone today.

This came a day after the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, granted a week-long deadline for the judiciary to dissolve parliament, while Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi expressed his readiness to hand over power to any elected government and at the moment the political blocs agree.

Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi, who is close to the leader of the Sadrist movement, called for a mass gathering of al-Sadr's followers today, Friday, each in his governorate and to stay there until further notice, and explained that the goal of this move was to fill out legal forms to be submitted to the judiciary in order to dissolve Parliament.

Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi, in a tweet on Twitter, called on followers of the Sadrist movement and segments of Iraqi society to file a lawsuit before the Federal Court to dissolve Parliament, because of what he said was a constitutional violation and his inability to perform his constitutional duties, as he put it, referring to the violation of not electing the President of the Republic within 30 days from the date of the first session of Parliament, about 8 months ago.

The Sadrist movement's call came after the so-called organizing committee for demonstrations to defend the state, affiliated with the coordination framework, called in a statement on Wednesday evening, the followers of the framework to demonstrate Friday "to defend legitimacy" in demonstrations entitled "The people protect the state."

The committee said in its statement that the call comes from the belief in the need to stand with the legal and constitutional steps to defend the state's judicial and legislative institutions, and to expedite the formation of a national service government with full powers that works to confront crises and challenges, according to the statement.

The committee indicated that the demonstration will be on the fences of the Green Zone, with an emphasis on preventing any transgression of civilized manifestations and full cooperation with the security forces charged with protecting the demonstrations.

Handing over to an elected government

Meanwhile, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi expressed his readiness to hand over power to any elected government at the moment when the political blocs agree.

He added during the cabinet meeting yesterday, Thursday, that the initiative he put forward was approved by most of the political blocs, stressing that the government is not a party to the current conflict in Iraq.

As the crisis continued, Al-Kazemi warned that Iraq was going through a difficult stage, and that the political dispute had begun to reflect on the reality of the services provided to Iraqis.

He also pointed out that the crisis that Iraq is going through requires dialogue and wisdom and not to resort to escalation, and stressed that his government is working with all parties to calm down.

In another development, the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, agreed with the head of the Sovereignty Alliance, Khamis al-Khanjar, on the need to hold early elections in Iraq, considering this a good step, provided that all parties adhere to their results.

Al-Khanjar office said that the meeting, which took place in Erbil, confirmed coordination and joint action to overcome the political blockage, noting that any new initiative should be aimed at improving the political situation and ending the crisis.

It should be noted that on July 30, hundreds of Sadrist supporters stormed the parliament building in the Green Zone.

The Sadrist movement seeks, through a sit-in inside the Green Zone, to achieve demands announced by al-Sadr in a televised speech on August 3, which were summarized in a call to dissolve parliament and go towards early elections.

In order for the movement to achieve its goals, its supporters staged a sit-in in the parliament building for 8 days and continued their sit-in in its surroundings. The movement insists on preventing the passage of the “coordinating framework” coalition government, which is still clinging to its only candidate, Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani, to form a new government.

This comes 10 months after the last legislative elections and the failure to form a new government, as Parliament failed to hold a session to elect a new president, as well as to choose a prime minister.