Al-Hakim discusses with the Saudi Crown Prince the political crisis in Iraq and the sit-in of the Sadrist movement in Baghdad enters its fourth week

The leader of the Wisdom Alliance in Iraq, Ammar al-Hakim, stressed during his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, the importance of Riyadh’s support for Baghdad and the need to resolve the political crisis in Iraq without external interference, at a time when the Sadrist movement’s sit-ins and the coordination framework continue in Baghdad, and after counting A preacher close to the leader of the Sadrist movement Muqtada al-Sadr - today, Friday - the results of the national dialogue of the political parties in Iraq: "It is worthless."

The statements of the leader of the Iraqi Wisdom Movement - a leader in the coordination framework - came in a tweet he posted on Twitter, after his meeting with the Crown Prince in the Saudi city of Jeddah, which he has been visiting since Wednesday evening.

Al-Hakim said that during the meeting, he praised "the development plans of the Crown Prince, especially the Kingdom's Vision 2030, and the positive repercussions of those plans on the countries of the region in general and Iraq in particular."

And he added, "We discussed the developments in the Iraqi arena, and we emphasized that dialogue between the various parties is the best way to reach satisfactory solutions to the current political impasse in Iraq, and we stressed that the solutions must remain Iraqi without any external pressures."

For its part, the official Saudi Press Agency reported that during the meeting, "they reviewed Saudi-Iraqi relations, and a number of issues of common interest."

Salem Al-Yami, a former advisor at the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that Al-Hakim's visit to Saudi Arabia comes within the framework of the search for assistance from the Saudi side in calming the situation and converging views in Iraq.

He added - in an interview with Al-Jazeera - that Saudi Arabia is keen on the stability of Iraq and avoiding undesirable slips, as he put it.

Al-Hakim (left) said that he stressed that solutions to the Iraqi political crisis must remain without any external pressure (Reuters)

Dialogues of political parties are "worthless"

On the other hand, Muhannad al-Moussawi, the Friday preacher of supporters of the Sadrist movement, said that the dialogues held by the political forces and parties to get out of the current crisis in the country, are aimed at achieving partisan interests and staying in power.

Al-Khatib added in front of thousands of Sadr's followers during the Friday prayer sermon at their sit-in in front of the Iraqi parliament, "The political dialogues you hold are not for the benefit of the people or the country, but are for your survival, and they have no value and we do not value them."

He said, "The Iraqi people are the ones who decide their fate, and they are the source of the authorities, and the people's exit today is against corruption and those who do not respect the people and the state, not against the state."

He stressed, "The people are prioritized over all considerations, and for their sake, constitutions and laws are drawn up, and that the will of the people is stronger than tyrants, and that the people are the ones who decide their fate by themselves, no matter how far the tyrants go against them," stressing at the same time the continuation of the revolution that "will break all corrupt wills." As he put it.

Continuing sit-ins

This comes as supporters of the Sadrist movement - led by Muqtada al-Sadr - continue their sit-in, which has entered its fourth week in a row, in the vicinity of Parliament in the Green Zone in central Baghdad, to demand the dissolution of Parliament and the holding of early elections in the country.

On the other hand, the followers of the coordination framework continue their sit-ins at the suspension bridge leading to the Green Zone, to demand the holding of a session of Parliament and the speedy formation of a new government.

Hadi al-Amiri, the leader in the coordination framework, leader of the Al-Fateh Alliance, said that overcoming the current crisis is to resort to the constitution and preserve constitutional institutions.

In a letter he addressed to the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, he called on all political forces to have a constructive role at this stage in Iraq's history, he said.

Iraq is witnessing a political crisis against the backdrop of differences between political forces over the formation of a new government since the last elections on October 10, and political efforts are still faltering to resolve the crisis.