Under pressure on his political opponents

The Sadrist movement again demands the judiciary to dissolve the Iraqi parliament

Sadr's supporters are demanding the dismissal of the President of the Supreme Judicial Council.

AFP

Yesterday, the Sadrist movement, led by the cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, called on the highest judicial authority in Iraq for the second time in less than a month, to dissolve parliament in the context of pressure on its political opponents, while Iraq is experiencing a stifling political crisis.

Despite the passage of 10 months since the legislative elections, the political forces are still unable to agree on the election of a new President of the Republic and the formation of a new government.

The level of escalation between the Sadrist movement and the coordination framework has risen since late July, with the two sides exchanging pressure in the street and in statements, without matters developing into violence.

The Sadrist movement demands the dissolution of parliament and the holding of early legislative elections, while the coordination framework wants to hold these elections, but with conditions, demanding the formation of a government before early elections.

The Sadrist movement's supporters have been holding a sit-in in and around the parliament building for about a month.

While supporters of the coordination framework have been holding a sit-in since August 12 on a road leading to the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad.

Thousands of Sadrists' supporters participated in the Friday prayers, which were held in a square adjacent to the Iraqi parliament.

In a sermon delivered by Muhannad al-Moussawi, who is close to al-Sadr, the current demanded the Federal Court to dissolve Parliament.

The court is scheduled to hold a session next Tuesday to consider the case submitted by the Secretary-General of the Sadrist bloc, Nassar al-Rubaie, a source in the court confirmed to AFP.

Addressing the judiciary, Al-Moussawi said, "If the rule is in your hands, the law is under your authority, and the constitution is under your eyes, you decide what you want."

Article 64 of the Iraqi constitution stipulates that the Parliament shall be dissolved by “an absolute majority of its members, at the request of one-third of its members, or a request from the Prime Minister and with the approval of the President of the Republic.”

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