Iraq..Agreement between the government and the parties, with the exception of the Sadr movement, on early elections
The "coordinating framework" seeks to form a government.
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The executive authorities in Iraq agreed on Monday with the majority of political forces to hold early elections to settle the political crisis that has struck the country for months and led to armed clashes last week.
The agreement came during a meeting that included Iraqi President Barham Salih, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, and representatives of major political parties within the framework of the "national dialogue" sessions boycotted by the influential religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr.
A statement issued by the cabinet said, "The meeting decided to form a technical team from the various political forces, to mature common visions and ideas on the roadmap for a national solution, and bring the views closer in order to reach early elections."
Early elections are one of Sadr's main demands.
The announcement comes less than a year after legislative elections were held in October 2021.
In the coordination framework that includes pro-Iranian factions, Sadr's opponents demand the appointment of a new prime minister before any new elections are held.
According to the constitution, Parliament can only be dissolved at the request of two-thirds of the members of the House of Representatives or at the request of the Prime Minister and the approval of the President of the Republic.
The statement also stated that the meeting "renewed the invitation of the brothers in the Sadrist movement to participate in technical and political meetings, to discuss all contentious issues, and to reach solutions to them."
Today's session is the second after a first session held in the middle of last month.
And it comes a week after armed confrontations took place over 24 hours between supporters of the Sadrist movement on the one hand and forces from the army and the Popular Mobilization on the other hand, in the Green Zone, in central Baghdad, during which more than 30 supporters of the Sadrist movement were killed, and stopped after al-Sadr asked his supporters to withdraw. .
The Sadrist bloc was the biggest winner in the recent elections, with 73 seats in parliament, without achieving a majority.
Iraq has been living for months in a stifling political crisis that left the country without a new government, a prime minister or a president, and the differences prompted Muqtada al-Sadr to announce the resignation of his deputies from Parliament in an attempt to pressure his opponents.
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