Erdogan raised the issue of the Speaker of Parliament, and the framework is courting the Kurdistan R

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[size=52]Erdogan raised the issue of the Speaker of Parliament, and the framework is courting the Kurdistan Region[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]When Shaalan Al-Karim, the MP and the closest candidate for the presidency of Parliament, decided to withdraw from the competition, the struggle for the position had reached a bone-breaking stage. Muhammad al-Halbousi, the expelled Speaker of Parliament, who aspires to have him or his team occupy the position again, is now very close to behaving like his former ally Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement.[/size]
[size=45]As for the Shiite coordination framework, which after the overthrow of Al-Halbousi held the strings of the game, it was relaxed regarding the crisis of the Speaker of Parliament until the Turkish President arrived in Baghdad a few days ago.[/size]
[size=45]It is assumed, according to what is leaked behind the scenes of the Shiite Alliance, that the latter will decide in the coming hours the name of the candidate for Parliament Speaker in order to maintain calm at home after positive steps towards the Kurds.[/size]
[size=45]Before the Ashura revolution[/size]
[size=45]It is said in political party offices that Al-Sadr hinted to his former comrades in what was known as the “Watan Alliance” or “Triple Alliance,” which was formed only months after the 2021 elections, that it might be beneficial for the three parties to leave the political process.[/size]
[size=45]At that time, Al-Sadr did not issue any public indication of this, nor did Al-Halbousi, or the third party in the coalition, Masoud Barzani, head of the Democratic Party, take steps towards isolation, except recently through threats issued by both parties.[/size]
[size=45]The Kurdistan Democratic Party said last month that it may withdraw from the political process if the Federal Court’s “politically inclined” decisions continue, according to the party’s point of view.[/size]
[size=45]The party decided to boycott the Kurdistan Parliament elections, which are supposed to take place next June, before the “framework” begins to decline.[/size]
[size=45]Nouri al-Maliki, the leader of the State of Law, says: “The transfer of salaries from Baghdad to the Kurdistan region will continue,” indicating in an interview with the media that the issue has been resolved.[/size]
[size=45]He also said that he “heard that the Kurdistan Regional Presidency may postpone the elections (in the region) until October.”[/size]
[size=45]It appears from Al-Maliki's words that there is agreement from the Shiite Alliance to the demands of the Democratic Party.[/size]
[size=45]Hadi Al-Amiri, the leader of the Badr Organization, said similar things, confirming in a press interview that: “The president of the region is the one who will decide the issue of setting the election date.”[/size]
[size=45]He added, “Barzani (Nechirvan Barzani) is thinking about a day to hold these elections that would be appropriate and acceptable to all parties.”[/size]
[size=45]The president of the region has been visiting Baghdad for days, and attended the last Sunday session, which was dedicated to the meeting of the state administration coalition, which includes all the major forces in Parliament.[/size]
[size=45]A prominent leader in the Dawa Party, who spoke to Al-Mada on condition of anonymity, believes that “it is in the interest of internal stability for the coordination framework to be understood with the Kurds and Sunnis as well.”[/size]
[size=45]The “Frame” was able to win over the Democratic Party and Al-Halbousi, after the crisis with the Sadrists in what the movement calls the “Ashura Revolution,” which began with storming Parliament and then an armed confrontation in August 2022.[/size]
[size=45]Did Al-Halbousi lose everything?[/size]
[size=45]Meanwhile, the Shiite alliance presented a political agreement paper, much of which was not achieved, at least according to the Sunni point of view, or the Taqadum Party led by Muhammad al-Halbousi.[/size]
[size=45]Because of this, political sources say that Al-Halbousi is now seriously considering doing the same as the leader of the movement in leaving the government after his opportunity to replace him with his party to head Parliament has almost ended.[/size]
[size=45]Shaalan al-Karim, Al-Halbousi’s only candidate for the position, had given up his candidacy a week ago, and according to sources, Shaalan’s retreat was due to the possibility of “an expansion of the war” against the representative.[/size]
[size=45]The judiciary saved Al-Shaalan a few weeks ago, when it dismissed a lawsuit that accused him of “Baathism,” while previous accusations were brought against him of supporting “ISIS.”[/size]
[size=45]The Federal Court had canceled Al-Halbousi’s membership 5 months ago, due to a forgery case.[/size]
[size=45]Since then, the coordinating framework has held the position, through Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, the leader of the Shiite Alliance, and Al-Halbousi’s first deputy.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Mandalawi's circumstances are similar to those of Khudair Al-Khuzaie, the second deputy of the late Jalal Talabani, who became President of the Republic for more than a year after the resignation of the other two representatives, Adel Abdul Mahdi and Tariq Al-Hashemi, in 2013.[/size]
[size=45]The coincidence, or intentionality, in removing Al-Halbousi - according to what the Taqaddum Party believes - allowed the Shiites to act with great caution in resolving the problem.[/size]
[size=45]Erdogan intervened[/size]
[size=45]But the “coldness of the framework” in this issue is opposed by internal parties in addition to external pressures.[/size]
[size=45]A member of one of the Shiite parties told Al-Mada: “Some leaders within the framework find that keeping Sunni entitlements on hold will increase the crises...and a solution must be found, as happened with the Kurds.”[/size]
[size=45]The party member, who requested that his identity not be mentioned, adds: “On the other hand, the Turkish president had pressed in this regard during his recent visit to Baghdad.”[/size]
[size=45]The photo of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's meeting with Sunni leaders in Baghdad had caused great controversy at home, and questions about the reason for this expanded meeting.[/size]
[size=45]Haider Al-Mulla, a member of the Azm Alliance, one of Al-Halbousi’s competitors, said at the time that Erdogan spoke in the meeting about “deciding the position of Speaker of Parliament.”[/size]
[size=45]The day before yesterday, the State Administration Coalition meeting confirmed that the problem would be solved urgently, and it was also supposed to gather a “framework” to put together a final name for the candidate for the presidency of the new parliament.[/size]
[size=45]In turn, Ziad Al-Arar, an academic and researcher in political affairs, told Al-Mada: “Erdogan met with all the former parliamentary speakers, representatives, and Sunni leaders during his visit to Baghdad... Turkey, Iran, and the Gulf are all putting pressure on the issue of the speaker of parliament, but they do not agree, and each side has a different perception.” .[/size]
[size=45]Al-Arar believes that the crisis of the Speaker of Parliament faces three problems: first, international intervention, second: Sunni-Sunni conflict, and Al-Halbousi’s competitors have not yet obtained a majority in Parliament.[/size]
[size=45]The third problem is “the division of the Shiite parties over the identity of Al-Halbousi’s alternative.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Arar says: “There is still division around Salem Al-Issawi, the candidate of Al-Halbousi’s opponents, and among those waiting for a leader to present his candidate,” in addition to Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, who is supported by Al-Maliki.[/size]
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