Maliki's coalition rejects Sadr's proposals on popular mobilization

Maliki's coalition rejects Sadr's proposals on popular mobilization

The political scene   Saturday, 05 August 2017


MP of the coalition of state law, Fardous Al-Awadi, on Saturday, the coalition refused to discuss the future of the popular crowd now and later.

Al-Awadi said in a statement received by Sky Press that "the future of popular mobilization was decided by the Iraqi people, who acknowledged that the crowd must remain the back of the armed forces." This was approved by a law issued by the country's highest legislative authority,

"It is strange in the current period that some try to pressure the Prime Minister some projects that concern the popular mobilization, noting that Iraq still needs popular mobilization because the battle with terrorism did not end and that the threat to Iraq still exists."

Awadi said that "the popular crowd is one of the most institutions of the Iraqi state, which enjoys the legitimacy of the unrivaled at the legal level or the grassroots level, being derived from this legitimacy of the essence of the will of the Iraqi people."

And called on "the commander-in-chief of the armed forces not to allow any discussion on the future of popular mobilization, and to declare the closure of these discussions completely after the House of Representatives resolution to approve the law of the crowd."

The leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada al-Sadr, on Friday called on Prime Minister Haider Abadi to complete the reform in the work of his government, calling for the integration of popular mobilization among the security services.

In a televised address addressed to crowds of his supporters in protest against his orders against the provincial elections law in Baghdad yesterday, Sadr said Prime Minister Haider Abadi was obliged to complete the reform process and remove the specter of terrorism from the country.

He called for the integration of the popular crowd with the security forces, the withdrawal of arms from the hands of the factions and the siege of the state, the speedy return of migrants and displaced persons, the insistence on the date of holding elections without distinction between Sunni and Shiite provinces and giving an opportunity to minorities, calling for the change of the Electoral Commission or placed under the supervision of the United Nations , And that the Iraqi forces hold the liberated land and borders with neighboring countries.


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