Optimism for a breakthrough in the country's political scene

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 Baghdad: Muhannad Abd al-Wahhab
   Omar Abdul Latif

Politicians and observers of political affairs expressed their optimism that the blockage in the political process in the country will break out, after the phone call made by the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, to the leader of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, which means that the ice has melted between the two parties and the possibility of proceeding with the process of selecting the President of the Republic and forming the next government according to the merits. Constitutional law after long months of waiting, disagreements and anticipation.
The leader of the State of Law coalition, Sheikh Haider al-Lami, expected an upcoming meeting between al-Sadr and al-Maliki next Monday, and said in an interview: "The contacts that took place between Messrs. al-Sadr and al-Maliki were preceded by a process of hydrating the atmosphere for reassurances and distance away from previous differences."
He added that "selecting the next prime minister needs time, since this issue is subject to accuracy and examination of the personalities that will be presented and their suitability to the requirements of the stage, components and parties," and stressed that "the coordinating framework, including the rule of law, insisted despite the pressures that everyone go unified to form the government and each according to its weight." Al-Lami praised the honorable role of the Federal Court, which gave strength and immunity to the political process.
In turn, Mahmoud al-Salami, a representative of the State of Law coalition, told Al-Sabah: "The political blocs are waiting for the largest Shiite component to agree to form a strong government that can get the citizen out of successive crises and address previous failures."
He pointed out that "the content of the communication between al-Sadr and al-Maliki was about overcoming the political blockage and the direction to form a government, starting with the issue of electing the president of the republic and then the prime minister and going to form a strong government capable of overcoming obstacles."
For his part, political analyst Jassim al-Moussawi stated that "His Eminence al-Sadr's move indicates that there are breakthroughs and doors have opened in the political process, especially since the past period was a period of political blockage and a message of hope for achieving political progress regarding the nomination of the presidents and ministers and the formation of the government."
In an interview with "Al-Sabah", he indicated that "political consensus will reach its extent and influence in resolving the knot that was standing in the way of the political process, especially if we talk about the Shiite house and the disagreement between the two views of the Sadrist movement and the coordination framework, which is a step in the right direction and has given hope. The political process is that the presidents of the republic and the ministers are elected, so there will be no problems in forming the next government, especially if we talk about two important poles in the political process: the current, represented by the person of Mr. Sadr, and the framework, represented by the person of Mr. Maliki.
Politicians from the Sunni and Kurdish components expressed their optimism after Muqtada al-Sadr's move to contact al-Maliki, al-Halbousi, and Massoud Barzani, and the Shiite coordinating framework forces held a meeting yesterday, Friday, at the home of the head of the Fatah Alliance Hadi al-Amiri, a day after al-Sadr's phone talks with al-Maliki.

  Editing: Muhammad Al-Ansari
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