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[size=52]“Manoeuvre or withdrawal”… What does Al-Sadr’s initiative represent to Tehran’s allies in Iraq?[/size]
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[size=45]IRAQIS SHOP AHEAD OF RAMADAN IN A MARKET IN MOSUL, THURSDAY, MARCH 31 (REUTERS)[/size]
[size=45]WITH THE ADVENT OF THE FIRST DAY OF RAMADAN, THE INITIATIVE OF THE LEADER OF THE “ [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ” MUQTADA AL-SADR TO THE “COORDINATING FRAMEWORK OF THE SHIITE FORCES” ENTERED INTO FORCE, AS IT SEEMS THAT THE ATTEMPTS OF THE “FRAMEWORK” TO FORCE AL-SADR TO RETURN TO THE UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE “ [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ” THROUGH THE “BLOCKING THIRD.” , INCREASED THE COMPLEXITY OF THE POLITICAL SCENE IN IRAQ.
ON MARCH 31, AL-SADR ANNOUNCED THE WITHDRAWAL FOR A PERIOD OF 40 DAYS, GIVING THE “ [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ” FORCES THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORM A GOVERNMENT. THIS STEP CAME AFTER THE FORCES OF THE "FRAMEWORK", THE LARGEST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MILITIAS LOYAL TO IRAN, MANAGED TO DISRUPT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SESSIONS, WHICH PROMPTED THE LEADER OF THE SADRIST MOVEMENT TO ISSUE A STATEMENT IN WHICH HE AFFIRMED HIS REFUSAL TO RETURN TO CONSENSUS WITH THOSE PARTIES.[/size]
[size=45]CHEST TIMEOUT[/size]
[size=45]AL-SADR’S DEADLINE REPRESENTED A RESOUNDING SURPRISE IN POLITICAL CIRCLES, AS HE SAID IN A TWEET ON “TWITTER” THAT “GOD HAS BESTOWED UPON ME A BLESSING THAT ENABLED ME AND THOSE WITH ME TO BE THE LARGEST WINNING BLOC IN THE ELECTIONS, AN UNPRECEDENTED VICTORY. THEN WE MADE THE LARGEST SHIITE BLOC OR ALLIANCE. THEN I HAD TO BE THE FIRST TO SUCCEED IN FORMING THE LARGEST NATIONAL BLOC (SAVE THE HOMELAND) AND NOMINATING A PRIME MINISTER ACCEPTABLE TO ALL. I WILL NOT GIVE UP ON IT.” AL-SADR CONTINUED, "THESE ALLIANCES BOTHERED A LOT, AND THEY OBSTRUCTED AND ARE STILL OBSTRUCTING." HE ADDED, “IN ORDER FOR IRAQ NOT TO REMAIN WITHOUT A GOVERNMENT, SO THAT THE SECURITY, ECONOMIC, SERVICE AND OTHER CONDITIONS DETERIORATE, HERE I AM, GIVING THE BLOCKING THIRD AN OPPORTUNITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH ALL THE BLOCS WITHOUT EXCEPTION TO FORM A NATIONAL MAJORITY GOVERNMENT WITHOUT THE SADRIST BLOC, FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE BLESSED MONTH OF RAMADAN TO THE NINTH OF SHAWWAL.” MOST. UNTIL THAT DAY, I ASK YOU TO PRAY AND ACCEPT OBEDIENCE.”
HE CONCLUDED HIS TWEET BY INSTRUCTING THE "SADR BLOC" TO "NOT INTERFERE WITH THIS, EITHER POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY," ADDING, "WITH THIS, I HAVE CLEARED MY RESPONSIBILITIES IN FRONT OF EVERYONE."[/size]
[size=45]OUTCOMES OF THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK MEETING[/size]
[size=45]SINCE THE LAUNCH OF THE INITIATIVE, THE COUNTRY'S POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS HAVE REVOLVED AROUND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE LEADERS OF THE "COORDINATING FRAMEWORK" CAN FORMULATE UNDERSTANDINGS THAT WOULD ENABLE THEM TO FORM THE NEXT GOVERNMENT WITHOUT AL-SADR, A MATTER THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE ANY SIGNS SO FAR. IT SEEMS THAT AL-SADR’S MOVE EMBARRASSED THE PRO-IRANIAN PARTIES, AND PROMPTED THEM TO PRESENT AN INITIATIVE IN RETURN THAT INCLUDES CALLING ON THE “SADR BLOC” TO AGREE AND RETURN TO THE “COORDINATING FRAMEWORK,” AND THEIR ASSERTION THAT THEY DID NOT INTEND TO ABANDON THE SADRIST MOVEMENT AS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT SHIITE POLITICAL WINGS.
THE PARTIES TO THE “COORDINATING FRAMEWORK”, FOLLOWING THE INITIATIVE OF AL-SADR, MET AT THE HOME OF THE LEADER OF THE “STATE OF LAW” COALITION, NURI AL-MALIKI, ON FRIDAY, APRIL 1, AND ISSUED DECISIONS, MOST NOTABLY SETTING UP MECHANISMS FOR CHOOSING THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER.
THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK INITIATIVE DID NOT GO OUT OF THE SPACE OF CALLING FOR CONSENSUS AGAIN UNDER THE PRETEXT OF “GUARANTEEING THE RIGHT OF THE COMPONENT AND THE COMPLETION OF THE NATIONAL ENTITLEMENT FOR THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE THREE PRESIDENCIES.”
IN A STATEMENT AFTER THE MEETING, THE "COORDINATING FRAMEWORK" INDICATED "ITS COMMITMENT TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL TERMS AND THE REGISTRATION OF THE MOST NUMEROUS BLOC OF THE TWO PARTIES TO ENSURE THE RIGHT OF THE COMPONENT AND THE COMPLETION OF THE NATIONAL ENTITLEMENT FOR THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE THREE PRESIDENCIES, WITHIN A UNIFIED VISION IN WHICH THE FRAMEWORK AND ITS ALLIES AND THE SADRIST BLOC AND ITS ALLIES PARTICIPATE." THE STATEMENT ADDED, "AFTER ANNOUNCING THE MOST NUMEROUS BLOC, THE CANDIDATE FOR THE POSITION OF PRIME MINISTER IS AGREED UPON ACCORDING TO THE REQUIRED CONDITIONS AND CRITERIA SUCH AS COMPETENCE, INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE, AND THAT WILL BE THROUGH A JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK AND THE SADRIST BLOC," ADDING, "THEN THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAM IS AGREED UPON WITHIN A SPECIFIC TIME LIMIT THAT IS AGREED UPON." IT HAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND WHOEVER WISHES FROM THE WINNING BLOCS THAT ADHERE TO THE PROGRAM PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION.”[/size]
[size=45]WHAT DOES THE SADRIST MOVEMENT WANT?[/size]
[size=45]OBSERVERS RULE OUT THAT THE "COORDINATING FRAMEWORK" INITIATIVE WILL BE ACCEPTED BY THE "SADR MOVEMENT", ESPECIALLY WITH THE LEVEL OF DIFFERENCES REACHING ITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN YEARS.[/size]
[size=45]DURING THE COMING PERIOD, THE FORCES OF THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK SHOULD TRY THEIR LUCK IN FORMING A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT, IN RETURN FOR THE SADRIST BLOC BEING IN THE PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION, WHICH THE FORCES LOYAL TO IRAN REALIZE ITS DANGERS, ESPECIALLY WITH AL-SADR OWNING THE LARGEST PARLIAMENTARY BLOC, AS WELL AS HIS POPULAR BASES THAT HAVE ALWAYS REPRESENTED AN AREA TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE POLITICAL OPPONENTS OF THE SADRIST MOVEMENT.[/size]
[size=45]TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE “COORDINATING FRAMEWORK” MUST ENGAGE IN EXTENSIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PARTIES OF THE “SAVE A HOMELAND” COALITION TO PERSUADE THE “KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY” LED BY MASSOUD BARZANI, AND THE “SOVEREIGNTY” ALLIANCE LED BY MUHAMMAD AL-HALBOUSI AND KHAMIS AL-KHANJAR TO ENTER INTO THEIR ALLIANCE AND HEAD TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IS WHAT IT SEEMS COMPLICATED, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE SADRIST MOVEMENT'S UNDERSTANDINGS WITH THE TWO MENTIONED PARTIES TO ADVANCED STAGES.
THE HEAD OF THE "KALWADHA" CENTER FOR STUDIES, BASIL HUSSEIN, REFERS TO SEVERAL DIMENSIONS CARRIED BY AL-SADR'S RECENT INITIATIVE, INCLUDING THAT IT REPRESENTED A "CHALLENGING MESSAGE TO THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK AND WHETHER IT WAS ABLE TO FORM THE NEXT GOVERNMENT," NOTING THAT THIS INITIATIVE PUT THE FORCES OF THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK "IN A CRITICAL ANGLE." IN FRONT OF HIS AUDIENCE AND IRAQI PUBLIC OPINION.” HUSSEIN ADDED THAT AMONG OTHER DIMENSIONS OF AL-SADR'S INITIATIVE, HE SENT A MESSAGE TO IRAQI PUBLIC OPINION THAT "AL-SADR IS PROCEEDING WITH THE NATIONAL MAJORITY PROJECT, AND THERE IS NO RETURN TO AGREEMENT WITH THE COORDINATING FRAMEWORK AGAIN."
IT SEEMS THAT WHAT COMPLICATES THE TASK OF THE “COORDINATING FRAMEWORK,” ACCORDING TO HUSSEIN, IS THE DIFFICULTY OF MAKING UNDERSTANDINGS WITH THE “KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY” AND THE “SOVEREIGNTY” ALLIANCE, POINTING OUT THAT THE TWO BLOCS “WILL NOT RISK LEAVING AL-SADR ALONE AND ALLYING WITH THE COORDINATING FRAMEWORK, REGARDLESS OF THE LEVEL OF TEMPTATIONS OR THREATS.” HUSSEIN CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT AL-SADR'S INITIATIVE "DESTROYED THE POSSIBILITY OF RETURNING TO CONSENSUS ONCE MORE, AND EMPHASIZED MOVING FORWARD WITH THE IDEA OF A NATIONAL MAJORITY."[/size]
[size=45]A TEST OF THE COHESION OF THE “SAVE A HOMELAND” COALITION[/size]
[size=45]ALTHOUGH AL-SADR GAVE WAY TO THE “COORDINATING FRAMEWORK” TO FORM THE NEXT GOVERNMENT, MEMBERS OF THE “FRAMEWORK” ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT THAT THE NEXT GOVERNMENT CAN ONLY BE FORMED BY THE TWO WINGS OF THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK AND THE SADRIST BLOC, IN AN ATTEMPT TO DRAG THE SADRIST MOVEMENT TO THE UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE “SHIITE HOUSE” FROM NEW.
THE FORTY-DAY PERIOD THAT AL-SADR GAVE TO THE "COORDINATION FRAMEWORK" FORCES WILL BE A REAL TEST OF THE COHESION OF THE "SAVE A HOMELAND" ALLIANCE.
THE HEAD OF THE CENTER FOR POLITICAL THINKING, IHSAN AL-SHAMMARI, EXPRESSED HIS BELIEF THAT AL-SADR “REALIZED THAT THE BLOCKING THIRD BECAME AN OBSTACLE TO THE PROCESS OF ACHIEVING THE MAJORITY PROJECT, WHICH PROMPTED HIM TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM THE ISSUE OF OBSTRUCTION AND THROW THE BALL INTO THE COURT OF THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF POPULAR DISSATISFACTION WITH DELAYED FORMATION OF THE GOVERNMENT. AL-SHAMMARI ADDED THAT AL-SADR’S INITIATIVE HAS TWO TRACKS, THE FIRST RELATES TO “AN ATTEMPT TO EMBARRASS THE PARTIES TO THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK IN FRONT OF IRAQI PUBLIC OPINION WITH THE DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING A PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY, AND THE SECOND TRACK INCLUDES A TEST FROM AL-SADR TO HIS ALLIES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARTIES FROM THE TRIPARTITE ALLIANCE WITH OTHER PARTIES. IN THE COORDINATING FRAMEWORK.[/size]
[size=45]PERHAPS THE MOST PROMINENT QUESTION RELATES TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CONTINUATION OF A GOVERNMENT IN ISOLATION FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE SADRIST MOVEMENT AS A MAJOR PARTY IN IT. AL-SHAMMARI POINTED OUT THAT "THE PARTIES TO THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK ARE AWARE OF THE RISKS OF THIS STEP, WHICH WILL COMPLICATE ITS MOVEMENT IN THE COMING PERIOD."[/size]
[size=45]REORDER PARLIAMENTARY VOLUMES[/size]
[size=45]IN THIS CONTEXT, POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR HAITHAM AL-HITI SAID THAT THE MAIN GOAL OF AL-SADR’S INITIATIVE IS TO “ATTEMPT TO SHOW THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK AS AN ISOLATED POLITICAL ENTITY AND INCAPABLE OF FORMING PARLIAMENTARY ALLIANCES THAT WOULD LEAD IT TO A MAJORITY.” AL-HITI ADDED, "THE STEPS OF THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK DURING THE LAST PERIOD, ESPECIALLY THE DISRUPTION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SESSIONS, WERE NOTHING BUT A MANEUVER TO OBTAIN A SHARE IN THE MOVEMENT TO FORM THE GOVERNMENT," NOTING THAT "THIS MATTER BECAME CLEAR WHEN AL-SADR LAUNCHED HIS INITIATIVE, AND SOON THE PARTIES TO THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK DEMANDED THE NECESSITY OF THE ENTRY OF THE SADRIST BLOC INTO THEIR ALLIANCE.” HE CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT AL-SADR'S RECENT MOVE "REARRANGED THE SIZES OF THE PARLIAMENTARY BLOCS AFTER POLITICAL DIFFERENCES OVERSHADOWED THEM DURING THE LAST PERIOD."[/size]
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[size=52]“Manoeuvre or withdrawal”… What does Al-Sadr’s initiative represent to Tehran’s allies in Iraq?[/size]
[size=31]Discussions are taking place about the possibility of the “coordinating framework” creating understandings that would enable them to form the next government[/size]
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SATURDAY 2 APRIL 2022
[size=45]IRAQIS SHOP AHEAD OF RAMADAN IN A MARKET IN MOSUL, THURSDAY, MARCH 31 (REUTERS)[/size]
[size=45]WITH THE ADVENT OF THE FIRST DAY OF RAMADAN, THE INITIATIVE OF THE LEADER OF THE “ [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ” MUQTADA AL-SADR TO THE “COORDINATING FRAMEWORK OF THE SHIITE FORCES” ENTERED INTO FORCE, AS IT SEEMS THAT THE ATTEMPTS OF THE “FRAMEWORK” TO FORCE AL-SADR TO RETURN TO THE UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE “ [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ” THROUGH THE “BLOCKING THIRD.” , INCREASED THE COMPLEXITY OF THE POLITICAL SCENE IN IRAQ.
ON MARCH 31, AL-SADR ANNOUNCED THE WITHDRAWAL FOR A PERIOD OF 40 DAYS, GIVING THE “ [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ” FORCES THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORM A GOVERNMENT. THIS STEP CAME AFTER THE FORCES OF THE "FRAMEWORK", THE LARGEST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MILITIAS LOYAL TO IRAN, MANAGED TO DISRUPT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SESSIONS, WHICH PROMPTED THE LEADER OF THE SADRIST MOVEMENT TO ISSUE A STATEMENT IN WHICH HE AFFIRMED HIS REFUSAL TO RETURN TO CONSENSUS WITH THOSE PARTIES.[/size]
[size=45]CHEST TIMEOUT[/size]
[size=45]AL-SADR’S DEADLINE REPRESENTED A RESOUNDING SURPRISE IN POLITICAL CIRCLES, AS HE SAID IN A TWEET ON “TWITTER” THAT “GOD HAS BESTOWED UPON ME A BLESSING THAT ENABLED ME AND THOSE WITH ME TO BE THE LARGEST WINNING BLOC IN THE ELECTIONS, AN UNPRECEDENTED VICTORY. THEN WE MADE THE LARGEST SHIITE BLOC OR ALLIANCE. THEN I HAD TO BE THE FIRST TO SUCCEED IN FORMING THE LARGEST NATIONAL BLOC (SAVE THE HOMELAND) AND NOMINATING A PRIME MINISTER ACCEPTABLE TO ALL. I WILL NOT GIVE UP ON IT.” AL-SADR CONTINUED, "THESE ALLIANCES BOTHERED A LOT, AND THEY OBSTRUCTED AND ARE STILL OBSTRUCTING." HE ADDED, “IN ORDER FOR IRAQ NOT TO REMAIN WITHOUT A GOVERNMENT, SO THAT THE SECURITY, ECONOMIC, SERVICE AND OTHER CONDITIONS DETERIORATE, HERE I AM, GIVING THE BLOCKING THIRD AN OPPORTUNITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH ALL THE BLOCS WITHOUT EXCEPTION TO FORM A NATIONAL MAJORITY GOVERNMENT WITHOUT THE SADRIST BLOC, FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE BLESSED MONTH OF RAMADAN TO THE NINTH OF SHAWWAL.” MOST. UNTIL THAT DAY, I ASK YOU TO PRAY AND ACCEPT OBEDIENCE.”
HE CONCLUDED HIS TWEET BY INSTRUCTING THE "SADR BLOC" TO "NOT INTERFERE WITH THIS, EITHER POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY," ADDING, "WITH THIS, I HAVE CLEARED MY RESPONSIBILITIES IN FRONT OF EVERYONE."[/size]
[size=45]OUTCOMES OF THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK MEETING[/size]
[size=45]SINCE THE LAUNCH OF THE INITIATIVE, THE COUNTRY'S POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS HAVE REVOLVED AROUND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE LEADERS OF THE "COORDINATING FRAMEWORK" CAN FORMULATE UNDERSTANDINGS THAT WOULD ENABLE THEM TO FORM THE NEXT GOVERNMENT WITHOUT AL-SADR, A MATTER THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE ANY SIGNS SO FAR. IT SEEMS THAT AL-SADR’S MOVE EMBARRASSED THE PRO-IRANIAN PARTIES, AND PROMPTED THEM TO PRESENT AN INITIATIVE IN RETURN THAT INCLUDES CALLING ON THE “SADR BLOC” TO AGREE AND RETURN TO THE “COORDINATING FRAMEWORK,” AND THEIR ASSERTION THAT THEY DID NOT INTEND TO ABANDON THE SADRIST MOVEMENT AS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT SHIITE POLITICAL WINGS.
THE PARTIES TO THE “COORDINATING FRAMEWORK”, FOLLOWING THE INITIATIVE OF AL-SADR, MET AT THE HOME OF THE LEADER OF THE “STATE OF LAW” COALITION, NURI AL-MALIKI, ON FRIDAY, APRIL 1, AND ISSUED DECISIONS, MOST NOTABLY SETTING UP MECHANISMS FOR CHOOSING THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER.
THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK INITIATIVE DID NOT GO OUT OF THE SPACE OF CALLING FOR CONSENSUS AGAIN UNDER THE PRETEXT OF “GUARANTEEING THE RIGHT OF THE COMPONENT AND THE COMPLETION OF THE NATIONAL ENTITLEMENT FOR THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE THREE PRESIDENCIES.”
IN A STATEMENT AFTER THE MEETING, THE "COORDINATING FRAMEWORK" INDICATED "ITS COMMITMENT TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL TERMS AND THE REGISTRATION OF THE MOST NUMEROUS BLOC OF THE TWO PARTIES TO ENSURE THE RIGHT OF THE COMPONENT AND THE COMPLETION OF THE NATIONAL ENTITLEMENT FOR THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE THREE PRESIDENCIES, WITHIN A UNIFIED VISION IN WHICH THE FRAMEWORK AND ITS ALLIES AND THE SADRIST BLOC AND ITS ALLIES PARTICIPATE." THE STATEMENT ADDED, "AFTER ANNOUNCING THE MOST NUMEROUS BLOC, THE CANDIDATE FOR THE POSITION OF PRIME MINISTER IS AGREED UPON ACCORDING TO THE REQUIRED CONDITIONS AND CRITERIA SUCH AS COMPETENCE, INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE, AND THAT WILL BE THROUGH A JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK AND THE SADRIST BLOC," ADDING, "THEN THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAM IS AGREED UPON WITHIN A SPECIFIC TIME LIMIT THAT IS AGREED UPON." IT HAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND WHOEVER WISHES FROM THE WINNING BLOCS THAT ADHERE TO THE PROGRAM PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION.”[/size]
[size=45]WHAT DOES THE SADRIST MOVEMENT WANT?[/size]
[size=45]OBSERVERS RULE OUT THAT THE "COORDINATING FRAMEWORK" INITIATIVE WILL BE ACCEPTED BY THE "SADR MOVEMENT", ESPECIALLY WITH THE LEVEL OF DIFFERENCES REACHING ITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN YEARS.[/size]
[size=45]DURING THE COMING PERIOD, THE FORCES OF THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK SHOULD TRY THEIR LUCK IN FORMING A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT, IN RETURN FOR THE SADRIST BLOC BEING IN THE PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION, WHICH THE FORCES LOYAL TO IRAN REALIZE ITS DANGERS, ESPECIALLY WITH AL-SADR OWNING THE LARGEST PARLIAMENTARY BLOC, AS WELL AS HIS POPULAR BASES THAT HAVE ALWAYS REPRESENTED AN AREA TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE POLITICAL OPPONENTS OF THE SADRIST MOVEMENT.[/size]
[size=45]TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE “COORDINATING FRAMEWORK” MUST ENGAGE IN EXTENSIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PARTIES OF THE “SAVE A HOMELAND” COALITION TO PERSUADE THE “KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY” LED BY MASSOUD BARZANI, AND THE “SOVEREIGNTY” ALLIANCE LED BY MUHAMMAD AL-HALBOUSI AND KHAMIS AL-KHANJAR TO ENTER INTO THEIR ALLIANCE AND HEAD TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IS WHAT IT SEEMS COMPLICATED, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE SADRIST MOVEMENT'S UNDERSTANDINGS WITH THE TWO MENTIONED PARTIES TO ADVANCED STAGES.
THE HEAD OF THE "KALWADHA" CENTER FOR STUDIES, BASIL HUSSEIN, REFERS TO SEVERAL DIMENSIONS CARRIED BY AL-SADR'S RECENT INITIATIVE, INCLUDING THAT IT REPRESENTED A "CHALLENGING MESSAGE TO THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK AND WHETHER IT WAS ABLE TO FORM THE NEXT GOVERNMENT," NOTING THAT THIS INITIATIVE PUT THE FORCES OF THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK "IN A CRITICAL ANGLE." IN FRONT OF HIS AUDIENCE AND IRAQI PUBLIC OPINION.” HUSSEIN ADDED THAT AMONG OTHER DIMENSIONS OF AL-SADR'S INITIATIVE, HE SENT A MESSAGE TO IRAQI PUBLIC OPINION THAT "AL-SADR IS PROCEEDING WITH THE NATIONAL MAJORITY PROJECT, AND THERE IS NO RETURN TO AGREEMENT WITH THE COORDINATING FRAMEWORK AGAIN."
IT SEEMS THAT WHAT COMPLICATES THE TASK OF THE “COORDINATING FRAMEWORK,” ACCORDING TO HUSSEIN, IS THE DIFFICULTY OF MAKING UNDERSTANDINGS WITH THE “KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY” AND THE “SOVEREIGNTY” ALLIANCE, POINTING OUT THAT THE TWO BLOCS “WILL NOT RISK LEAVING AL-SADR ALONE AND ALLYING WITH THE COORDINATING FRAMEWORK, REGARDLESS OF THE LEVEL OF TEMPTATIONS OR THREATS.” HUSSEIN CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT AL-SADR'S INITIATIVE "DESTROYED THE POSSIBILITY OF RETURNING TO CONSENSUS ONCE MORE, AND EMPHASIZED MOVING FORWARD WITH THE IDEA OF A NATIONAL MAJORITY."[/size]
[size=45]A TEST OF THE COHESION OF THE “SAVE A HOMELAND” COALITION[/size]
[size=45]ALTHOUGH AL-SADR GAVE WAY TO THE “COORDINATING FRAMEWORK” TO FORM THE NEXT GOVERNMENT, MEMBERS OF THE “FRAMEWORK” ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT THAT THE NEXT GOVERNMENT CAN ONLY BE FORMED BY THE TWO WINGS OF THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK AND THE SADRIST BLOC, IN AN ATTEMPT TO DRAG THE SADRIST MOVEMENT TO THE UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE “SHIITE HOUSE” FROM NEW.
THE FORTY-DAY PERIOD THAT AL-SADR GAVE TO THE "COORDINATION FRAMEWORK" FORCES WILL BE A REAL TEST OF THE COHESION OF THE "SAVE A HOMELAND" ALLIANCE.
THE HEAD OF THE CENTER FOR POLITICAL THINKING, IHSAN AL-SHAMMARI, EXPRESSED HIS BELIEF THAT AL-SADR “REALIZED THAT THE BLOCKING THIRD BECAME AN OBSTACLE TO THE PROCESS OF ACHIEVING THE MAJORITY PROJECT, WHICH PROMPTED HIM TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM THE ISSUE OF OBSTRUCTION AND THROW THE BALL INTO THE COURT OF THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF POPULAR DISSATISFACTION WITH DELAYED FORMATION OF THE GOVERNMENT. AL-SHAMMARI ADDED THAT AL-SADR’S INITIATIVE HAS TWO TRACKS, THE FIRST RELATES TO “AN ATTEMPT TO EMBARRASS THE PARTIES TO THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK IN FRONT OF IRAQI PUBLIC OPINION WITH THE DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING A PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY, AND THE SECOND TRACK INCLUDES A TEST FROM AL-SADR TO HIS ALLIES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARTIES FROM THE TRIPARTITE ALLIANCE WITH OTHER PARTIES. IN THE COORDINATING FRAMEWORK.[/size]
[size=45]PERHAPS THE MOST PROMINENT QUESTION RELATES TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CONTINUATION OF A GOVERNMENT IN ISOLATION FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE SADRIST MOVEMENT AS A MAJOR PARTY IN IT. AL-SHAMMARI POINTED OUT THAT "THE PARTIES TO THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK ARE AWARE OF THE RISKS OF THIS STEP, WHICH WILL COMPLICATE ITS MOVEMENT IN THE COMING PERIOD."[/size]
[size=45]REORDER PARLIAMENTARY VOLUMES[/size]
[size=45]IN THIS CONTEXT, POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR HAITHAM AL-HITI SAID THAT THE MAIN GOAL OF AL-SADR’S INITIATIVE IS TO “ATTEMPT TO SHOW THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK AS AN ISOLATED POLITICAL ENTITY AND INCAPABLE OF FORMING PARLIAMENTARY ALLIANCES THAT WOULD LEAD IT TO A MAJORITY.” AL-HITI ADDED, "THE STEPS OF THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK DURING THE LAST PERIOD, ESPECIALLY THE DISRUPTION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SESSIONS, WERE NOTHING BUT A MANEUVER TO OBTAIN A SHARE IN THE MOVEMENT TO FORM THE GOVERNMENT," NOTING THAT "THIS MATTER BECAME CLEAR WHEN AL-SADR LAUNCHED HIS INITIATIVE, AND SOON THE PARTIES TO THE COORDINATION FRAMEWORK DEMANDED THE NECESSITY OF THE ENTRY OF THE SADRIST BLOC INTO THEIR ALLIANCE.” HE CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT AL-SADR'S RECENT MOVE "REARRANGED THE SIZES OF THE PARLIAMENTARY BLOCS AFTER POLITICAL DIFFERENCES OVERSHADOWED THEM DURING THE LAST PERIOD."[/size]
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» Sudanese Advisor: The path to development has begun... the Baka and the militias “we silence them wi
» Not from Kurdistan.. How did Iraq become a source of oil for “Israeli tanks”?
» Parliamentary Agriculture criticizes the Sudanese and Erdogan agreement: Türkiye will control water
» The Iraqi government issues new decisions
» The story of “reduced oil” to Jordan, from “compulsion” to mutual benefit.. Is there a loss?
» The Council of Ministers takes 12 decisions for the Baghdad Metro and the Najaf-Karbala train
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» The most difficult option.. Warnings of the danger of floating the Iraqi dinar without achieving an
» Trade from the “Economic Committee” with Türkiye: It will overcome all obstacles facing the traders
» Washington's hope for stable relations with Baghdad clashes with Iraqi parties' rejection of the Ame
» Karim Badr: Development is America’s will to kill silk
» Oil: Opening of a new port for liquid gas for vehicles in Baghdad
» A media advisor warns of corruption in a draft law on the Parliament’s agenda
» Economist: There is serious work to lift US sanctions on Iraqi banks
» Will the agreements signed with the US Treasury reflect positively on the exchange rates?
» Iraq continues its quest to join the World Trade Organization
» Iraq completes the completion of the files for the initial offer of goods and services to join the W
» Economist: Travelers' dollars are leaking into the parallel market...and this is what the Central Ba
» President of the Federal Court: It is not permissible to force anyone to join any party, and the pol
» The Council of Ministers holds its session headed by Al-Sudani
» America weakens Baghdad...and increases Kurdistan's military capabilities
» The Iraqi government plans to build 10,000 schools throughout the country
» American threats close the Iraqi Stock Exchange at a loss
» Increase in external transfers at the Central Bank
» Al-Maliki calls on Britain to cancel restrictions on the entry of its companies into Iraq
» Planning and the European Union are discussing signing a number of agreements in the development, en
» Parliament talks about the mechanism for recovering smuggled funds and hints at the next stage
» Interior Ministry: The number of completed national cards reached 37 million cards
» Amnesty International: Violations of freedom and human rights continue in Iraq and the Kurdistan Reg
» Parliamentary Oil: The government is proceeding with the decision to raise the price of improved gas
» A parliamentary committee in Basra to investigate violations of the port company and the local gover
» Revealing the 10 most important American exports to Iraq
» A noticeable increase in the rate of Iraq's import of Chinese cooling devices
» Prime Minister: Working on projects without completing the infrastructure is a waste of money
» Iraq.. Extending the deadline for registration procedures on plots of land
» What is the main purpose of conducting the population census in Iraq?
» A plan to transform Iraq from a barren land to green with 5 million trees
» The Housing Fund announces the acceptance of more than 11 thousand loans through the Ur platform
» The Bank of Baghdad is moving to increase its capital to 400 billion dinars
» The electronic payment system will soon be adopted on Iraqi buses
» “It threatens our interests and destroys our economy.” An Iraqi project “irritates” the Kuwaiti stre
» Warning from the Central Bank about “misuse of electronic payment cards”
» Iraq and the Sultanate of Oman are discussing sending capacities through the Gulf countries
» The fact that a decision was issued to deport Syrian workers from Iraq
» Rice comes first... America exports 10 foodstuffs worth more than 350 million dollars to Iraq
» A sixth licensing round for gas exploration
» Baghdad is preparing to host the 50th session of the Arab Labor Conference
» Scientific symposium on the future vision of the tripartite budget
» Five conversion power stations enter service in Najaf
» Planning: Conduct a population census next November
» Experts: Spreading misleading information harms development and investment
» Economists call for tightening money laundering laws and port controls