Independents may get all of Sadr's ministries in exchange for the latter's right to nominate the pri

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[size=52]Independents may get all of Sadr's ministries in exchange for the latter's right to nominate the prime minister[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]A pessimistic start for a government that may be led by independents, after attempts at a close timing by the coordination framework and the Sadrist movement to co-opt that group that is still in the gray area of ​​the political crisis.[/size]
[size=45]The independents have two weeks to form a "unified bloc" in preparation for entering the next government, as most of the independents are distributed within 4 political currents and an alliance.[/size]
[size=45]The remaining independents, who are of one component, were questioned because of their undeclared affiliations with political parties.[/size]
[size=45]So far, it is not known exactly whether independents will be allowed to head the government or participate in several ministries only.[/size]
[size=45]Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement, had anticipated the end of the "40-day" deadline to call on independents to form an independent government after joining the Triple Alliance (Save the Homeland).[/size]
[size=45]It seems that Al-Sadr hastened his call to the independents before the previous deadline expired, due to a similar call to the same category of the coordination framework.[/size]
[size=45]It appears from the last “Sadr call” that it was prepared before that time, as the image of the leader’s tweet appeared that it was written on the 27th of Ramadan, which means 4 days before its publication.[/size]
[size=45]According to what is being circulated in political circles, the leader of the Sadrist movement: "He may give up his share of the ministries in the government, which are 12 ministries, to the independents in exchange for joining the coalition."[/size]
[size=45]According to estimates, the next government will consist of 22 or 23 ministries, 12 of which will go to Shiite forces.[/size]
[size=45]Accordingly, "Al-Sadr" will reserve his right to nominate his cousin and Iraq's ambassador in London, Jaafar Al-Sadr, who had nominated him earlier.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sadr confirmed in his last tweet, published on May 4, that "the Sadrist movement will not have a participation in its ministers," referring to a government that will be formed by independents, while indicating that he will provide more details about the government at a later time.[/size]
[size=45]The leader of the Sadrist movement gave the independents "15 days" to form a unified bloc, starting from yesterday, Saturday, when the previous 40-day period that he had given to the "coordinating framework" ended.[/size]
[size=45]In the tweet, Al-Sadr identified three parties in the political scene, and they are: First: The Alliance to Save a Nation, describing them as the “Great National Alliance” and “the sponsor of the majority,” but he indicated that this alliance “due to the Iraqi judiciary’s decision to activate the blocking third, it was delayed in forming the majority government.” .[/size]
[size=45]The second is the coordination framework, which he described as “the advocate for a consensus government.” He added: “We gave him a deadline of forty days, and he failed to form a consensus government.”[/size]
[size=45]And the third party: “independent individuals in parliament,” who called them to form: “an independent formation of no less than forty of them, far from the coordinating framework as a whole, who took his chance.”[/size]
[size=45]The leader of the Sadrist movement demanded that "independents join the larger coalition to form an independent government. We will inform them of some of its details later."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sadr added: "The largest coalition will vote on their government, including the Sadrist bloc, and in agreement with the Sunnis and Kurds of the coalition...".[/size]
[size=45]The leader of the Sadrist movement also repeated his call for "those we think well of" from the coordinating framework to join the tripartite alliance.[/size]
[size=45]This is the second time that the leader of the current has called on independents to join the "Save the Nation" coalition, as he had relied on their presence to pass the presidential candidate last month, but it did not materialize.[/size]
[size=45]But at the level of the "coordinating framework", this is the first time for the Shiite bloc to "court" the independents, as it made a tempting offer that the independents lead the government, but put them between two determinants.[/size]
[size=45]The "Coordination" initiative, which was launched one day before "Al-Sadr's tweet", said that it presents a proposal to the independent representatives to "present a candidate" for prime minister.[/size]
[size=45]But the Coordination Council stressed before that, in the initiative, which included 18 points, that “the right of the largest community component,” in reference to the Shiites, must be preserved, before agreeing on the presidential candidate.[/size]
[size=45]Then she returned in the point that followed the call to the independents, saying, “Through this initiative, the issue of the three presidencies will be resolved through the understanding of the sons of each component among themselves,” which means that the position of prime minister remains within the Shiite component exclusively.[/size]
[size=45]The invitations of the “Sadrists and the Framework” are directed specifically to the independent Shiites, as 10 independent “Sunni” joined the “Progress” and “Azm” coalitions at an early stage, before they merged into the “Sovereignty Alliance.”[/size]
[size=45]Also, 3 of the Kurdish independents, after the election results were announced, joined the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, and they are mainly representatives of the party, but decided in the last poll to go down unilaterally in a “tactic” to increase the seats of the party, whose fortunes have declined in recent years.[/size]
[size=45]According to political sources who spoke to (Al-Mada), "there are major differences between the remaining independents due to the different political affiliations."[/size]
[size=45]Those sources indicate that "some of the so-called independents joined unannounced parties from the coordination party."[/size]
[size=45]The number of the remainder of the "neutral group" that did not declare an explicit position on the two sides of the conflict, "the framework and the current", is estimated to be between 35 to 40.[/size]
[size=45]Some of the independents are represented in the Ishraqa Kanon Movement (9 seats), the Voice of the Independents Gathering (3 deputies), and the Independent Iraq Alliance (4 deputies), and they did not attend the previous sessions that were held to choose the president of the republic.[/size]
[size=45]Following the recent developments, the Independent Iraq Bloc announced that it had agreed to invite the leader of the Sadrist movement.[/size]
[size=45]The bloc said in a statement, “Belief in national responsibility and giving priority to the public interest and to get out of the political impasse and respect the constitutional terms, the Independent Parliamentary Iraq Bloc, headed by independent MP Abdul Hadi Al-Hasnawi, announces acceptance of the initiative of Mr. Muqtada Al-Sadr to invite independent representatives to form an independent national government that expresses the aspirations of the citizen and seeks to advance services and the age of the country.”[/size]
[size=45]The bloc called on "independents, whether from the Independent Iraq Alliance or the independent brothers, to unite efforts and speak out to come up with a meaningful independent political formation capable of developing a solution to the current crisis that the country is going through."[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, there were conflicting statements by deputies within the “For the People” coalition, which has 18 seats and includes the Emtada and New Generation movements.[/size]
[size=45]A spokesman for the New Generation bloc, Rebwar Orahman, was quoted as saying in a press statement that al-Sadr's initiatives and the coordination framework are not directed at the bloc, "because we refused to participate in the government."[/size]
[size=45]Alaa al-Rikabi, the head of the coalition, had called earlier on the political forces to hold a session of parliament on Saturday (yesterday) to choose the president of the republic, or "they go to dissolve parliament."[/size]
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