Independent MPs are intensifying their meetings to resolve the “dilemma” of forming the Iraqi govern

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[size=52]Independent MPs are intensifying their meetings to resolve the “dilemma” of forming the Iraqi government[/size]

Dissatisfaction with the language of statements and “tweets” directed at them
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Supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr raise his picture and a picture of the candidate for prime minister Jaafar al-Sadr (the current ambassador of Iraq to the United Kingdom) during Friday prayers in Sadr City, east of Baghdad, on March 25th (AFP)
Baghdad: Fadel Al-Nashmi
[size=45]Blocs and deputies described as "independents" in the Iraqi parliament continue their intensive meetings to come up with a political approach that leads to solving the "dilemma" of forming the government, which has been waiting for more than six months. The recent activity of the independents may have been imposed by the messages recently sent to them by the forces of the "coordinating framework" on the one hand, and the leader of the "Sadr movement" Muqtada al-Sadr on the other hand, to urge them to actively engage in the file of forming a government, which the two sides have so far failed to overcome the obstacles that each of them places before them. The other is in the context of a highly polarized conflict that has led to what has become known as a “political blockage.”[/size]
[size=45]And ended, at dawn yesterday (Monday), an expanded meeting at the home of Representative Haider Tariq Al-Shamkhi in Baghdad, attended by 40 "independent" deputies. Representative Hussein Arab said, in press statements, that "the meeting deliberated (in) the political initiatives of the coordination framework, the Triple Alliance and other political forces to end the political blockage in the country and move forward with the file of forming the next government."[/size]
[size=45]The forces of the "coordinating framework" had called, through a "statement" read out by a "tweet" of Muqtada al-Sadr earlier, the independents to form the next government by putting forward an independent candidate for the position of prime minister, which angered many independent representatives, according to a reliable source who attended. The last independent meeting.[/size]
[size=45]The source, who preferred not to be named, told Asharq Al-Awsat that "most of the independent representatives are upset with the way they are addressed by the framework forces and the leader of the (Sadr) movement through statements or tweets and not through official correspondence and through assets." He adds that «the independent blocs and representatives have offices and specific places for meetings and meetings, and if the frameworks or the Sadrists were serious in their calls for independents to form the government, they would have sent official communications in this regard. Politics cannot be managed through statements or tweets, and this may reveal the lack of seriousness of these calls.”[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the most prominent issues discussed by the meeting of the independents, the source said that «many issues were raised during the meeting, foremost of which is the long-awaited dilemma of forming the government. There is a general trend within the circles of the independents rejecting the issue of nominating a prime minister from among the independents and not taking any executive position, while at the same time actively contributing to solving the problem of the prime ministership.[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the entity that the independents capable of forming the government will support, the source indicates that “the independents are committed to a set of qualities and qualifications that the candidate for prime minister must possess and will support the entity that presents such a personality, meaning that they do not support specific people but rather the specifications of that person and whether he is qualified to manage country in the next stage.[/size]
[size=45]According to the source, the most prominent independent forces that attended the meeting were “Eshraqa Kanon,” “Design,” “Extension,” “Voice of the Independents,” and “The Future Iraq Gathering,” in addition to independent MPs who preferred to engage earlier with The forces of the "framework" or "the Sadrist movement". He revealed "a semi-principal agreement between the independent deputies to form a committee to negotiate with the rest of the blocs," and it was likely that "they dealt positively with the file of forming a government."[/size]
[size=45]For his part, the independent MP, Sajjad Salem, expresses quite a bit of reservation about the meetings of the independent forces. He told Asharq Al-Awsat that “the meetings are still continuing to crystallize a unified position, and there is something like an agreement not to come out with statements that would obstruct the independents’ efforts to play A pivotal role in forming a government.”[/size]
[size=45]And regarding what is reported about differences in viewpoints between the blocs and independent representatives, especially with the non-attendance of the Kurdish “New Generation Movement” deputies to the two-day meeting, Salem believes that “differences exist within all parliamentary blocs, but this does not prevent us from reaching a formula for the agreement, especially with the complexity of the political scene.[/size]
[size=45]Later yesterday afternoon, the "For the People" coalition, which holds 18 parliamentary seats, and is composed of the Kurdish "New Generation" movement and the "Extension" movement emanating from the "Tishreen Movement", held a press conference in which it announced its refusal to join the next government, and stipulated that The next prime minister should be “an Iraqi national independent and does not hold a foreign nationality, and did not previously participate in sectarian quota governments and does not belong to one of the influential forces or parties.”[/size]
[size=45]And the coalition threatened to "go to the Federal Court to stop the salaries of MPs who are absent from parliament sessions if the paralysis continues in the parliament's work."[/size]
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