The independents revert to “neutrality” and fear of wasting the opportunity to form a government acc

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[size=52]The independents revert to “neutrality” and fear of wasting the opportunity to form a government according to the dimensions of “October.”[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]The "independents" are close to missing a golden opportunity - according to the description of some political forces - to form a government of reformers demanded by the public in the wake of the October demonstrations.[/size]
[size=45]There are some indications of quick rebounds by the "independents" towards neutrality once again, and their refusal to participate in the next government.[/size]
[size=45]The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, had demanded last week, hours after a similar call launched by his opponents, the "coordinating framework", and the independent establishment of a "unified formation" to participate in the next government.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sadr gave the independents 15 days to join the tripartite coalition (Save the Homeland), while the "Coordinating Committee" left the time limit open for independents to "present a candidate for prime minister."[/size]
[size=45]According to information reached by Al-Mada, most of the independents reached a semi-agreement by "refusing to participate in the government."[/size]
[size=45]The independents fear, according to what was leaked from the meetings of the latter group, that the calls of the "current" and "the framework" are "a trap in which the independents fall and the government is formed at their expense and is affiliated with one of the parties."[/size]
[size=45]According to the calculations of the leader of the Sadrist movement, the independents can form 40 seats, which is what the tripartite alliance needs (Save the Homeland) to pass a president and then a prime minister.[/size]
[size=45]But the supposed number of independents appeared to be divided into at least 3 trends, and distributed mainly between supporters of the Sadrists, and others for the "frameworkers", and the third is still oscillating between the two camps.[/size]
[size=45]In the face of the independents' retreat from previous indications that they understood as agreeing to join the government, the Alliance for the People announced that it would remain on the side of the opposition.[/size]
[size=45]And the coalition, which has 18 seats, half of which represents the extension movement that ascended to parliament after the October events, has hinted at approval of al-Sadr's initiative.[/size]
[size=45]The coalition said in a statement that "we decided from the beginning that we should not be part of a quota government or participate in power-sharing, and that we should be satisfied with our role in parliamentary work."[/size]
[size=45]The coalition had attended the first session of the presidential elections last March, and then missed the second session without a clear justification.[/size]
[size=45]In its statement, the coalition set 4 conditions for agreeing to a prime minister chosen by the independents, without the "coalition for the people" participating in the government.[/size]
[size=45]The conditions are:[/size]
[size=45]First / That he be an independent Iraqi, honest and patriotic, without any suspicion of corruption, and not of dual nationals.[/size]
[size=45]Second / That he was not involved with the parties in the previous authority and was not part of the quota governments.[/size]
[size=45]Third / That all political blocs and independent representatives pledge not to interfere or impose wills, neither in the process of forming the government nor in its management later by the person in charge, in order that the next government will not be a government of quotas.[/size]
[size=45]Fourth / that the person in charge presents a realistic government program that touches people's lives and their requirements and addresses the challenges that afflict the Iraqi reality in all areas of life.[/size]
[size=45]Alaa al-Rikabi, head of the extension movement, had toured in the past two days, in conjunction with "Al-Sadr's call" for independents with Saraya Al-Salam affiliated with the leader of the Sadrist movement in Samarra, which indicated that it was understood as the rapprochement of Al-Rikabi with the Sadrists.[/size]
[size=45]According to political sources identical to the previous one, "the signs of independents refusing to participate in the government are wasting an opportunity that will not be repeated for that group."[/size]
[size=45]The sources told Al-Mada, requesting anonymity, that "the Sadrist movement gave an opportunity for independents to participate in a reform government, as the public was demanding in the 2019 demonstrations."[/size]
[size=45]The sources said that they were "sure that there was pressure exerted on the independents, as happened in the second session of the presidential elections."[/size]
[size=45]Some of the independents attended the first session to choose the "president" more than a month ago, and the number of attendees reached 202, before they withdrew from the second session amid reports of pressures that amounted to "threats".[/size]
[size=45]Hassan al-Adari, head of the Sadrist bloc in Parliament, confirmed that some of the independents "rejected" the initiative to participate in the government, hours after the meeting of the three parties to the tripartite alliance for the first time after breaking Sadr's "political fast."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Adari said in a statement, "After we proved to everyone that we are not clinging to power and we gave the independents a golden opportunity to form a government and prime minister, the response came from some of them with refusal, but we are moving forward with reform," noting that "our political struggle is a struggle for reform, not for sharing the spoils of power." .[/size]
[size=45]He added, "One of the most important signs of reform is our never-ending demand to form a national majority government away from power-sharing and consensus that harmed the country and people."[/size]
[size=45]A previous statement was issued by a meeting of the Triple Alliance in Erbil, in which it affirmed openness to the political forces that believe in the government of the national majority, and the continuation of dialogue with the independents.[/size]
[size=45]And this statement, according to some of what is being circulated in the political corridors, was considered the declaration of the tripartite alliance that it would not stay long within the political closure.[/size]
[size=45]These developments took place, according to what is circulating in closed rooms, due to the damage of parties in the Triple Alliance due to the political crisis.[/size]
[size=45]The association of some of the "framers" with the return deal of Ali Hatem Suleiman, who presents himself as the emir of the Dulaim clan to Anbar, has sparked the resentment of some Sunni forces allied with Al-Sadr, especially with the spread of news of the arming of some clans opposing the parliament speaker.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, the Kurdistan Democratic Party lost its most prominent candidate, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Finance, Hoshyar Zebari, and the Federal Court stopped the sale of Kurdistan's oil, as well as the missiles that landed in the center and south of Erbil.[/size]
[size=45]After the last meeting in Erbil, which was attended by party leader Massoud Barzani and Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi, the Democratic Party revealed moves to hold a number of meetings with political parties in order to break the state of political closure.[/size]
[size=45]A party statement said that it held a meeting of its leadership council headed by Masoud Barzani, and that "the problems and obstacles facing the process of forming the new government and efforts to overcome them and break the political closure were discussed, which is scheduled to be embodied by holding a series of meetings and meetings with the concerned parties during the coming days."[/size]
[size=45]Referring to the attempt to restrict Kurdistan in the wake of the recent crisis, the statement added that it discussed “the full defense of all constitutional rights for the region, the implementation of Article 140, the formation of constitutional institutions, including the Federal Council, the restructuring of the Federal Court in accordance with the constitution, and the adoption of the oil and gas law.”[/size]
[size=45]Back to square one[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, the coordination framework believes that all the movements of the tripartite alliance will end in a dead end, and there is no solution but agreement with the "frameworkers".[/size]
[size=45]Mahmoud al-Hayani, a member of the Coordination Committee, said in contact with (Al-Mada) that "the independents will reject the initiative of the leader of the Sadrist movement, and they will present a new initiative in return."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hayani expects that the initiative of the supposed independents will be close to the initiatives of the "Coordination Committee", which calls for the formation of the largest Shiite bloc.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hayani adds that «the coordination initiative is more realistic because it does not call, as the Sadrists call, for independents to break away from their audience and engage in the tripartite alliance».[/size]
[size=45]A member of the "Coordination" confirmed that their alliance "is open to all political forces, whether independents or even the Sadrist movement."[/size]
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