Calls escalate to dissolve the Iraqi parliament

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[size=52]Calls escalate to dissolve the Iraqi parliament[/size]

An imminent meeting of the Kurdish parties to agree on a candidate for the post of President of the Republic
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The Iraqi parliament faces calls for its dissolution in light of the political impasse in the country (EPA)

[size=45]In the past few days, calls for the dissolution of the Iraqi parliament have escalated as a way out to solve the political impasse that the country is suffering from, after seven months have passed since the elections and the parliament's failure to form a government or elect a president. These calls come at a time when the last deadline given by the leader of the "Sadr movement" Muqtada al-Sadr to his opponents in the Shiite "coordination framework" to form a government is about to expire while he moves to the opposition ranks.
Despite the continuing political stalemate in the country, the Iraqi parliament, in which the tripartite "Save the Homeland Alliance" has a majority, which includes the "Sadr Movement", the Sunni "Sovereignty Alliance" and the "Kurdistan Democratic Party", began discussing and approving a number of bills. Such as the law criminalizing normalization with Israel that was voted on by lawmakers last week. Parliament also began discussing the controversial and controversial emergency food security support law. While the “coordinating framework” voted in favor of the law criminalizing normalization with Israel, even though al-Sadr was the one who submitted it to Parliament, given that the position on Israel unifies the Shiite house despite the sharp differences within it, the emergency food security support law still faces many difficulties in terms of how to pass it until It does not count as an achievement for Sadr and the current government, which is a caretaker government. On the other hand, political, elite, and legal actors began attempts to pressure the parliament to dissolve.
In this context, a number of political and intellectual forces and parties have filed lawsuits before the Federal Court in order to withdraw legitimacy from Parliament in preparation for its dissolution, amid legal controversy and objections based on the fact that the methods of dissolving Parliament are known and not among them is the Federal Court doing so because it does not represent one of its competencies. In parallel to moving these lawsuits before the Federal Court to dissolve Parliament, the Federal Court postponed consideration of the lawsuit filed against Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi by independent MP Basem Khashan, alleging perjury, until the twelfth of next June. Although the indications go towards dismissing the case on the grounds that perjury includes only the President of the Republic after presenting the reasons for that, there are those who believe that such cases are considered means of pressure that MPs from within Parliament can resort to, despite the conviction of a large segment of MPs, As it seems, the futility of dissolving Parliament because it may open the door to chaos.
In this context, Siham al-Moussawi, a deputy from the Shiite "coordination framework", says that "the calls for the dissolution of Parliament are very difficult in light of political forces obtaining large parliamentary seats," noting that "dissolving the parliament and holding new elections may expose the political situation to greater problems than currently existing.” She added that "the current disputes are easier than dissolving Parliament, which harms stability, especially at this sensitive time that the country is going through," noting that its alliance "contemplates resolving differences away from political pressures and reaching an agreement between the coordination framework and the Sadrist movement in order to form the next government."
In addition, the Kurdistan Democratic Party announced, on Monday, an upcoming meeting that includes all Kurdish parties to decide the candidate for the presidency of the republic. At a time when there are no indications of the possibility of resolving the political impasse in the country, the imminent meeting of the Kurdish parties could result from reaching a consensus formula among the Kurds on one candidate for the post of President of the Republic. In this context, Kurdistan Democratic Party deputy Shirwan Al-Dobardani announced in a statement carried by the official news agency in Iraq that “the Democratic Party is still sticking to the candidate Riber Ahmed for the post of President of the Republic,” noting that “an expected meeting will be held soon between the two Kurdish parties (the Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union). ) And the rest of the other Kurdish political parties to come up with one candidate for the presidency of the republic.” He added that "the Democratic Party does not want to marginalize any Kurdish political forces in Kurdistan," noting that "administrative positions in Kurdistan have nothing to do with the position of President of the Republic."[/size]
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