Anticipation of the Sadrist demonstrations in Iraq, and no parliament session

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[size=52]Anticipation of the Sadrist demonstrations in Iraq, and no parliament session[/size]

[size=52][size=48][size=31]Security tension in Baghdad after protests in support and opposition to the formation of the government[/size][/size][/size]
 SATURDAY 30 JULY 2022 
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[size=45]IRAQI SECURITY FORCES CLOSE A ROAD LEADING TO THE GREEN ZONE ON JULY 29, 2022 (AFP)[/size]


[size=45]TODAY, SATURDAY, THE POLITICAL AND POPULAR CIRCLES IN  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ARE ANTICIPATING THE DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE SADRIST MOVEMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEWS OF THE INTENTION OF THE “COORDINATING FRAMEWORK” TO HOLD A SESSION OF THE IRAQI COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CHOOSE ITS CANDIDATE, MUHAMMAD SHIA’A AL-SAWADNI FOR PRIME MINISTER, AFTER CALLING ON THE KURDS TO NOMINATE THEIR CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY.[/size]
[size=45]THE IRAQI CAPITAL WITNESSED SECURITY TENSION AFTER TAHRIR SQUARE AND AL-SINAK BRIDGE WITNESSED MASSIVE DEMONSTRATIONS, ONE OF THEM IN SUPPORT OF THE FORMATION OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE SECOND AGAINST ITS FORMATION FOR THE SUPPORTERS  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] .[/size]
[size=45]THE  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  OPENED THE ROADS LEADING TO THE BRIDGES IN CENTRAL BAGHDAD, AFTER MASSIVE DEMONSTRATIONS BY SUPPORTERS OF THE SADRIST MOVEMENT AND THE "COORDINATING FRAMEWORK" SEPARATELY.[/size]
[size=45]THE GENERAL OFFICIAL OF THE “PEACE BRIGADES” ABU MUSTAFA AL-HAMIDAWI, AND ONE OF THE ASSISTANTS OF THE LEADER OF THE SADRIST MOVEMENT MUQTADA AL-SADR, AWN AL-NABI, WAS PRESENT IN TAHRIR SQUARE IN THE CENTER OF THE CAPITAL.[/size]
[size=45]AND THE SADRIST MEDIA PUBLISHED A PICTURE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED WHILE THEY WERE IN TAHRIR SQUARE.[/size]
[size=45]THERE IS NO PARLIAMENT SESSION[/size]
[size=45]AT THE SAME TIME, THE PARLIAMENTARY LEGAL COMMITTEE CONFIRMED THAT THERE WILL BE NO SESSION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TODAY, SATURDAY, WHILE SETTING A CONDITION FOR THE PARLIAMENT TO RETURN TO SESSION.[/size]
[size=45]THE HEAD OF THE LEGAL COMMITTEE, MOHAMED ANOUZ, SAID IN A PRESS STATEMENT THAT "10 MONTHS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, AND THERE ARE STILL POLITICAL OVERLAPS REGARDING THE FILE OF GOVERNMENT FORMATION, AND WE ARE WAITING FOR THE RESULTS OF THE CURRENT NEGOTIATIONS."[/size]
[size=45]HE ADDED, "THERE IS PARALYSIS THAT HAS AFFECTED THE PARLIAMENT'S SESSIONS AS WELL BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION, AS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO WITNESS 8 SESSIONS PER MONTH, WHILE THE TOTAL OF ITS SESSIONS IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION DID NOT EXCEED 12 SINCE ITS FIRST SESSION LAST JANUARY."[/size]
[size=45]HE ADDED THAT "THERE IS NO SESSION TODAY, AND HOLDING THE SESSION REQUIRES THE CANDIDATES TO COME TO HOLD THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SESSION, AND THE KURDISH BROTHERS HAVE NOT YET AGREED TO NOMINATE A CANDIDATE."[/size]
[size=45]THE FRAMEWORK INTENDS TO CONQUER THE SADRIST MOVEMENT[/size]
[size=45]MEANWHILE, THE LEADER IN THE "COORDINATION FRAMEWORK", RAFIQ AL-SALIHI, CONFIRMED THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF CHANGING HIS CANDIDATE, MUHAMMAD SHIA' AL-SUDANI WITH ANOTHER CANDIDATE, INDICATING THAT DESPITE THE DEMONSTRATIONS, THE FRAMEWORK WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AL-SUDANI.[/size]
[size=45]AL-SALIHI SAID IN A PRESS STATEMENT, "THE FRAMEWORK CANNOT CHANGE ITS CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINISTER BECAUSE IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED UPON BY THE FRAMEWORK FORCES AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF MOST OF THE POLITICAL BLOCS OF SUNNIS AND KURDS."[/size]
[size=45]HE CONTINUED, "THE FRAMEWORK WILL PROCEED WITH ITS CANDIDATE DESPITE WHAT HAPPENED FROM THE SADRIST MOVEMENT'S DEMONSTRATIONS AND THEIR REJECTION OF THE CANDIDATE WHOSE EFFICIENCY AND INTEGRITY ARE WITNESSED BY EVERYONE."[/size]
[size=45]HE ADDED, "THE FRAMEWORK IS WAITING FOR THE KURDS TO AGREE ON ONE CANDIDATE TO PASS THE PRESIDENTS OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE MINISTERS DURING THE NEXT WEEK."[/size]
[size=45]IN TURN, A MEMBER OF THE AL-FATEH ALLIANCE, ALI AL-FATLAWI, SAID IN A PRESS STATEMENT, "THE CABINET OF THE EXPECTED GOVERNMENT OF MUHAMMAD SHIA AL-SUDANI, ALL POLITICAL PARTIES WILL PARTICIPATE IN IT, AND NO POLITICAL PARTY WILL BE MARGINALIZED."[/size]
[size=45]HE ADDED THAT "THE FRAMEWORK INTENDS TO APPROACH THE SADRIST MOVEMENT IF IT WISHES TO PRESENT CANDIDATES FOR SOME POSITIONS," NOTING THAT "THE EXPECTED GOVERNMENT OF MUHAMMAD SHIAA AL-SUDANI, WILL BE A SERVICE GOVERNMENT WORKING TO SOLVE THE CRISES THAT THE IRAQI PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED OVER THE PAST YEARS, FOREMOST OF WHICH IS THE FILE OF SERVICES, ELECTRICITY AND HEALTH." AS WELL AS PRESERVING THE SOVEREIGNTY OF IRAQ IN A TRUE MANNER IN A WAY THAT PRESERVES THE PRESTIGE OF IRAQ AND THE IRAQIS.[/size]
[size=45]BIG BENEFITS[/size]
[size=45]IN ADDITION, THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, BARHAM SALIH, AFFIRMED THAT IRAQ FACES MAJOR ENTITLEMENTS THAT WILL ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY UNITY.[/size]
[size=45]SALEH SAID IN A TWEET TO HIM, "WE HAVE BEFORE US MAJOR ENTITLEMENTS THAT WILL NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED, AND SERIOUS CHALLENGES THAT WILL ONLY BE FACED WITH UNITY IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY AND OUR PEOPLE AND TO CONSOLIDATE CIVIL PEACE."[/size]
[size=45]"IT IS NECESSARY TO WORK HARD TO MEET THE CITIZENS' REQUIREMENTS AND ASPIRATIONS FOR REFORM AND SERVICES," HE ADDED.[/size]
[size=45]PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MUHAMMAD AL-HALBOUSI ALSO CALLED FOR TAKING NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESERVE THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE COUNTRY.[/size]
[size=45]AL-HALBOUSI SAID IN HIS TWEET, "BY THE NEW HIJRI YEAR, WE ASK GOD ALMIGHTY TO PRESERVE OUR COUNTRY AND GRANT US THE GRACE OF SECURITY AND HARMONY, AND TO BE A YEAR OF UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION FOR THE SAKE OF IRAQ."[/size]
[size=45]HE CALLED ON "EVERYONE, AND WE ARE THE FIRST OF THEM, TO WORK SINCERELY TO PREVENT THE SITUATION FROM SLIPPING AND TO ASSUME NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESERVE THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE COUNTRY." HE CONCLUDED BY SAYING, "WHOEVER DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE IRAQIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM."[/size]
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