"Al-Sadr's supporters" disrupt the second authority after Parliament, and the judiciary suspends the

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[size=52]"Al-Sadr's supporters" disrupt the second authority after Parliament, and the judiciary suspends the work of the courts[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, threatened to dissolve the organizing committee of the movement's sit-ins in response to the judiciary's suspension of the work of the courts, and the issuance of arrest warrants against Sadrist leaders.[/size]
[size=45]Yesterday, Sadr's supporters entered a new phase of escalation, which is expected to eventually reach the stage of civil disobedience.[/size]
[size=45]The latter's audience demanded, shortly after the assembly in front of the gate of the Judicial Authority Complex on the Karkh side in Baghdad, the dismissal of the head of the Judicial Council, Faiq Zaidan.[/size]
[size=45]In response to the Sadrist escalation, the coordinating framework, which was preparing to hold a faltering session of the Parliament, called on the Iraqis to be "highly prepared and ready" against what he called "the kidnappers of the state."[/size]
[size=45]Against the background of these events, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi cut short his visit to the Republic of Egypt to attend the five-year summit there, calling for an “immediate meeting” of the political forces.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sadr's supporters inaugurated the new tents they set up yesterday morning, in front of the Judicial Authority building, which includes the Supreme Judicial Council and the Federal Court in Al-Harithiya, west of the capital.[/size]
[size=45]The protesters hung on those tents banners calling for the dismissal of the council's president, Faiq Zaidan, after a tweet from the official of Sadr's office, Ibrahim al-Jabri.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Jabri, a member of the Seven Committee in charge of organizing the Sadrist sit-ins, published a post in which he demanded the dismissal of Zaidan.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sadr's supporters had arrived suddenly in front of the building in the first real movement outside the parliament, which they controlled more than 3 weeks ago.[/size]
[size=45]And wheels believed to belong to Saraya al-Salam (the military wing of the Sadrist movement) appeared carrying camping equipment.[/size]
[size=45]And websites affiliated with the movement published video clips in which Tahseen al-Hamidawi, who is in charge of the brigade, appeared as he led the demonstrators in front of the judicial authority building.[/size]
[size=45]Later in the events, the leader's minister, Saleh al-Iraqi, published a tweet in which he revealed that the leader of the current had decided not to interfere "two days ago" in the current events in the country.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Iraqi said in his tweet that "as soon as the protests against the corrupt intensify, they hurry to seek help from his Eminence, but his Eminence (may God honor him) and two days ago decided not to interfere at all."[/size]
[size=45]He added, "For the spontaneity of (Ashura's revolution) to continue... His Eminence may order in the future to suspend the work of the committee supervising the protests (may God reward them with the best reward for the benefactors) in return for suspending the judiciary and courts' work."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Iraqi added, "Otherwise, it is shameful for the judiciary and the courts to suspend work in order to end a reformist revolution and not suspend their work in order to denounce rampant corruption if it is not able to prosecute the corrupt on all sides."[/size]
[size=45]The Judicial Council had decided, against the backdrop of the Sadrist supporters gathering in front of his building, to suspend work in the courts affiliated with it, and to issue arrest warrants against 3 Sadrist leaders, two of whom are former MPs.[/size]
[size=45]According to well-informed political sources, the latest move before the judiciary is “one of the episodes of the upcoming chain of escalation, which may move to other locations and may end in civil disobedience.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sadr was late in the escalation that his opponents had expected, about 5 days after the deadline he had given to the judiciary to dissolve Parliament expired at the end of last week.[/size]
[size=45]The protesters before the judiciary are demanding the dissolution of Parliament, the identification of the largest bloc, the fight against corruption, the separation of the public prosecution from the Judicial Council, and the non-politicization of the judiciary.[/size]
[size=45]Signs of the start of the escalation had appeared on the eve of the demonstrators moving to the gate of the judiciary building, when the Minister of the Leader tweeted against Faiq Zaidan.[/size]
[size=45]And the “minister of the leader” said on Monday evening, commenting on Zidane’s statement that day that the judiciary stands at the same distance from everyone, that “the people in secret are not the people in the public.”[/size]
[size=45]The Sadrists accuse the head of the Judicial Council of implementing the demands of the coordination framework because of the famous interpretation of the quorum of the presidential selection session, which then paved the way for the emergence of what has become known as the “blocking third.”[/size]
[size=45]Yesterday, the Supreme Judicial Council revealed the initiation of “procedures for collecting evidence of the crime of threatening the Federal Court.”[/size]
[size=45]judicial arrest warrants[/size]
[size=45]Shortly thereafter, the judiciary issued arrest warrants against former Sadrist MPs Sabah al-Saadi and Ghayeb al-Omari, in addition to Sadrist leader Muhammad al-Saadi.[/size]
[size=45]In the same way, Muhammad Al-Saadi, one of the wanted persons on charges of “threatening the judiciary”, was surprised by the speed of the execution.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Saadi said on a page attributed to him on social networking sites: "The judiciary that healed (saw) and did not hear Al-Maliki's leaks, this is the judiciary of one-eyed antichrist."[/size]
[size=45]The second wanted man, former MP Sabah Al-Saadi, also asked why an arrest warrant had not been issued against Hadi Al-Amiri, the leader of Al-Fateh, who (Al-Saadi) said that he "confessed to the threat to the judiciary."[/size]
[size=45]And the Judicial Council had previously stated in its statement yesterday, after the demonstrators gathered in front of the judiciary building, that it had received a “threat over the phone to pressure the court” to dissolve Parliament.[/size]
[size=45]He added, "Therefore, the meeting decided to suspend the work of the Supreme Judicial Council, the courts affiliated with it, and the Federal Supreme Court in protest of these unconstitutional behaviors...".[/size]
[size=45]Two weeks ago, the leader of the Sadrist movement had given the judiciary 10 days (which ended at the end of last week) to dissolve parliament.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sadr waved at the time that if his request was rejected, the “revolutionaries,” referring to the sit-in in Parliament, would have other options.[/size]
[size=45]At the beginning of this week, the leader of the movement asked everyone to “wait for our further steps regarding the policy of neglect” after he announced that his opponents (the framework) rejected his call for public dialogue.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kazemi's return..and the statement of the framework[/size]
[size=45]The recent events prompted Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to cut short his visit to Egypt and return to Iraq to follow developments in the country.[/size]
[size=45]A statement from Al-Kazemi's office said yesterday that he cut short the visit "in the wake of the developments in the current events in the country, and for the direct follow-up to the performance of the duties of the security forces in protecting the institutions of the judiciary and the state."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kazemi warned, according to the statement, that "disrupting the work of the judicial institution exposes the country to real dangers, calling for an immediate meeting of the leaders of the political forces."[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi warned against the international community withdrawing its recognition of the Iraqi political process.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Halbousi said in a statement yesterday, "Unfortunately, what we have reached today is a more regression than we were before, by disrupting the constitutional institutions: a broken parliament - a broken judiciary - a caretaker government."[/size]
[size=45]And he stated, "We must all resort to the constitution, and be up to the responsibility to get the country out of this stifling crisis that is heading towards the absence of legitimacy, and may lead to a lack of international recognition of the entire political process, the structure of the state and its outputs."[/size]
[size=45]The "coordinating framework" had described what happened in front of the gate of the judiciary as an "occupation."[/size]
[size=45]The framework said in a statement yesterday that it completely condemns “the dangerous transgression against the judicial institution and the threats of physical liquidation against the President of the Constitutional Court, and calls on all respected national political forces, as well as community activities, not to remain silent, but to take the initiative to condemn this infringement.”[/size]
[size=45]He added, "The coordinating framework announces its refusal to receive any message from the Sadrist movement or any call for direct dialogue, except after announcing its retreat from the occupation of the constitutional state institutions and returning to the side of the forces that believe in peaceful democratic solutions."[/size]
[size=45]And he indicated, "The coordination framework calls on the Iraqi people with all its segments to be highly prepared and fully prepared for the next step in which the people must say what they say against the state's kidnappers to restore its prestige and authority."[/size]
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