Formation of the new Iraqi government and options for “quotas”

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[size=52]Formation of the new Iraqi government and options for “quotas”[/size]

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Suggestions that the Sudanese obtain confidence from Parliament in half the cabinet. archival
[size=45]On Friday, the media office of the designated Iraqi Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, issued a clarification regarding the selection of the government cabinet, stressing that the political blocs will leave the task of selecting ministers to the person of the prime minister.[/size]
[size=45]But  the office’s [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] indicated that the blocs will present the candidates to the Sudanese to choose from them “based on competence, integrity and ability to manage the ministry, according to the electoral weights of each bloc.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sudani had confirmed in his first speech that his booth would be a “government of competencies,” calling on political forces to “nominate efficient, professional and honest personalities.”[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, there are doubts about the possibility of the Sudanese government’s departure from the scope of quotas, consensus and political “weights.”[/size]
[size=45]Constitutionally, the Sudanese Prime Minister has 30 days to form a government since the date of his assignment. Al-Sudani announced the initiation of negotiations with the political forces since his selection last week, to resolve the distribution of positions among them.[/size]
[size=45]Rahim Al-Aboudi, a member of the General Authority of the National Wisdom Movement, one of the components of the coordination framework supporting the Sudanese, believes that the next government will be a government of competencies, which will allow “the Prime Minister-designate to gather a coherent team capable of providing real and effective services to the Iraqis.”[/size]
[size=45]In response to Al-Hurra’s inquiries, Al-Ayoudi explained that relying on “quotas in choosing the ministerial cabinet will not serve the Sudanese, and that any choices that will be imposed on him through quotas will harm his team.”[/size]
[size=45]The political analyst, Yahya Al-Kubaisi, categorically rejects the possibility of the Sudanese leaving the quota system, as “there is no such thing as a government of competencies in Iraq,” because “for the political forces, ministries are a tool for investing in public money to provide material resources, and clientelism to political actors, and therefore not It makes sense to nominate a competent and fair candidate because that would contradict the essential purpose of obtaining the ministry.”[/size]
[size=45]Political researcher Heba Al-Fadam agrees with Al-Kubaisi that the formation of the new cabinet will depend on “the division and distribution of ministries among the components involved in the political process.[/size]
[size=45]A member of the State of Law coalition, from the Coordination Framework Forces, Adel Al-Manea, goes that the matter is not about “quotas” or “competencies,” but rather “a government that represents the components of Iraqi society, in addition to what the political parties represent, whether they are Kurdish, Turkmen, Arab or Sunni.” Shiite, Christian.[/size]
[size=45]The coordinating framework had announced on Thursday, “Al-Sudani’s mandate … for the ministries’ choices related to the weight of the electoral framework after the political forces submitted lists of their numbers and their representatives with live signatures and candidates and according to the criteria of the Prime Minister-designate on a range of ministries.”[/size]
[size=45]And he added, in  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  published by the Iraqi News Agency, that the framework "also authorized Al-Sudani to rotate ministries between components or within the component, and to exclude the ministries of interior and defense from quotas and to nominate civilian or military personalities, to ensure the achievement of an effective service government in line with the ministerial program."[/size]

selection mechanism

[size=45]The constitutional expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, told Al-Hurra that the conditions that must be met by a minister are the same as those required for a member of parliament. According to Article 77 of the Iraqi constitution, he must “have a university degree, be at least 28 years old, not covered by the Law of the Accountability and Justice Commission, and not have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony involving moral turpitude.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Aboudi suggests that the Sudanese should take a “middle” option by “pressing the various political forces, to expand the space for his choice and the multiplicity of options offered by the political parties so that there is no complete quota,” especially at a time when the country is facing a “political turning point.”[/size]
[size=45]The constitutional expert believes that “the political forces will put forward qualified candidates, but the choice remains for the Sudanese either to choose from these candidates or the names of other people whom he deems qualified for the position.”[/size]
[size=45]And political researcher Al-Fadam believes that “the prime minister is nothing but a person who is employed by influential influential people and major players, and he is not the one who chooses, and he only follows what is dictated to him.”[/size]
[size=45]The political analyst, Yahya al-Kubaisi, insists that “the mechanism for selecting ministers in this government will not differ from the mechanisms for selecting ministers in previous governments, as the powerful political actors who have significant weight in the parliament will impose one name for each of their ministries, and they will not be given to the prime minister. Even the opportunity to choose between two or three candidates.”[/size]
[size=45]The constitutional expert al-Tamimi explains that the prime minister-designate is not obligated to provide all of his “ministerial cabinet, but he can submit part of it within a month,” according to the Federal Court’s decision of 2010.[/size]
[size=45]It is likely that a member of the State of Law coalition, Adel Al-Manea, and a member of the General Assembly of the National Wisdom Movement, Rahim Al-Aboudi, will vote on granting confidence "in a booth that constitutes more than half of the number of ministries in a session that will be held next Monday."[/size]
[size=45]On Friday, the National Wisdom Movement suggested that a vote on the new government would take place in Tuesday's session, according to a  [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] by the Iraqi News Agency, citing statements by a member of the movement, Karam Khazali.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Khazali pointed out that "the Wisdom Movement announced from the beginning that it would not participate in the government, but would support it in providing the service."[/size]
[size=45]The researcher Al-Fadam says that “the vote on the next government will take place as soon as possible because the international community is the one who gave this green light to get Iraq out of the political blockage,” while Al-Kubaisi confirms that “the differences over the distribution of ministries still exist, and this may force the Prime Minister-designate To postpone the nomination of some ministers, but everyone is trying to pass the cabinet, even if half of the ministers.”[/size]
[size=45]The "Coalition of State Administration", which was established in recent months, and includes the most prominent forces present in the Iraqi parliament, announced on Tuesday its intention to hold a parliamentary session on Saturday to give confidence to the government that is being formed by the Sudanese, according to an AFP report.[/size]
[size=45]The “state administration” includes the Shiite parties loyal to Iran that are affiliated with the coordination framework, which has 138 deputies out of 329, in addition to the Sunni “sovereignty” coalition led by Muhammad al-Halbousi, as well as the two Kurdish parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party.[/size]
[size=45]The election of the president and the assignment of a new head of government came after a long political crisis since the legislative elections in October 2021, which culminated in violence.[/size]
[size=45]The main opponent of the coordination framework, Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, announced that he would not participate in the next government.[/size]
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