The political forces begin to test Al-Sudani's pledges, the most prominent of which is related to fi

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[size=52]The political forces begin to test Al-Sudani's pledges, the most prominent of which is related to filling positions[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]The political forces have begun the stage of testing the pledges of Prime Minister Muhammad al-Sudani, which he made before forming the government last month.[/size]
[size=45]The Sunni and Kurdish parties began a round of negotiations with the approaching approval of the budget, the Sudanese intention to make changes in important positions, and the emergence of Iranian threats on the borders.[/size]
[size=45]The last government was formed according to a political agreement that included the main blocs, with the exception of the Sadrist movement, provided that Al-Sudani implements the demands of those parties within a maximum time limit of 6 months.[/size]
[size=45]According to the statements of the coordination framework, the prime minister is committed to appearing every month before the Shiite bloc to discuss the actions of his government.[/size]
[size=45]The "framework" had obtained most of his share in the government, but he still negotiated and sometimes pressured al-Sudani, especially with regard to special positions.[/size]
[size=45]The Prime Minister set up a working mechanism to monitor the government's performance during the first 100 days to 6 months. This period may include a cabinet reshuffle.[/size]
[size=45]A wave of criticism accompanied the selection of some ministers due to doubts about the educational certificates and professional history of some ministers.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, the Kurdistan Democratic Party is waiting for the Prime Minister to fulfill 3 files, in addition to discussing security issues that have arisen recently.[/size]
[size=45]Yesterday, the Presidency of the Kurdistan Region announced that “the President of the region, Nechirvan Barzani, will visit Baghdad today, to complete meetings and discussions with leaders and officials in Iraq.”[/size]
[size=45]He added, according to a statement issued by the presidency, that "the visit will last for one day, and it is a continuation of the program of the previous visit that took place last week and was interrupted because of the participation in condolence for the victims of the students in Dohuk who died as a result of the gas explosion."[/size]
[size=45]A government statement stated, "Al-Sudani received Barzani," adding that "the meeting witnessed discussions on developments in the general situation, in its various security, political and service aspects at the national level."[/size]
[size=45]The statement added, "The two sides reviewed a number of important files and work frameworks between the federal government and the regional government, within the objectives of the ministerial curriculum seeking to raise the level of services throughout Iraq."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sudani stressed, according to the statement, "the importance of addressing security files and strengthening stability and security in the border areas with neighboring countries, according to what was approved by the Ministerial Council for National Security at its last session."[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the reasons for the visit, Abdul Salam Berwari, a member of the Democratic Party, said in an interview with (Al-Mada) that “the most prominent files in the visit are the urgent issue now about the budget, in addition to the files of the disputed areas, the application of Article 140 of the constitution related to the disputed areas, and the government’s fulfillment of its duty.” in border protection.[/size]
[size=45]The Kurdistan region annually conducts discussions with the government in order to secure its share of the revenues and to finance the employees and the Peshmerga forces.[/size]
[size=45]Berwari believes that "there is no justification for annual negotiations on the budget, and the Ministry of Planning can estimate the proportion of the region according to the number of residents and launch allocations according to Article (121 / Third) in the constitution."[/size]
[size=45]The last article states: “A fair share of the federally collected revenues is allocated to the regions and governorates, sufficient to carry out their burdens and responsibilities, taking into account their resources and needs, and the percentage of their population.”[/size]
[size=45]Since 2003, the Ministry of Planning has relied on previous estimates of the population census and data of the Ministry of Commerce in the election lists and funding the governorates and the region.[/size]
[size=45]A member of the Democratic Party points out that "the region has more than 5 million and 800 thousand people, and therefore its share ranges between 14 and 16 percent."[/size]
[size=45]About 6 years ago, the region’s share of the budget was reduced from 17% to less than 13%, as a policy that seemed to be punitive, following the implementation of what was known at the time as the “self-determination referendum.”[/size]
[size=45]Some Kurdish issues are still pending, such as resolving the two vacant ministries in the Sudanese government, which are supposed to be part of the Kurds.[/size]
[size=45]Abdulsalam Barwari, a former member of the Kurdistan Parliament, says, "The region does not want to put pressure on the Sudanese as long as the latter has declared that he wants to implement the constitution."[/size]
[size=45]And the former deputy adds: “We will wait for the actions after the words that are supposed to appear now, after the last visit by the president of the region.”[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the remaining two ministries, which are construction and environment, Berwari points out that “the National Union wants to get half of what we get, which means that it wants two ministries, even though we have 31 seats, which is 17 complexes.”[/size]
[size=45]In the recent cabinet formation, the post of foreign minister went to the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and justice to the Union.[/size]
[size=45]Pavel Talabani, head of the National Union, had met yesterday with the Prime Minister, while the former Kurdish MP considered that “the visit at this time means that it is messages that if we do not agree with them (the National Union), they will agree with Baghdad, investing their relationship with some parties to the coordination framework.”[/size]
[size=45]Yesterday, Sunday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani received, according to a government statement, the President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Pavel Talabani, to discuss “the political situation at the national level.”[/size]
[size=45]The statement added, "The meeting witnessed the discussion of the most important files that have priority within the framework of work between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, and the file of security and securing the Iraqi borders in accordance with the decisions of the Ministerial Council for National Security."[/size]
[size=45]Recently, the Ministerial Council announced the redeployment of Iraqi forces on the borders due to recent Iranian threats under the pretext of persecuting the Kurdish opposition.[/size]
[size=45]Similar to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, a Sunni bloc that emerged recently is trying to negotiate with the prime minister against the Sovereignty Alliance led by Khamis al-Khanjar.[/size]
[size=45]A Sunni politician reveals, in an interview with (Al-Mada), on condition of anonymity, that “the Unified Anbar Alliance is part of the Azm Alliance (the qualitative opposite of the Sovereignty Alliance), but with an Anbarian specificity.”[/size]
[size=45]The politician familiar with the discussions of the Sunni forces confirms that this group, which recently met with al-Sudani and is headed by Jamal al-Karbouli, leader of the al-Hal Party: “They are trying to get rid of al-Halbousi’s control of Anbar.”[/size]
[size=45]The coalition, which was established last month, accuses Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi of monopolizing positions and isolating decision-making in Anbar from Baghdad.[/size]
[size=45]The Sunni politician expects that “the unified Anbar will be cloned to other cities,” such as the unified Nineveh, the unified Salah al-Din… in preparation for participation in the local elections that are supposed to take place next year.[/size]
[size=45]The Sunni forces had obtained part of their demands to cancel the security clearances in the areas that were under the control of “ISIS”.[/size]
[size=45]But the most important demand is the abolition of the Accountability and Justice Commission (de-Baathification), which is supposed to take place within the first 6 months of the Sudanese government.[/size]
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