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[size=52]The powers of the prime minister and the expulsion of the factions from the cities are the most difficult provisions of the political agreement[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]More than 40 days have passed since the formation of the government of Muhammad al-Sudani, while there are still differences over the political agreement on the basis of which the last government was formed. Some parties within the coordination framework are pushing to obstruct some items, especially with regard to the demands of the Sunni forces, and those parties threaten to complete the agreement with the Kurdish forces.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, the Shiite forces are also fighting over the political agreement, and one party is trying to dictate its terms to the other party.[/size]
[size=45]Yesterday, parties affiliated with the coordination framework attacked the government's decision to send 400 billion dinars to pay the dues of the Kurdistan region.[/size]
[size=45]Representative Mustafa Sanad, who is close to the “framework,” revealed that he had filed a lawsuit against the federal government, because of the government’s recent decision.[/size]
[size=45]Sanad said in a post on “Facebook”: “I filed a lawsuit against the current government at the Federal Court, accompanied by a governor, for sending 400 billion dinars to the region in violation of the law and in continuation of the legal violation of the Al-Kazemi government.”[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, Saud Al-Saadi, a deputy for the rights movement (Hezbollah Brigades), submitted a question to Parliament about the reason for the government sending that money.[/size]
[size=45]According to a document published by news platforms addressed by the deputy to the Presidency of Parliament, Al-Saadi asks about “what are the reasons for the Council of Ministers agreeing to send 400 billion dinars to the Kurdistan region in violation of the decision of the Federal Court?”[/size]
[size=45]The government had made it clear, in a statement on Tuesday, that the amount sent to Kurdistan came based on the ministerial platform paper that was agreed upon by the political blocs and approved by the House of Representatives.[/size]
[size=45]And the government decided in the last cabinet session: “The Ministry of Finance spent an amount of 400 billion dinars to pay the dues of the Kurdistan region, provided that the amount is settled after completing the audit of the Federal Financial Supervision Bureau for data related to oil and non-oil revenues.”[/size]
[size=45]This comes after the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government met with the Minister of Finance in the federal government, Taif Sami.[/size]
[size=45]According to a statement issued by the regional government, which was held last Monday, the meeting discussed the share of the Kurdistan region in the draft budget law for the year 2023, and an emphasis on the continuity of the work of the technical committee between the two sides in this regard.[/size]
[size=45]This is the second time that a high-level delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government has visited Baghdad, after the formation of the Sudanese government, to discuss the budget and Article 140 of the constitution related to the disputed areas, and other outstanding issues between the regional government and the federal government.[/size]
[size=45]The second deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Shakhwan Abdullah, said the day before yesterday to Kurdish websites, that the talks between the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government are in progress, stressing that the political paper between the parties to the state administration coalition is “the basis for negotiation.”[/size]
[size=45]In turn, Majid Shankali, a deputy for the Kurdistan Democratic Party, believes in an interview with (Al-Mada) that “the obstacles in the way of implementing the political agreement exist in most of the provisions, but there is, on the other hand, an intention to solve it.” Shinkali said, "The political agreement of the State Administration Coalition does not deviate from the framework of the constitution and is related to four files."[/size]
[size=45]And the deputy stated that those files are: “Legislation of the Oil and Gas Law, activating Article 140, solving problems in the budget, and implementing the Sinjar Agreement.”[/size]
[size=45]Shankali confirmed that advanced understandings took place in: “Activating the Article 140 Committee of the Constitution on the disputed areas, allocating funds to the committee, and agreeing to legislate the oil and gas law.” As for the agreement to normalize the situation in Sinjar, Shankali says: “The agreement will soon pass, but we do not rule out the occurrence of obstacles.” The deputy expressed his optimism in resolving the problems with the increasing visits of mutual delegations between the region and Baghdad, which last for days, especially the technical committees.[/size]
[size=45]Last Monday, the government announced that the Council of Ministers would vote on the government platform, which includes items related to the implementation of commitments with all political parties.[/size]
[size=45]Meanwhile, a high-ranking political source told Al-Mada about the hidden side of the implementation of the terms of the political agreement.[/size]
[size=45]The source, who asked not to be identified, said, "The Sinjar agreement will not pass easily, and perhaps it is one of the most difficult clauses in the agreement with the Kurdish forces." More than two years have passed since the agreement concluded during the reign of Mustafa Al-Kazemi's government, and it includes 3 axes: security, administrative, and service.[/size]
[size=45]The source, a leader in one of the Shiite parties, confirms that: “Factions that have links with Iran will not easily give up Sinjar according to the agreement, and Tehran considers the city a means of pressure on the United States, the Kurdistan region and the Iraqi government.”[/size]
[size=45]The city, north of Mosul, has been controlled by about 10,000 militants since 2017 belonging to various factions, while some of them are linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which opposes Turkey.[/size]
[size=45]As for the demands of the Sunni forces within the agreement, the leader says: “The most difficult items are related to the Sunni side, especially the withdrawal of the factions from the areas that were under the control of the terrorist organization ISIS.”[/size]
[size=45]The source pointed out that: “The same reasons in Sinjar apply to areas in the western region, especially in the borders, some of which are under the grip of factions.”[/size]
[size=45]The political agreement with the Sunni forces includes the abolition of the Accountability and Justice Commission, which has been a demand that has been repeated for 10 years, and the issuance of a general amnesty, and the issue of the disappeared, about which Muhammad al-Halbousi's recent statements sparked widespread controversy, and it is believed to be the reason behind the intention of some parties to remove him from office.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Halbousi said in a previous television interview with a local station: "We must tell people who they are (the disappeared), and change their name first to the murdered, not the disappeared: the murdered have passed away."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Halbousi criticized what he considered: “their families (the disappeared) have been misled since 2014 until now.” He added, “To be bolder with the people who lost their families and children… the file should not be used for political slander… and giving their families hope for their return, as this is not true.”[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, the political agreement sponsored by the coordination framework is facing criticism within the Shiite group because of its non-implementation.[/size]
[size=45]And the Shiite leader says: “There are clauses defining the powers of the prime minister and the latter’s return to the framework in his decisions, but it seems that parties believe that the first is acting alone with the support of a party – which he did not mention explicitly –.”[/size]
[size=45]It was reported that the differences between the two sides had reached the point of threatening the head of the State of Law coalition to withdraw his three ministers from the government.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Maliki had previously refused to grant security positions to political or armed parties, in what seemed like a hint against Asa'ib, which is seeking to obtain the intelligence apparatus run by Al-Sudani by proxy.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, Khazali responded to these statements in a televised interview by asking the prime minister to return to the coordination framework in all his decisions, describing the latter as an “employee” of the “framework.”[/size]
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