The large blocs are preparing to take over the presidencies of the committees, relying on the electo

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[size=52]The large blocs are preparing to take over the presidencies of the committees, relying on the electoral weight[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Firas Adnan[/size]
[size=45]The political blocs are preparing to start a new round of discussions and meetings, in order to share the presidencies of parliamentary committees on the basis of electoral weight, as the House of Representatives begins its new legislative term next month.[/size]
[size=45]Representatives confirm that this file is almost settled, and they talked about an upcoming meeting that will be held between the leaders of the blocs soon in order to share the presidencies of the committees after distributing the new members, who are the Sadrists' replacements on those committees.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, the emerging and independent blocs are still hoping to get the presidency of one or two influential committees within Parliament, stressing the need to enable the political opposition to play its role in the oversight and legislative work.[/size]
[size=45]The representative of the coordination framework, Salem Al-Anbuge, said, "A political agreement has been obtained to distribute the heads of parliamentary committees to the blocs according to the electoral weights."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Anbuge continued, "The political process proceeds on the basis of the number of seats in each bloc in obtaining ministries, and the same applies to the presidencies of parliamentary committees."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "the political blocs agree on adopting the previous mechanisms in distributing the committees," stressing that "the discussions that took place during the past days touched on other matters such as the distribution of the cabinet and other matters."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Anbuge expects that "this issue will be resolved during the next legislative term, through the introduction of new deputies who replaced the Sadrist movement in the committees."[/size]
[size=45]And he added, "The second stage will be for the sharing of committee chairs between the blocs, and there are no major differences in this regard."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Abnaki noted that "the path ahead will be difficult for small blocs and independent representatives to obtain the presidency of some committees, especially the important ones."[/size]
[size=45]He stressed, "Some of the emerging blocs have joined large alliances, and they may have an opportunity to obtain committee chairs as part of the coalition, and if they had remained as they were, they would not have obtained anything."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Anbuge believes that “the independents and those affiliated with them may get the presidency of one committee at most, and they may not get anything, which is clear to everyone who follows the political issue.”[/size]
[size=45]And he continues, “The State Administration Alliance, which formed the government, includes all the major political forces as well as some small blocs, and it will dominate most of the committees by virtue of its seats and the agreements that took place in the past.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Anbuge stated, "Enabling the opposition to play its role does not only mean that it has chaired committees, but also by giving the opposition representatives the opportunity to perform their legislative and oversight role."[/size]
[size=45]He finds that “the political process in Iraq has not yet reached the stage of the existence of two large blocs, the first forming the government and the other in the opposition, because consensus is still present, and with the emergence of some emerging blocs that have adopted the role of the opposition, but through our presence in parliament we have not seen a clear role for them.” .[/size]
[size=45]In turn, the representative of the Sovereignty Alliance, Laith al-Dulaimi, stated that "the House of Representatives came from political blocs representing the components of the Iraqi people."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Dulaimi added, "The distribution of the committees will be based on the electoral weight of each bloc, depending on the number of its deputies."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The political forces are still waiting to reach a political agreement and a session for the leaders of the blocs in order to share the committees among them."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Dulaimi added, "This file should be resolved during the next legislative term, in order for Parliament to begin its work more seriously, whether at the legislative or oversight levels, in a way that serves the public interest."[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, the representative of the opposition bloc for the People, Sarwa Abdel-Wahed, stated that “the committee presidencies are divided, as is known in previous sessions, by the large Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish blocs.”[/size]
[size=45]Abdel Wahed added, "Our bloc rejects this approach, and wants committee chairs to be distributed on a true national basis, with deputies from all components within one bloc receiving one or two committees."[/size]
[size=45]And she stressed, “the need to empower the opposition with its tools, and among these tools is for it to chair important and influential committees in parliamentary work, whether at the legislative or oversight level.”[/size]
[size=45]And Abdel Wahed concluded, “Warning against the marginalization of the role of the opposition and the fact that quotas will control the chairmen of committees, as happened in previous sessions.”[/size]
[size=45]The House of Representatives voted to form permanent committees for the current session, which are legal, financial, security, defense and integrity, oil and natural resources, foreign relations, services and construction, electricity and energy, economy, industry and trade, investment and development, strategic planning and federal service, health and the environment, and non-regions and governorates. Organized by region, transport and communications, culture and tourism, antiquities and media, education, higher education, migration, displaced persons, community reconciliation, martyrs, victims and prisoners, human rights, endowments and clans, women, the family and childhood. According to parliamentary sources, expectations indicate that the members of the committees will be named next week, and that each committee will include in its membership from 3 to 21 deputies.[/size]
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