The "framework" will not risk amending the election law without al-Sadr's approval

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[size=52]The "framework" will not risk amending the election law without al-Sadr's approval[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]Most of the opinions within the coordination framework go to “not taking risks” in proposing to amend the election law before the approval of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, at least.[/size]
[size=45]The Shiite coalition began to face widespread objection to the draft amendment, which led to the banning of the parliament session last week.[/size]
[size=45]The "framework" fears that the dispute over the new law will blow up the street again, while al-Sadr's supporters may seep into the protests.[/size]
[size=45]Some provinces came out at the end of last week, denouncing the amendment proposed by the Shiite alliance.[/size]
[size=45]The "framework" is trying to make its plan a success in canceling the multiple constituencies in which the past elections took place, by sending mediation to the leader of the movement.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, the Shiite alliance is promoting that the Najaf authority may have no objection to the law.[/size]
[size=45]The new amendment to the law seeks to integrate local and legislative elections, cancel multiple constituencies, and return to St. Lego.[/size]
[size=45]In light of this, informed political sources said, in an interview with (Al-Mada), that "some forces of the coordination framework believe that the recent election law has produced a fragile parliament and must be changed."[/size]
[size=45]The "frame" had objected to a multi-constituency law, days after the results of the recent early elections were announced, and its loss of about 40 seats from its results in the 2018 elections.[/size]
[size=45]After that, the Shiite alliance suspended the formation of the government for about 8 months, before the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, decided to retire from politics last summer.[/size]
[size=45]And the sources, who asked not to be identified, add that: “Persuading al-Sadr of the amendments is important because objections are escalating against the law, and there are fears of street movement and the Sadrists joining.”[/size]
[size=45]And she continued, "The coordination framework may be in a hurry to pass the amendments, but on the other hand, it will not risk provoking al-Sadr."[/size]
[size=45]Previously, parties close to the Shiite alliance revealed to (Al-Mada) the possibility of sending the leader of the Badr Organization, Hadi al-Amiri, to the leader of the movement to convince him of the amendments.[/size]
[size=45]However, a prominent leader within the Sadrist movement confirmed to (Al-Mada) at the time that the latter "does not have any contact with the Committee to Amend the Elections Law formed within the coordination framework."[/size]
[size=45]The leader stressed at the time that the Sadrist movement "refuses to change the law and the commission because they are against the opinion of the street and the reference."[/size]
[size=45]On Friday, demonstrations took place in Babil and Wasit, denouncing the proposed amendments to the law, which impose a "St. Lego" system that excludes small powers.[/size]
[size=45]reference positions[/size]
[size=45]According to what the “framework” claims, a previous meeting took place in Najaf two weeks ago between al-Sadr and the son of the Grand Ayatollah Sistani (Mohammed Reda), which dealt with the issue of amending the law and making peace with Nuri al-Maliki, the leader of the State of Law.[/size]
[size=45]In an interview that al-Maliki conducted a few days ago with one of the western stations, the latter offered reconciliation with al-Sadr, and said that there is a "third party" that helps bring the points of view closer.[/size]
[size=45]But what was remarkable in that interview was that al-Maliki stressed that "there is no need to hold early elections," which could undermine any attempts at reconciliation with al-Sadr.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sadr had called last year - before the formation of the government of Muhammad al-Sudani - to dissolve parliament and hold early elections.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, news platforms and websites close to the Sadrist movement began to re-publish previous statements by the representative of the religious authority, Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai, objecting to the "one district" in the elections.[/size]
[size=45]"The opinion of the religious authority is neither for the closed list nor for a single electoral district," Karbalai said in one of his Friday sermons in 2019, adding that "the closed list closes the way for voters to choose who will represent them in Parliament."[/size]
[size=45]The former deputy and leader of the Sadrist movement, Hakim Al-Zamili, shared the video of Al-Karbalai, and said on his Facebook page: "No to the closed list, not to the single constituency."[/size]
[size=45]Independent objection[/size]
[size=45]At the end of last week, the dispute expanded over amending the law submitted by 10 deputies from the Coordination Framework in agreement with the coalition, according to informed sources.[/size]
[size=45]Independent deputies were able, according to what MP Bassem Khashan said in an interview with Al-Mada, to "break the quorum of the parliament session last Thursday, in protest of the amendments."[/size]
[size=45]Independents published documents signed by 70 deputies calling on parliament to retract the version submitted for the election law.[/size]
[size=45]In a tweet on Twitter, Representative Mustafa Sanad, who is affiliated with the "framework", said: "We seek to obstruct the passage of the election law by breaking the quorum or focused media pressure."[/size]
[size=45]Sanad, one of the signatories to the objection document, added: “This is because we believe that the one constituency, the lack of fairness to the first winner, and the return of the elections abroad, perpetuate the idea of ​​encouraging the large number of candidates, electoral chaos, distracting the voter’s thoughts, and the winner’s failure to fulfill his obligations towards his constituency.”[/size]
[size=45]In light of these objections, the Presidency of Parliament was forced to postpone Thursday's last session until the day after tomorrow, Monday, after adding late on the eve of the session to discuss the amendments to the law on the agenda.[/size]
[size=45]Bassem Khashan, one of those who objected to the law, says that the submitted copy “did not take its time to study and discuss, and was not reviewed by the legal committee.”[/size]
[size=45]And he continues: “There are errors even in some articles that were canceled by previous judicial decisions, which indicates that non-specialists wrote this amendment.”[/size]
[size=45]On the subsequent steps of the independents, Khashan said: “So far, the objectors have not formed a unified bloc, and each deputy has different reasons for rejecting the amendment.”[/size]
[size=45]The recent election law had helped in the rise of about 70 independent personalities to parliament before most of them dissolved into the traditional parties.[/size]
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