Al-Sudani returns to the government reshuffle and reveals that the Kirkuk crisis was moving under th

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[size=52]Al-Sudani returns to the government reshuffle and reveals that the Kirkuk crisis was moving under the table[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]Prime Minister Mohamed Al-Sudani's talk again about a cabinet reshuffle may herald a crisis within the ruling coalition.[/size]
[size=45]The relationship in the state administration coalition, which includes the coordination framework, seemed not to be in the best condition, especially after the recent events in Kirkuk.[/size]
[size=45]It appears that the “framework” is divided on the issue of government change and in determining the ministers included, despite Al-Sudani’s assertion that the evaluation is subject to professional standards.[/size]
[size=45]The Prime Minister announced in a meeting with journalists that the ministerial reshuffle will take place after dismissing 15 deputies and advisors within days. According to political sources, some parties to the coordination framework are using the cabinet reshuffle paper to “strike opponents,” especially with the approaching local elections.[/size]
[size=45]Nouri al-Maliki, the most prominent leader in the coordination framework, had previously denied holding a ministerial reshuffle, and no Shiite leader had confirmed it.[/size]
[size=45]The targeting process is divided into internal and external, as parties within the “framework” attempt to strike parties from the coalition itself, such as Communications Minister Hiam Al-Moussawi. Communications are considered the share of Faleh al-Fayyad, head of the Popular Mobilization Forces, and the latter has disagreements with some factions.[/size]
[size=45]Recently, factions launched an attack on Al-Moussawi due to the decision to ban the Telegram application for a few days, despite its confirmation that the measure was taken by the Council of Ministers, and representatives also hinted at questioning it in Parliament.[/size]
[size=45]In the same way, the rest of the “Framework” parties are trying to throw the ball of failure at the Shiite ministers (12 ministers in the government) in the internal qualifiers game.[/size]
[size=45]Parties close to the leader of the rule of law, Nouri al-Maliki, had leaked information several months ago that among the list of targeted ministers was Interior Minister Abdul Amir al-Shammari.[/size]
[size=45]There were indications of a disagreement between Al-Maliki and the minister, as the latter position was supposed to be the share of the state of law. It is assumed that Al-Shammari was chosen by the Prime Minister, along with two or three other ministers, including Finance Minister Taif Sami.[/size]
[size=45]As for external targets, the polarization that occurs within the “state administration” greatly affects the names of the ministers nominated for replacement.[/size]
[size=45]The opponents of Parliament Speaker Muhammad Al-Halbousi are trying, in implicit agreement with some Shiite parties, to place the Prime Minister’s ministers in the circle of change (Al-Halbousi owns 3 ministries). Since Al-Sudani's announcement for the first time at the end of last year, the ministers have been granted an evaluation period within 6 months (which ended more than two months ago), and the names of the ministers included are conflicting. Transport Minister Razzaq Muhaibis signed on behalf of the Badr Organization led by Hadi Al-Amiri in the circle of replacement ministers, while it was reported that the replacement for the same organization would be former MP Hamid al-Moussawi or former Interior Minister Muhammad al-Ghaban.[/size]
[size=45]The replacement for the Minister of Communications will also remain from Al-Fayyad's share, and they are the former director of the General Telecommunications and Postal Company, Qassem Hassani, or Ali Al-Khuwailidi, the former head of the Communications and Media Authority.[/size]
[size=45]Representative Muzahim Al-Khayyat is a candidate from Al-Halbousi (Taqaddum Party) to run the Ministry of Culture, replacing the current Ahmed Al-Badrani from the same party. The current MP, Mudar Al-Karawi, is a candidate from Khamis Al-Khanjar (Sovereignty Alliance) to manage the Ministry of Commerce, instead of the current Atheer Al-Ghurairi from the same alliance.[/size]
[size=45]The leaks during the last period included the Minister of Water Resources, Aoun Dhiab, while the alternative candidate will be businessman Majid Al-Saadi, and it is likely that the last ministry is shared equally between the President of the Supreme Council, Hammam Hamoudi, and the head of the Design Bloc, MP Amer Al-Fayez.[/size]
[size=45]Back after retreat![/size]
[size=45]The Prime Minister appeared as if he had backed away from his previous decision to replace the ministers after Al-Maliki objected, as the former claimed that it was not possible to make an amendment before approving the budget. Last August, government spokesman Bassem Al-Awadi announced that the latter was not in a rush to make government amendments. He said in press statements, “All talk about a specific timing (referring to the ministerial change) is incorrect unless the Prime Minister decides to do so through official and legal means.” The day before yesterday, Al-Sudani spoke again about the government reshuffle, amid a crisis that the ruling coalition is currently experiencing due to Kurdistan salaries and the events in Kirkuk.[/size]
[size=45]The Prime Minister said in a television interview with a number of local media outlets, “We will announce the change of 15 undersecretaries and advisors in all ministries during this week.” He stressed that “the ministerial change is coming and it will be delayed due to the delay in the financial budget and the evaluation is continuing, and there is certainly a ministerial reshuffle soon.” Representatives such as Sarwa Abdel Wahed had previously accused Al-Sudani of appointing “60 advisors.”[/size]
[size=45]As for Bassem Khashan, an independent representative, he wrote in a previous blog post that Al-Sudani “appointed an army of advisors sufficient to invade China.” In the same meeting, the Prime Minister commented on the Kirkuk crisis and said, “The political agreement signed by the parties stipulated the handover of the headquarters in Diyala, Nineveh, and Kirkuk.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that he spoke to the political forces and asked them about “the reasons for their moving their tools under the table and causing casualties and martyrs, despite their signing of the political agreement that stipulates the handover of the headquarters.” Regarding the expected government reshuffle, a member of the Al-Hikma Movement led by Ammar Al-Hakim confirmed that the Prime Minister has a political mandate to do so. A member of the Al-Hikmah Movement, Rahim Al-Aboudi, said in an interview with Al-Mada: “The restructuring of state institutions is something agreed upon in advance, but sometimes some political circumstances or the method of selecting replacements arise and the decision is stalled.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Aboudi believes that “the atmosphere is now ready for a government change, especially since the Prime Minister is fully authorized by the political forces to change ministers and senior ranks.” A member of the coordinating framework revealed that there was “a comprehensive evaluation of the administrative system and that the upcoming change will include a number of governors.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Aboudi stressed that those included in the changes “have corruption files and others failed to perform their jobs,” indicating that Al-Sudani “is seeking a second term and this will not be achieved except with the satisfaction of the public through the success of the government’s program and the provision of services.”[/size]
[size=45]In addition, Ihsan Al-Shammari, head of the Center for Political Thinking, considered that the Prime Minister’s return to talking again about the ministerial reshuffle is due to “the failure of 60% of his government cabinet to implement the ministerial program.” Al-Shammari said in an interview with Al-Mada: “This failure will affect the person of the Prime Minister and the level of confidence in him by the public, especially since public opinion polls indicate a decline in his popularity.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Shammari believes that the Prime Minister was forced to speak publicly about the cabinet reshuffle for several reasons, including “he wants to distance himself from the failure to implement the ministerial program and put pressure on the leaders who reject government change.”[/size]
[size=45]The political affairs researcher also pointed out that Al-Sudani “through his talk about the ministerial reshuffle wants to show himself independent in his decision from his political environment represented by the coordination framework in which prominent leaders had previously rejected that measure.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Shammari believes that the refusal of an important and influential part of the “Framework” to make a ministerial change is “evidence of differences between the leaders in the Shiite alliance.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Shammari believes that the government reshuffle process will be easy, “especially with the approaching local elections, which affects the calculations of political parties.”[/size]
[size=45]In addition, the prime minister’s talk now about a cabinet change, according to Al-Shammari, came at a time when “the state administration coalition is going through crises due to the issue of Kurdistan salaries and the failure to implement the Sunni demands in the political agreement.”[/size]
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