The framework gets rid of the pressure of the component’s eligibility and seeks to postpone the sele

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[size=52]The framework gets rid of the pressure of the component’s eligibility and seeks to postpone the selection of Al-Halbousi’s replacement to 2024[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]The coordination framework will no longer completely accept the story of “the component’s entitlement,” which is the equation that governed the political process after 2003. The Shiite coalition that has been in power for more than a year and controls most of the parliamentary seats will choose the speaker of parliament, who is the most prominent Sunni position for the component.[/size]
[size=45]In a strange precedent, the coordinating framework announces that it has received the names of Sunni candidates for the presidency of Parliament.[/size]
[size=45]In a second precedent, the Federal Court had terminated the membership of Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi due to a “forgery” case.[/size]
[size=45]According to leaders in the Shiite Alliance, the latter will conduct “interviews” with the alternative candidates to choose the most suitable for the position.[/size]
[size=45]The coordination framework, which appears divided regarding some names, agreed on the other hand to postpone the decision on choosing Al-Halbousi’s replacement until next year.[/size]
[size=45]The list of Al-Halbousi’s replacements circulating now is not much different from the one that was leaked last week, as Parliament prepared to vote on the Speaker of Parliament.[/size]
[size=45]The voting session was postponed at that time for reasons that were said at the time to be “the lack of Sunni agreement,” but that has now changed with the presence of between 5 and 7 official candidates for the position![/size]
[size=45]A leader in the Shiite framework tells Al-Mada that “Parliament is now in a legislative recess that will continue this month and next month, and it is sufficient to complete the local elections,” which will take place in about 20 days. The Shiite Alliance believes that raising the issue of choosing the Speaker of Parliament at this time is not in the interest of the elections.[/size]
[size=45]The leader, who requested that his name not be published, confirms that the elections are a “strategic goal” for the coordination framework that wants them to take place in a “stable political and security atmosphere.”[/size]
[size=45]The leader pointed out that 2024 is a new year with a new budget and financial details, in which the Shiite coalition needs to “cooperate with the Speaker of Parliament who implements the government program because the success of the government means the success of the framework.”[/size]
[size=45]The Sunni forces had previously demanded, according to the official version, that the voting item on the Speaker of Parliament be removed from the Council’s agenda, due to the lack of agreement on a candidate.[/size]
[size=45]But information circulated at the time that the Shiites provoked the crisis to gain more time, and this is what is happening now as well. Following the announcement of the latter receiving the names of Al-Halbousi’s replacements, the leader of “Al-Attar” stated that the Shiite Alliance “will meet with the candidates and talk to them about their vision and how to manage Parliament, as it is looking for a sober and charismatic personality.” He continues, “The situation now is not the same as before. No one will impose his vision on the framework, and the component’s candidate will not proceed without his approval” (referring to the Shiite alliance).[/size]
[size=45]The Shiite leader adds: “There is no formation of a government now so that the other can impose its conditions, and the framework could prevent the elections of a new parliament speaker until the end of the parliamentary session, and the first representative (Mohsen Al-Mandalawi) will continue to run the sessions.” On Monday evening, the coordination framework announced that it had officially received “the names of the candidates for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives from the forces of the Sunni component.”[/size]
[size=45]He added in a statement, “The framework will study them (the names) and take a position on them,” and the attendees stressed “continuing the necessary preparations to hold the elections on the specified date.”[/size]
[size=45]According to the leaked list of names: The candidates are the two representatives for Taqadum (led by Al-Halbousi) Abdul Karim Abtan and Shaalan Al-Karim, and the representative for Sovereignty (led by Khamis Al-Khanjar) Salem Al-Issawi.[/size]
[size=45]But another list spread and carried the names of the representatives for “Taqadum”; Abdul Karim Abtan, Yahya Al-Muhammadi, Al-Shaalan, and former Parliament Speaker Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani for the Azm Alliance (Muthanna Al-Samarrai), and Salem Al-Issawi for Sovereignty.[/size]
[size=45]These names are largely identical to those that were leaked last week, and included, in addition to the names recently presented, Khaled Al-Daraji from the “Al-Azm” coalition, and Ziad Al-Janabi from “Taqadum.”[/size]
[size=45]Information is leaking that parties in the coordination framework, namely Ammar al-Hakim (the leader of al-Hikma) and Hadi al-Amiri, leader of the Badr Organization, are leaning towards al-Halbousi’s candidates.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, the State of Law supports Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, and Asaib also supports the candidates of the Muthanna Al-Samarrai Alliance.[/size]
[size=45]Qais Khazali, the leader of Asaib, said earlier that Al-Halbousi, who is now talking about “political custom” - referring to the position of Speaker of Parliament as a Sunni position - was the first to not abide by it after the 2021 elections.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Khazali added in a television interview, “The Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Taqaddum Party did not respect the Shiite majority after the last elections.” Sunni parties, such as Salim al-Jubouri, the former Speaker of Parliament, believe that the balance is tilted towards the Sovereignty Alliance candidate and not al-Halbousi, according to statements by al-Jubouri.[/size]
[size=45]Likewise, the representative of Sovereignty, Youssef Sabawi, agrees with the last proposal, and said in a call with (Al-Mada) that “Salem Al-Issawi is the closest to the position.”[/size]
[size=45]More than 60 representatives had authorized Al-Halbousi and Al-Khanjar within what is known as the “Leadership Alliance” to present candidates for the position of Speaker of Parliament.[/size]
[size=45]Sabawi is not inclined to the idea of ​​deciding the names of the candidates yet, despite the framework’s announcement, and confirms that “the Sunni forces are still in the deliberation stage.”[/size]
[size=45]Commenting on the step of sending the names to the Shiite coalition, Sabawi says: “It is not binding, but as a result we need consensus, and the Speaker of Parliament will not be voted on by the Sunnis alone.”[/size]
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