The framework is waiting for a surprise that will end the Basra crisis and allow it to control most

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[size=52]The framework is waiting for a surprise that will end the Basra crisis and allow it to control most of the local governments[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]Parties in the coordination framework expect a surprise to occur soon that will change the course of the crisis in Basra due to Governor Asaad Al-Eidani, who is obstructing the Shiite coalition agreement to form local governments.[/size]
[size=45]It seems that the “Framework” has decided to proceed with replacing all the current governors after receiving signals from the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, refusing his movement’s participation in the administration of the provinces.[/size]
[size=45]The final results of the local elections that took place at the end of last year showed that 45 parties and alliances won and 30 others lost. The coordination framework controlled more than half of the local council seats.[/size]
[size=45]As a result, the Shiite Alliance formed a committee from within it to manage the seats it obtained from the rest of the parties that ran “internally” for the “Framework.”[/size]
[size=45]In principle, the coordinating framework won 153 seats out of 285, from 12 public lists and one “shadow” list.[/size]
[size=45]This number of seats gives him the comfort of winning 8 governorates, including Baghdad, under his administration, if he is able to convince all the winning Shiite forces to join him.[/size]
[size=45]Informed political sources told Al-Mada that “the discussions within the coordination framework about the governors are approaching resolution, and the decision is to replace all the governors, including the winners and those close to Al-Sadr.”[/size]
[size=45]Last week, the “Framework” decision to change all the governors caused MP Amer Al-Fayez, the leader of the Shiite Alliance and the leader of the “Tasmeem” coalition, to leave the session due to the Governor of Basra, Asaad Al-Eidani, who belongs to the latter.[/size]
[size=45]The “framework” was divided over dealing with the current governors, due to some of them belonging to the Sadrist movement, and the fact that others obtained the highest results in the elections. The sources suggest that “parties within the framework are waiting for a judicial ruling to be issued against Al-Eidani or his party due to accusations of using money and influence in the elections that caused his victory.” Asaad Al-Eidani, the governor of Basra, who belongs to Tasmeem, won first place with the highest votes in Iraq, with about 160,000 votes, equivalent to 26% of Basra’s votes.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Eidani’s victory granted 12 seats to “Tasmeem” in Basra out of 23 seats, which is the majority required to form the government. But the coordinating framework, specifically Asaib Ahl al-Haq led by Qais Khazali, desires the position and objects to Al-Eidani’s renewal.[/size]
[size=45]The coordination framework suggests that Al-Sadr’s fans, who officially boycotted the elections, had voted for Al-Eidani and the governor of Wasit, Muhammad Al-Mayahi, and the latter had the sixth highest votes among men in the recent local elections.[/size]
[size=45]The “Frame” was confused by the conservatives affiliated with Al-Sadr in Maysan, Najaf, and Dhi Qar governorates, before he received assurances that Al-Sadr would not participate in the Shiite alliance again, according to what the sources said.[/size]
[size=45]But the problem, on the other hand, continued with Al-Eidani and expectations from the Shiite alliance that there would be a relationship between the former and the Sadrists. The crisis between Al-Ataar and Al-Eidani began to escalate with the former’s doubts about the governor’s unclear positions in the wake of the government formation crisis in 2022, and the news of his support at the time for the Al-Sadr Front at the expense of the Shiite alliance.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Eidani had obtained a parliamentary seat for the second time (he won the 2021 and 2018 elections), but he remained in his position in Basra, which he held in 2016.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Eidani is the only official who was received by Al-Sadr after his political isolation, in 2022, when the Governor of Basra visited him with the football team that won the Gulf Championship at the time. The crisis did not end there. Last August, parties from the “Frame” accused Al-Eidani of concluding a deal to sell Iraqi lands to Kuwait for more than 40 million dollars.[/size]
[size=45]In turn, the governor of Basra at the time accused representatives and an official in the Badr Organization of creating the crisis.[/size]
[size=45]The Sadrists rose to defend Al-Ayadi on platforms affiliated with the movement, following Al-Ayadi’s appearance on television.[/size]
[size=45]The “Frame” tried in every way to end Al-Eidani’s hopes for the position, after increasing their front in Basra to 11 seats instead of 10.[/size]
[size=45]The winner of the “Christian quota” was replaced by the candidate of the Babylon Movement, which is close to the Shiite Alliance, after the former was suddenly included in “accountability and justice” measures.[/size]
[size=45]In addition to an attempt by members of the coordination framework to obtain an explanation from the judiciary that half the number of seats plus one in Basra is 13 seats and not the 12 seats owned by the governor.[/size]
[size=45]In addition, Saad Al-Muttalabi, a member of the State of Law, told Al-Mada that “the winner in Iraq is not always the one who gets the position.” Al-Muttalabi mentions that the leader of the state of law, Nouri al-Maliki, received the highest votes in the 2014 elections, with more than 700,000 votes, but he did not obtain the prime ministership at that time.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Muttalabi points out that the Basra Governor’s obtaining these votes in the Basra elections “is doubtful because they may have come from exploitation of the job and promises of appointment and ownership of land to voters.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Muttalabi, a former member of the Baghdad Provincial Council, believes: “Al-Eidani remaining in the position will not be fair” if all these charges are proven against him, indicating that “the street in Basra will turn against him if it is proven that he was forged.”[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the decision to replace the governors, Al-Muttalabi said, “The coordination framework took the decision at the leadership level, but political positions may change at any moment.”[/size]
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