Secret agreements and accusations of treachery accompanied the decision of 11 local governments

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[size=52]Secret agreements and accusations of treachery accompanied the decision of 11 local governments[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]As of Tuesday evening, the formation of 11 local governments out of 15 had been decided, some of which witnessed the withdrawal of parties and the intervention of security forces to resolve clashes between political forces within the local councils.[/size]
[size=45]The Coordination Framework forces were able to directly control the administration of 5 local governments and 6 council presidencies. In return, the “Framework” allies obtained two governorate governments, most notably Basra, and 4 former governors were renewed, while 4 governorates remained facing political and security problems.[/size]
[size=45]The Al-Hikma Movement, led by Ammar Al-Hakim, achieved a surprise in this session, as it alone obtained two local governments and the administration of a third governorate council.[/size]
[size=45]The movement of Ahmed Al-Asadi, Minister of Labor, also obtained the presidency of three governorates for the first time, and the alliance of the head of the PMF, Faleh Al-Fayyad, won the presidency of one governorate council.[/size]
[size=45]The Qais Khazali movement, the leader of Asaib, was able to manage one governorate and preside over one council, while Al-Fadhila obtained the position of one governor.[/size]
[size=45]Wings within the “Framework” had tried to delay the decision on naming local positions until the nomination of the Speaker of Parliament was completed due to the existence of consensuses in mixed cities such as Diyala and Baghdad.[/size]
[size=45]It seems that a “collapse” occurred in those agreements, according to representatives of the Shiite coalition, which led to the reins slipping away in some governorates, and governors being re-elected for a second term despite a previous decision to “replace everyone.”[/size]
[size=45]In Baghdad, an agreement was reached between the State of Law, led by Nouri al-Maliki, and the Azm Alliance, headed by Representative Muthanna al-Samarrai, to share the positions of governor and speaker of the council.[/size]
[size=45]The position of governor went to Abdul Muttalib Al-Alawi from Al-Maliki's coalition (9 seats), instead of Muhammad Jaber from the same coalition, who lost in the recent local elections.[/size]
[size=45]Ammar Al-Qaisi won for “Azm” (4 seats), and the brother of the MP from the same bloc, Mahmoud Al-Qaisi, won the presidency of the Baghdad Council.[/size]
[size=45]It was supposed, according to the leaks, that the Badr Organization, led by Hadi Al-Amiri, would share the position of governor with the Progress Alliance (Mohammed Al-Halbousi), the presidency of the Council in Baghdad, in a “one basket” agreement between local governments and the Presidency of the House of Representatives.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Amiri supports Al-Halbousi’s candidate for the presidency of Parliament, and Al-Maliki supports the “Azm” candidate, but the agreements were disrupted due to the delay in the Federal Court’s decision on the legality of a previous session of Parliament in this regard. As for Basra, the biggest collapse of the agreements apparently occurred, as 3 members of the new council dissented from the coordination framework’s decision to “boycott the session,” and Asaad Al-Eidani was re-elected for a second term.[/size]
[size=45]At the beginning of the session, only 12 seats were attended by the Al-Eidani (Design) Alliance, before Khalaf Al-Badran from Badr, who was subsequently elected as Speaker of the Council, Iman Al-Maliki from the State of Law, and Ali Shaddad from the Al-Hikmah Movement joined.[/size]
[size=45]A previous decision by the “Framework” had stressed preventing renewal for any governor, but it seems that the decision was not broken only in Basra![/size]
[size=45]Representative Mustafa Sanad, who is close to Al-Atar, said that the collapse of the Shiite alliance’s consensus in one of the governorates “prompted the other parties to take revenge in cities in Basra, Wasit, and Karbala.” In Wasit Governorate, Muhammad Al-Mayahi, who is close to the Sadrists, was re-elected for a second term to administer the governorate, and Ali Hussein from the Sanad bloc (Ahmed Al-Asadi) was re-elected to head the council.[/size]
[size=45]The matter was also repeated in Karbala, where Governor Nassif Al-Khattabi, who is close to Al-Maliki, was re-elected, and the presidency of the Council went to Qasim Al-Saari from the Sanad bloc.[/size]
[size=45]In Najaf, the “Frame” got rid of the Sadrists’ position complex, as it was able to replace Majid Al-Waeli, who is close to Muqtada Al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement, with “Youssef Knawi” from the Al-Hikma Movement (Ammar Al-Hakim), and the rule of law obtained the presidency of the council and it went to “Hussein Al-Issawi.” “.[/size]
[size=45]In Dhi Qar, Al-Hakim obtained a second administration through Mortada Al-Ibrahimi, and Abdul-Baqi Al-Omari to head the council for the Sanad bloc, while the former governor, Muhammad Al-Ghazi, was considered close to the Sadrists.[/size]
[size=45]As for Babylon, a number of members belonging to small lists boycotted the session, but Ahmed Watout, the winning member of the Al-Asas Alliance (Mohsen Al-Mandalawi), violated the boycott decision and achieved a quorum, so that MP Adnan Fayhan (Asa’ib) for the position of governor, and Asaad Al-Muslimawy from the Al-Hikma Movement took over the presidency of the council. . In Muthanna, the Al-Fadhila Party returned to obtain the position of governor there and it went to “Ahmed Al-Atabi,” while Al-Asa’ib obtained the presidency of the council, which chose Ahmed Driul.[/size]
[size=45]Among the governorates that remain under the influence of the “Framework” forces, which has not yet been resolved, is Maysan Governorate, which is an important stronghold for the Sadrists, as it is witnessing security tension following the assassination of one of the Asaib leaders there. In addition to Diwaniyah Governorate, which adjourned the provincial council session until further notice, and Diyala, which is not much different from Baghdad due to sectarian mixing.[/size]
[size=45]As for the northern and western governorates, the election of Ahmed al-Jubouri (Abu Mazen) as governor was preceded by chaos within the council that prompted the operations commander in the governorate to intervene.[/size]
[size=45]Adel Abdel Salam from the Hasm Alliance, led by Defense Minister Thabet Al-Abbasi, after controlling the situation in the council, obtained the position of presidency of the Salah al-Din Council.[/size]
[size=45]After the end of voting for important positions in the governorate, “Asa’ib” issued a statement in which it complained about what it described as “sectarianism and the treachery of the allies.”[/size]
[size=45]It indicated that it reserves the right to take legal measures against the legal violations committed in the management of the session and “selecting persons who are not legally qualified to assume positions.”[/size]
[size=45]The Balad Tribal Senate announced, in a statement with Asaib supporters, their rejection of the election of “Abu Mazen,” and demanded the declaration of the southern Salah al-Din governorate.[/size]
[size=45]The representative of Asa’ib in the governorate, Muhammad Al-Baldawi, also threatened in press statements to reveal the papers, and said that “faces will blacken, and there is no place for the corrupt and traitors in Salah al-Din.”[/size]
[size=45]It is expected that the position of deputy governor will be assigned to Hikmat Al-Baldawi, from Asaib, who is currently the technical deputy, to calm the situation in the governorate.[/size]
[size=45]Unlike Salah al-Din, the session to select the local government in Anbar proceeded calmly, as al-Halbousi (Taqadum) took control of the positions of governor, which were assigned to (Muhammad al-Karbouli), director of the first office, and the head of the council to “Omar al-Dulaimi.” Likewise in Nineveh, where Abdul Qadir al-Dakhil was re-elected for a second term, and he had assumed his position a short time ago following the resignation of his predecessor, Ahmed al-Jubouri. Dakhil is from the same bloc as Al-Jubouri (Nineveh to its people).[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, Ahmed Al-Hasoud from the Al-Oqd Alliance, led by Faleh Al-Fayyad, head of the PMF, obtained the position of President of the Council.[/size]
[size=45]In addition, matters are still pending at the moment in the Kirkuk Provincial Council, as Arabs and Turkmen are boycotting the sessions there, while the Kurds and the owner of the Christian quota are waiting alone in the council.[/size]
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