Al-Sudani's visit to Basra angers Al-Eidani's opponents: Do not repeat it again!

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[size=52]Al-Sudani's visit to Basra angers Al-Eidani's opponents: Do not repeat it again![/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]Muhammad Al-Sudani, the Prime Minister, continued to open more projects in Basra, while voices of objections rose around him. By coming to the oil-rich southern city, Al-Sudani appears to have healed some Shiite forces dissatisfied with the formation of the local government there.[/size]
[size=45]Opponents of Asaad Al-Eidani, the governor of Basra, are preparing files against the latter in the hope of removing him from the second term he obtained against the wishes of some forces of the coordination framework.[/size]
[size=45]Yesterday, on the second day of the visit, Al-Sudani’s helicopter landed in northern Basra to inaugurate infrastructure projects in the city area.[/size]
[size=45]The Prime Minister said in a meeting with the tribes in Basra that “it is not possible to talk about services and development without maintaining security and stability.”[/size]
[size=45]The Prime Minister's visit came a few days after his Finance Minister, Taif Sami, appeared, complaining about “gangs” in Basra, preventing the conversion of transactions at ports to digital.[/size]
[size=45]On this basis, reports circulated that the Sudanese, during the visit, “opened important files” related to corruption, and it appears that most of them relate to port issues in the south.[/size]
[size=45]According to Farhan Al-Fartousi, Director General of Ports, revenues exceeded “65 billion dinars” last February alone.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sudani arrived in Basra last Saturday, to inaugurate and follow up on a number of strategic projects, and was received by Governor Asaad Al-Eidani.[/size]
[size=45]During the Prime Minister's tour of the city on the new projects, the anger of Asaib Ahl al-Haq and political parties opposed to Al-Eidani arose.[/size]
[size=45]Uday Awad, the leader and head of the Asaib bloc in Basra, demanded that Al-Sudani not repeat his visit to Basra again.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Awadi said, in a post on social media platforms, “The Prime Minister must apologize to the people of Basra for blocking roads, harming citizens, insulting demonstrators and graduates, and turning Basra into a military barracks.”[/size]
[size=45]He added, "The visit was unfortunately unsuccessful. We hope it will not be repeated."[/size]
[size=45]Video clips filmed by Basra residents showed severe crowding in the city as the prime minister’s convoy passed.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, Mustafa Sanad, the representative of Basra who is close to Al-Atar, described the features of the city’s streets during Al-Sudani’s visit as “features of war.”[/size]
[size=45]Sanad wrote on Facebook in colloquial language: “We understand that His Majesty the King is coming to Basra... but do not offend the world by blocking the streets when His Majesty passes by.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sudani announced from Basra additional amounts outside the allocations, such as 166 billion dinars to finance the construction of hospitals in the governorate.[/size]
[size=45]The Prime Minister also inaugurated 3 industrial projects in the city, and others related to drinking water and sanitation. He also met with representatives of demonstrators after clashes with the security forces.[/size]
[size=45]It appears, according to information received by Al-Mada, that Al-Sudani’s visit at this time came against Al-Asa’ib’s position on Al-Eidani.[/size]
[size=45]A few days ago, parties raised against the governor the case of the escape of Ahmed Shayea in Basra, who is accused of killing the director of Daewoo, and tried to use it to criticize Al-Eidani.[/size]
[size=45]Remaining governor so far is against the wishes of “Asa’ib,” which tried in various ways to obtain the position, and nominated Uday Awad for that position.[/size]
[size=45]In the latest attempt to remove the governor who obtained a second term, the opposition forces are preparing a file containing accusations of vote buying.[/size]
[size=45]Some Asaib representatives say that Al-Eidani “used all the state’s resources to campaign for the elections and buy debts,” according to what MP Ali Turki says.[/size]
[size=45]Turki believes that state funds were the reason for the Basra governor getting the seats. He called on the parliamentary committees to investigate the money spent during that period.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Eidani, in turn, denied a few days ago that there was an intersection with the Coordination Framework forces, stressing that his electoral votes were more than those of the Sadrist movement in Basra.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Eidani said in an interview that “there is a common goal with the forces of the coordination framework,” pointing out that “the absence of the Sadrist movement and the lack of participation in the local elections has nothing to do with the rise in the chances of his (Desemm) bloc to take the lead on the scene in Basra Governorate.”[/size]
[size=45]He added, “Tasmeem received more votes than the Sadrist movement in the 2021 elections, and therefore they are competitors, not followers.”[/size]
[size=45]In the recent local elections, Al-Eidani received more than 160,000 votes, equivalent to 26% of the votes in Basra. The “Frame” believes that the Sadrists voted for the governor.[/size]
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