A mixture to amend the election law for fear of the Sudanese rise

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[size=52]A mixture to amend the election law for fear of the Sudanese rise[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]In the first official Shiite rejection of amending the election law, Ammar al-Hakim, the prominent leader within the coordination framework, downplayed the importance of this measure. He said his amendment was “useless.”[/size]
[size=45]Parties in the “Framework” intend to return to the multi-district system, or produce a “mixture of previous laws” to ensure that new leaders do not emerge in the upcoming elections.[/size]
[size=45]These parties also justify, in an attempt to mobilize for the new amendments, that the changes to the law may convince the Sadrists to return to the political process. Parliament legislated and amended 10 laws related to elections, compared to 9 legislative and local elections that took place after 2005.[/size]
[size=45]Last year, Parliament amended the latest electoral law at the insistence of the “framework” by abolishing multiple constituencies to the “Saint-Lego” method.[/size]
[size=45]The Shiite alliance with Saint Legault succeeded in collecting about half of the seats in the local elections that took place last year, although some governorates slipped out of its control.[/size]
[size=45]In the first comment from a Shiite leader on the expected amendments to the election law, Ammar al-Hakim, leader of the Wisdom Movement, said, “The amendment that took place in the election law (referring to the recent local elections law) had good outcomes for all political forces.”[/size]
[size=45]He added in a television interview that “any electoral law must be consistent with the political system and not with the desires of the parties,” stressing that “a new amendment to the electoral law would be useless.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that “some representatives who want to amend the law go to multiple districts and each district has an electoral list,” explaining that “the content of the new amendment to the election law is to keep the lists and return to the districts.”[/size]
[size=45]It appears that Al-Hakim's statement came in response to what Nouri al-Maliki, the leader of the State of Law, said recently regarding amending the election law.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Maliki said in a previous interview that “the coordination framework did not discuss the issue of early elections,” stressing that “the multiple constituencies law is an idea of ​​some political forces.”[/size]
[size=45]During the dialogue, Al-Maliki expressed his support for taking some measures that reduce the use of power in the electoral process.[/size]
[size=45]According to what is leaked from the discussions within the “Framework” regarding the new amendment, there are those who proposed “the resignation of those with special degrees 6 months before candidacy.”[/size]
[size=45]This proposal appears to be directed at conservatives, as Shiite parties accuse Basra Governor Asaad Al-Eidani of exploiting his position to win the recent elections. Al-Eidani won first place throughout Iraq after collecting more than 60,000 votes, which is equivalent to 26% of the votes in Basra.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Eidani was able, despite the opposition of a group within the “Framework,” to form the government in Basra and obtain a second term.[/size]
[size=45]This group, which opposes Al-Eidani, had strongly criticized the visit of Muhammad Al-Sudani, a few days ago, to Basra, which was understood to be support for the governor.[/size]
[size=45]Entities in the coordination framework believe that Asaad Al-Eidani and Muhammad Al-Mayahi, the governor of Wasit for a second term, had obtained the votes of the Sadrists.[/size]
[size=45]Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement, announced last year a boycott of the local elections, and ordered his followers not to vote.[/size]
[size=45]From this perspective, and within the new coordination framework arrangements to re-establish communication with Muqtada al-Sadr, a push is being made to justify amending the law to “please al-Sadr.”[/size]
[size=45]A former Sadrist deputy who spoke to Al-Mada, requesting that his name not be published, says, “Mr. Al-Sadr refused to amend the previous law, and if he amends it again now, he will not change his position because he believes that those controlling the legislation are corrupt.”[/size]
[size=45]In August 2022, Al-Sadr wrote on Twitter: “I had decided not to interfere in political affairs, but now I announce my final retirement.”[/size]
[size=45]Parties in the “Frame” believe that the rise of Al-Sudani or Asa’ib was due to the absence of Al-Sadr from the scene, so they are now looking for “restoring balance.”[/size]
[size=45]This balance is achieved, according to what is leaked in the discussions of the political forces, through a “mixture of laws” between multiple constituencies and closed lists, giving the Shiite parties close results in the upcoming elections. There is a fear that the Sudanese will turn to Al-Maliki, as the latter is expected to obtain 700,000 votes under the “Saint-Lego” regime, just as the leader of the State of Law obtained the same votes in 2014 and with a version of the law close to the one on the basis of which the local elections were held. The new amendment was not talked about until Western reports and opinion polls started talking about the rise in Sudanese popularity, and that more than 60% of Iraqis support him.[/size]
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