The idea of ​​the “Sunni region” is maturing again.. The insistence of Western politicians collides

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[size=52]The idea of ​​the “Sunni region” is maturing again.. The insistence of Western politicians collides with the rejection of division[/size]

[size=45]Once again, the idea of ​​a Sunni region has come to the forefront of political and societal circles, amid conflicting statements and positions that have not resulted in a unified opinion, which has widened the gap of differences in the arena of political interests, as demands have become active to establish a “Sunni Arab” region that includes a number of Sunni provinces, starting with Anbar province.[/size]
[size=45]The Anbar region issue has returned strongly in recent days after the ousted parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi retreated from his stronghold in Anbar province, which prompted him to push members of his party or those close to him to rekindle the idea of ​​turning Anbar into a region, according to observers.
Anbar Provincial Council member Adnan al-Kubaisi confirmed his rejection of the Sunni region project in any form.
Al-Kubaisi said in a press interview that “the Anbar Provincial Council rejects the idea of ​​a region project, whether it is a Sunni region or a region specific to Anbar province.”[/size]
[size=45]He added, "This project does not find any popular or political support in Anbar, and if the idea is to be implemented, it must come out of the provincial council in accordance with the law and the constitution, and we are completely against this idea."[/size]
[size=45]In turn, the member of the State of Law Coalition, Abdul Rahman Al-Jazaery, confirmed that “the Iraqi constitution allows for the establishment of regions, and the Sunnis proposed the project, but its adopters are tribal, not political, parties, and the point of view of (Hasm), (Azm), and (Progress) differs from them, and the Sunni component also has Shiite and Kurdish partners, and there is no response at a certain point in this area, and there is also a difference on the issue of financial resources and the division of shares.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Jazaery explained that “the State of Law Coalition has not received anything official from the Sunni political blocs regarding the Sunni region, but there is a conference that will be held next September and more than 100 figures have been invited to it, but neither the State of Law Coalition nor the remaining partners in the Coordination Framework have responded to this project at all.”[/size]
[size=45]The Iraqi constitution gives the right to form regions based on Article (119), which states: Each governorate or more has the right to form a region based on a request to hold a referendum on it, submitted in one of two ways: First: A request from one-third of the members of each of the governorate councils that seek to form the region. Second: A request from one-tenth of the voters in each of the governorates that seek to form the region.
It is submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office, and the matter ends, according to Zeina Al-Saab, a researcher in political affairs from Anbar Governorate.
Al-Saab stated that “the issue of the region in the western governorates was raised years ago in Salah al-Din Governorate, where a group of politicians from the governorate worked to collect the signatures of about 20 percent of the governorate’s population, and a request was submitted to the Baghdad government to approve the region, but the request was ignored. After that, a complaint was submitted to the Federal Court and the people of Salah al-Din won it with their right to establish the region, but the matter has been stalled since then, because those responsible for the referendum were divided between those who were accused or those who were bought.”[/size]
[size=45]She pointed out that “the citizens’ feeling of marginalization, exclusion, and lack of control over the management of affairs in their provinces in the western provinces prompted them to demand a region, as well as to improve the living conditions and improve the management of citizens’ affairs. It is not necessary for there to be confusion or disorder in the state to form a region, because it is the citizen’s right to enjoy what is best, and that the region is a distribution of responsibilities and a relief from the pressure on the government that failed to manage the reins of government, after the Iraqi state transformed from a simple state to a complex state.”[/size]
[size=45]She explained that “the demand for a region currently comes after the politicians’ failure for 10 years to solve the problems of the Sunni provinces and to use their legitimate demands as a negotiating card with their Shiite and Kurdish partners in forming the government, or as an electoral card with which to deceive the families of the disappeared and displaced to obtain their votes in the elections (approving the general amnesty law, returning the displaced to their cities such as Jurf al-Sakhr, al-Awja and some other areas of the Baghdad belt, and knowing the fate of the disappeared from Saqlawiyah, al-Razzazah, Jurf al-Sakhr and others who were kidnapped by the militias during the liberation operations from ISIS), but they have even reached the point of being unable to defend the lands and properties of the people of al-Buaitha, al-Tarmia and the rest of the areas of the Baghdad belt that the militias are trying to control by enticement or intimidation and threatening to use Article 4 of terrorism against them if they do not give them up voluntarily,” she said.[/size]
[size=45]On February 18, the head of the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council, Faiq Zidan, confirmed that the idea of ​​establishing other regions is rejected, while he indicated his support for the new Anbar Governorate administration in standing against any ideas that threaten the unity of Iraq.[/size]
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