The framework is moving to resolve the “crisis” of the Parliament Speaker.. Will Saturday’s session

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[size=52]The framework is moving to resolve the “crisis” of the Parliament Speaker.. Will Saturday’s session solve the “position complex”?[/size]

[size=45]The parliament presidency crisis has been witnessing a new transformation for about a year, after the ruling Coordination Framework in the country called on parliament to hold a special session next Saturday to elect a new speaker.
However, the representative of the Coordination Framework, Mukhtar al-Moussawi, revealed today, Tuesday, the difficulties facing Saturday’s session related to the failure to resolve the differences between the political parties and forces, which raises questions about the possibility of creating new and deep differences at the level of the Sunni house, in light of the insistence of the dismissed parliament speaker, Mohammed al-Halbousi, on the position.
The political process in Iraq has been based on the speaker of parliament being a Sunni, while the position of the president of the republic is an honorary position without executive powers for the Kurds, and the presidency of the government for the Shiites.
Al-Moussawi said, “The forces of the Coordination Framework agreed during their last meeting to hold a session to elect the speaker of the Iraqi parliament on Saturday, but there is an objection from the Sunni forces to this from six Sunni political forces, namely, Progress, the National Masses, Al-Sadara, the National Project, Hasm, and the Initiative, which have, according to what they announced, more than (55) representatives.”
He added that “these six parties have clearly stated that they will boycott any election session held without prior agreement with them, and they still want to reopen the door for candidacy by amending the parliament’s internal regulations, and this matter was categorically rejected by the Coordination Framework as it violates the decisions of the Federal Court.”
He pointed out that “the political movement is ongoing between all political parties and there are efforts being made by the leaders of the Coordination Framework to bring viewpoints closer together and resolve the issue, but we believe that there is a political difficulty in light of the ongoing differences, and therefore we do not expect a decisive session, and its fate may be failure due to breaking the legal quorum for holding the session.”
Despite the passage of nearly a full year since the position of Speaker of Parliament became vacant, understandings are still absent between the blocs and political parties to resolve the position, which has been vacant since a judicial decision to dismiss former Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi after he was convicted of forging official records.
The Coordination Framework, which includes the Shiite forces except the Sadrist movement, called on Monday night, in its regular meeting attended by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and leaders of the Coordination Framework, members of the House of Representatives to hold a meeting next Saturday to decide on the presidency of the council and put an end to the vacancy of this important position throughout the past period.
Anwar al-Alwani, a member of the Progress Party, had previously confirmed that “any attempt by any political party to hold a session to elect the Speaker of Parliament without prior agreement with us will not succeed, and the session will be boycotted not only by us, but also by us and all our allies from other political forces, Sunni and others, and this is something that all political parties know.”
Voting for the Speaker of the House of Representatives requires a quorum of half plus one of the number of seats in Parliament, which the Sunni forces do not have, as the number is 166 representatives, and the Progress Party, which has the majority of Sunni seats, only has about 35 seats.
The Iraqi parliament had failed five times in a row to resolve the issue, during the past months, in light of the division between the political parties in supporting one of the candidates for the position, namely Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, the candidate of the Progress Party, and Salem Al-Issawi, the candidate of Sovereignty, Determination and Decisiveness, who obtained the majority of votes during the last session of the Iraqi parliament.
On November 14 of last year, the Federal Supreme Court in Iraq decided to terminate the membership of Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi and dismiss him from the presidency of Parliament, on the basis of his conviction for forging official records. Since then, disputes have erupted between the various political forces regarding the selection of a replacement for al-Halbousi.[/size]
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