The plan to remove Al-Issawi failed... and the "framework" postpones the decision on the parliament

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[size=52]The plan to remove Al-Issawi failed... and the "framework" postpones the decision on the parliament presidency until Saturday[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]It seems that the “Coordination Framework” has failed once again to resolve the issue of the parliament speaker, due to the ongoing dispute within the Shiite alliance over the name of the candidate.
A session was supposed to be held on Tuesday (yesterday) to choose a replacement for Mohammed al-Halbousi, the former parliament speaker, but it was postponed until the end of the week, according to a statement by the “Framework”.
According to leaks, there is supposed to be a “Shiite” agreement on the name of MP Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, according to a previous meeting of the “Coordination Framework”.
The Shiite alliance had suddenly returned, a week ago, to put the issue of the parliament speakership on its table after an unjustified silence for about a month. The
“ignoring” and “activation” of the issue coincided with military tensions in the region, and the possibility of Iraq being exposed to Israeli strikes.
A new meeting
Before midnight on Monday to Tuesday, the “Coordination Framework” met in the office of Ammar al-Hakim, leader of the Hikma Movement, according to an official statement.
According to the statement, the Shiite alliance called on “members of the House of Representatives to hold a meeting next Saturday to resolve the presidency of the council and put an end to the vacancy of this important position throughout the past period.”
In the middle of last week, the “Coordination Framework” met in the office of Nouri al-Maliki, the leader of the State of Law Coalition, who is believed to have the “greatest influence” in the issue of resolving the issue of the parliament speaker.
In that meeting, information leaked about an agreement on Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, whom Maliki has supported several times, to assume the position, and setting a session for October 22, yesterday, Tuesday.
In order to complete this agreement, MP Salem al-Issawi, the competing candidate, is supposed to submit a request to withdraw from his candidacy for the parliament speakership.
A member of the political bureau of one of the “Framework” parties says that the Shiite alliance “has not agreed on a candidate, and the problem lies in how to obtain the 166 votes required to resolve the position.”
The member of the political bureau, who requested anonymity, confirms that 3 wings within the “Framework” support 3 different positions and figures to fill the position of parliament speaker.
He explained that Maliki supports al-Mashhadani, while Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani prefers Salem al-Issawi, and Qais Khazali (leader of Asa’ib Ahl al-Halbousi) supports Halbousi’s position.
Last August, Sunni blocs, namely the Azm and Sovereignty alliances, decided to nominate Al-Mashhadani and give up Al-Issawi.
In contrast, the remaining Sunni forces announced a counter-front that claimed to have a majority of “55 deputies” out of about 76 Sunni deputies.
The announcement of this group came after an agreement led by Maliki with the Sunni parties; which meant that parliament would vote to “add only one candidate” to the competitors for the position, provided that the name is presented in advance and there is “consensus” on it.
The “Sunni minority” rejected Maliki’s settlement, based on a decision by Sarmed Al-Khanjar, the son of Sovereignty leader Khamis Al-Khanjar, and nominated Al-Mashhadani, while the “majority” nominated Ziad Al-Janabi, who had split from Al-Halbousi and recently revealed his candidacy.
The “majority” includes the forces of progress, the national masses, Al-Sadara, the national project, Hasm, and the initiative headed by Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani, which represents 55 deputies out of about 76 Sunni deputies.
The ongoing crisis since the end of last year is related to determining who has the “most Sunni seats” to obtain the position of Parliament Speaker.
Warnings..
MPs believe that some Shiite forces agree with Halbousi to keep the position in the hands of “Mandlawi” until the end of the parliamentary term, which has only one year left, which would achieve the former’s goal of not having an alternative to the speaker of the council.
However, this “scenario” could be dangerous if the Sunni forces decide to implement it in the next electoral term and obstruct the selection of the speaker of parliament.
Information reaching (Al-Mada) indicates that there are Sunni warnings that they could “obstruct the selection of the speaker of parliament in the next term,” which would lead to “preventing the Shiites from forming the government.”
According to the constitution, the forces that win the elections must choose the speaker of parliament and then the president of the republic, who in turn assigns the candidate of the largest bloc to form the government.
Hikmat Suleiman, head of a party in Anbar and close to the “Azm” coalition, says that “the issue of deciding the speaker of parliament is in the hands of the Coordination Framework. I am not in the framework, so I do not know when they will be convinced or decide to close this file.”
Suleiman added in a phone call with (Al-Mada) that “the Coordination Framework is trying to decide the position according to their mood. They pressured Al-Issawi to withdraw, but he refused. Now they are trying to pressure their representatives to vote for Al-Shamahdani, or they will violate the constitution and take the rights of the other components.”[/size]
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