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Shiite bloc in Iraqi parliament to elect prime minister
Shiite bloc in Iraqi parliament to elect prime minister
BAGHDAD (Sputnik) – The Coordination Framework, a pro-Iranian Shiite alliance in the Iraqi parliament, will pursue the election of the Prime Minister despite… 28.07.2022, Sputnik International
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“The position of the Coordination Framework is clear: they will continue the electoral process in accordance with the constitution, because it is impossible to put the country on hold,” al-Fayez said. On Wednesday, hundreds of people took to the streets. of the Iraqi capital after the coordination framework, which brings together most of the Shiite parliamentary factions, appointed Al Sudani, a former minister and former provincial governor, as prime minister. The protesters, mostly supporters of an influential Shiite politician, Muqtada al-Sadr, whose coalition left parliament in early June, managed to enter a specially guarded green zone in central Baghdad and stormed the parliament building. To calm the angry crowd, al-Sadr thanked the protesters, urging them to return home. Although Kurdish politicians have not yet agreed on their presidential candidate, “there is a chance that this will happen in the next few hours, while negotiations are ongoing”. continue,” al-Fayez said. Iraq is going through a political crisis after the October 2021 parliamentary elections. Since then, the country’s political forces have been unable to form a new government. In May, al-Sadr’s bloc announced it was going into opposition after failing to form a new government, giving other parties and independent lawmakers a chance to form a cabinet. In June, MPs from the bloc resigned amid a protracted crisis to avoid being the cause of parliament’s “idleness”.
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BAGHDAD (Sputnik) – The Coordinating Framework, a pro-Iranian Shia alliance in the Iraqi parliament, will press ahead with the election of the prime minister despite a wave of protests over the appointment of Mohammed Al Sudani in Baghdad, one of the leaders of the bloc. Amer al-Fayez, Sputnik told Thursday.
“The position of the Coordination Framework is clear: they will continue the electoral process in accordance with the constitution, because it is impossible to put the country on hold,” al-Fayez said.
Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Iraqi capital on Wednesday after the Coordination Framework, which brings together most of the Shiite parliamentary factions, appointed Al Sudani, a former minister and former provincial governor, as prime minister.
The protesters, mostly supporters of an influential Shia politician, Muqtada al-Sadr, whose coalition left parliament in early June, managed to enter a specially guarded green zone in central Baghdad and stormed the parliament building. To calm the angry crowd, al-Sadr thanked the protesters, urging them to return home.
Al-Fayez said al-Sadr’s supporters have “expressed their respectable opinion”, but that does not mean that the electoral process will be stopped, because Iraq needs a new prime minister and a new President. The politician stressed that neither Al Sudani nor the Coordinating Framework were seeking to withdraw his appointment after the unrest.
Although Kurdish politicians have not yet agreed on their presidential candidate, “there is a chance that will happen in the next few hours, as negotiations continue non-stop,” al-Fayez said. .
Iraq is going through a political crisis after the October 2021 parliamentary elections. Since then, the country’s political forces have been unable to form a new government.
In May, al-Sadr’s bloc announced it was going into opposition after failing to form a new government, giving other parties and independent lawmakers a chance to form a cabinet. In June, MPs from the bloc resigned amid a protracted crisis to avoid being the cause of parliament’s “idleness”.
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