He gave others a month to form a new Iraqi government
The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced his conversion to the National Opposition, for a period of no less than 30 days. Al-Sadr said in a tweet yesterday: “I was honored that those belonging to me be the largest parliamentary bloc in the history of Iraq, and I was honored to succeed in forming the largest cross-quota bloc, and I was honored to rely on myself, and not be dependent on external parties, and I was honored not to resort to the judiciary in managing the people’s needs and requirements.” Government formation.
Al-Sadr continued: “But due to the increasing strife against me from inside and outside, and at the idea of a national majority government, we did not succeed in our endeavors, praise be to God,” noting that this was “the entitlement of the partisan and independent parliamentary blocs, or those who claim independence, which did not help us.” He said, “We have an option left that we must try, which is to turn to the national opposition for a period of no less than 30 days.” And he added, “If the parties and parliamentary blocs, including those whom we had the honor of allying with, succeed in forming a government to alleviate the suffering of the people, it will be blessed and blessed,” warning that the opposite will be “we have another decision to announce at the time.”
On the other hand, the independent representatives in the Iraqi parliament put forward an initiative yesterday aimed at resolving the political impasse in the country.
Political observers believe that this initiative will reinforce the suspicions of the traditional political forces in the Iraqi parliament, whether in terms of its impartiality or the possibility of its application, as well as the fact that it is not a new progress in terms of respecting the constitutional terms and the method of electing the president of the republic and assigning the prime minister by the largest bloc that they demand to participate in its formation.
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