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Kurdish MP: The President of the Republic has never submitted his resignation
Editing Date: 12/27/2019 8:54 • 241 times read
{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Kurdish MP, Hoshyar Abdullah, affirmed that the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, did not submit his resignation to the parliament, but rather presented a reading in which he expressed his readiness to resign.
Abdullah said in a statement today that the Al-Furat News Agency received a copy of it, that "the one who was presented to him by Barham Salih is a" reading "in which he expressed his readiness to resign, and he never sent his resignation to Parliament as promoted in the media, and there is a big difference between the term" resignation "and {Preparing for resignation}, expressing his surprise at “the prevailing misunderstanding of Saleh’s message and the publication by some of the media that he submitted his resignation.”
He continued, "If the President of the Republic did not have the intention to assign a person from the largest bloc or from any representative bloc, why did parliament and the Federal Court open and waste a long time in official correspondence and correspondence? It was better from the beginning that he did not send official books on the largest bloc, but rather proceeded to nominate a person Independently from the existing political blocs, especially the ones that formed the previous government, and are now inevitable from forming an interim independent government to prepare the ground for early elections. "
On Thursday, President of the Republic, Barham Salih, refused to assign the candidate of the parliamentary "Al-Bena" parliamentary bloc to head the government, saying that he was ready to submit his resignation to parliament.
The building bloc, led by Hadi al-Amiri, had submitted the name of Asaad Abdul Amir al-Aidani, the governor of Basra, as its candidate for the position of prime minister.
Saleh pointed out that the country's higher interest requires that the candidate be a "calming factor for conditions", and in choosing him in response to the will of the people, he said, "Out of my desire to inject blood and protect civil peace, and with all respect and appreciation to Al-Aidani, I apologize for assigning him a candidate for (the building block)." .
In a furious statement, the Construction Alliance attacked the President of the Republic for rejecting his candidate Al-Aidani and accused him of "resorting to the policy of killing time and sending messages to this party and that" calling "the House of Representatives to take legal measures against the President of the Republic to swear to the right and violate the constitution" in reference to his dismissal.
The protests have invaded Iraq since October 1, and the protesters, who are mostly young people, are calling for a change of the entire political system because, in their opinion, they are corrupt and have left most Iraqis in poverty.
More than 450 people were killed in the protests, and thousands were wounded.
The former Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, resigned last month and remains in office to conduct business, despite continued protests.
He continued, "If the President of the Republic did not have the intention to assign a person from the largest bloc or from any representative bloc, why did parliament and the Federal Court open and waste a long time in official correspondence and correspondence? It was better from the beginning that he did not send official books on the largest bloc, but rather proceeded to nominate a person Independently from the existing political blocs, especially the ones that formed the previous government, and are now inevitable from forming an interim independent government to prepare the ground for early elections. "
On Thursday, President of the Republic, Barham Salih, refused to assign the candidate of the parliamentary "Al-Bena" parliamentary bloc to head the government, saying that he was ready to submit his resignation to parliament.
The building bloc, led by Hadi al-Amiri, had submitted the name of Asaad Abdul Amir al-Aidani, the governor of Basra, as its candidate for the position of prime minister.
Saleh pointed out that the country's higher interest requires that the candidate be a "calming factor for conditions", and in choosing him in response to the will of the people, he said, "Out of my desire to inject blood and protect civil peace, and with all respect and appreciation to Al-Aidani, I apologize for assigning him a candidate for (the building block)." .
In a furious statement, the Construction Alliance attacked the President of the Republic for rejecting his candidate Al-Aidani and accused him of "resorting to the policy of killing time and sending messages to this party and that" calling "the House of Representatives to take legal measures against the President of the Republic to swear to the right and violate the constitution" in reference to his dismissal.
The protests have invaded Iraq since October 1, and the protesters, who are mostly young people, are calling for a change of the entire political system because, in their opinion, they are corrupt and have left most Iraqis in poverty.
More than 450 people were killed in the protests, and thousands were wounded.
The former Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, resigned last month and remains in office to conduct business, despite continued protests.
Iran is planning a coup in Iraq
Baghdad - Dr. Hamid Abdullah - Agencies:
Friday 27 December 2019 - 02:00
The Iraqi president rejects Iran's candidate and threatens to resign
There is talk in the corridors of the Iraqi parliament and in the scenes of political chambers that the popular crowd or a number of factions belonging to it and loyal to Iran are considering a coup plan in which they control the political decision-making centers similar to the Yemen experience.
In confirmation of this, security information stated that the crowd formed one or more riot brigades in preparation for any emergency in which the security forces were unable to stop the march of the demonstrators.
The sources also indicate that a group affiliated to an armed faction was dispatched to Iran to prepare them for special missions, and that extensive and extensive interviews were conducted for their personnel to accept them as part of the force being prepared in coordination with the Revolutionary Guards and under the supervision of experts specializing in street warfare.
Pro-Iranian political parties fear a loss of power through the change in the election law, which would make the rally in favor of the demonstrators.
And Iraqi President Barham Salih put his resignation at the disposal of Parliament, refusing to assign the candidate of a Iranian-backed bloc to form a government.
Barham Saleh told parliament that "my national responsibility in this circumstance imposes on me to resign," adding that "the position of the President of the Republic must respond to the will of the people," so "I place my willingness to resign before the Iraqi parliament."
Saleh also apologized for assigning the building block candidate to the position of prime minister, and said that he had reached him «several conversations about the largest block contradicting each other», adding: “I apologize for assigning a candidate for the building block.”
He wrote in a letter addressed to the House of Representatives that included an apology for Al-Aidani’s candidacy: “Out of my concern to inject blood and protect civil peace ... I apologize for appointing Al-Aidani as a candidate for the construction bloc. In light of their responsibilities as representatives of the people, what they see appropriate ... so we can not have any good that is sought in a position or position that is not in the service of people and a guarantor of their rights ». Barham Salih stressed to Parliament that "the political and parliamentary movement must express the will of the people."
Election expert Adel al-Lami said that the formation of a large bloc named after the Liberation Bloc or Tishreen bloc would sweep the ballot boxes in any upcoming elections.
This means that the influential parties will lose their positions, whether by the power of the street or by the results of the elections in which the demonstrators will prevail, and then the armed factions are on the alert for any emergency.
The Iraqi president rejects Iran's candidate and threatens to resign
There is talk in the corridors of the Iraqi parliament and in the scenes of political chambers that the popular crowd or a number of factions belonging to it and loyal to Iran are considering a coup plan in which they control the political decision-making centers similar to the Yemen experience.
In confirmation of this, security information stated that the crowd formed one or more riot brigades in preparation for any emergency in which the security forces were unable to stop the march of the demonstrators.
The sources also indicate that a group affiliated to an armed faction was dispatched to Iran to prepare them for special missions, and that extensive and extensive interviews were conducted for their personnel to accept them as part of the force being prepared in coordination with the Revolutionary Guards and under the supervision of experts specializing in street warfare.
Pro-Iranian political parties fear a loss of power through the change in the election law, which would make the rally in favor of the demonstrators.
And Iraqi President Barham Salih put his resignation at the disposal of Parliament, refusing to assign the candidate of a Iranian-backed bloc to form a government.
Barham Saleh told parliament that "my national responsibility in this circumstance imposes on me to resign," adding that "the position of the President of the Republic must respond to the will of the people," so "I place my willingness to resign before the Iraqi parliament."
Saleh also apologized for assigning the building block candidate to the position of prime minister, and said that he had reached him «several conversations about the largest block contradicting each other», adding: “I apologize for assigning a candidate for the building block.”
He wrote in a letter addressed to the House of Representatives that included an apology for Al-Aidani’s candidacy: “Out of my concern to inject blood and protect civil peace ... I apologize for appointing Al-Aidani as a candidate for the construction bloc. In light of their responsibilities as representatives of the people, what they see appropriate ... so we can not have any good that is sought in a position or position that is not in the service of people and a guarantor of their rights ». Barham Salih stressed to Parliament that "the political and parliamentary movement must express the will of the people."
Election expert Adel al-Lami said that the formation of a large bloc named after the Liberation Bloc or Tishreen bloc would sweep the ballot boxes in any upcoming elections.
This means that the influential parties will lose their positions, whether by the power of the street or by the results of the elections in which the demonstrators will prevail, and then the armed factions are on the alert for any emergency.
Hezbollah Responds to Saleh and Considers Submitting His Resignation Unusual Behavior
12/27/2019 12:21:40 p Print 220 Baghdad / Al-Ghad Press:
The Hezbollah Brigades considered that submitting the resignation of the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, was irresponsible, while calling on the political forces to confront it.
She said in a statement received by "Al-Ghad Press", "It has long been awaited for our dear Iraqi people to choose a person who is able to take responsibility for the presidency of the government, and then prepare for early elections, according to the constitutional frameworks, which entered the political reality in a suffocating crisis, one of the reasons of which was complicated by dealing The suspicious of the President of the Republic for violating the constitution after his refusal to perform his mission and constitutional duty to assign the personality nominated by the largest bloc of the Prime Minister, subject to American dictates, and pressure from suspicious parties working to exploit the demonstrations to impose their will Malicious. "
She added, "And today, Iraq is entering a new crisis, and evading its national and constitutional responsibilities, waving resignation, in outbid auctions by claiming that it stands at the side of the will of the people, while we know that it is implementing an American will to lay down the plan. A New American Occupation with UN Cover. "
"Today, political forces are required to firmly confront these irresponsible behaviors of the President of the Republic after breaking the constitution, and accelerate the choice of an acceptable and non-controversial national figure for the head of government, and not to allow any party to impose figures known for its currency, direction, or status, Narrow partisan or factional. "
She pointed out, "Our dear people refuse to confiscate their will by a person, a stream, or a party under pretexts that violate the constitution, nor can it be dictated by the wills drawn by external and suspicious parties, and are marketed in the arenas of demonstrating as the demands of the demonstrators, as these are the demands of the demonstrators. The components, from north to south, as we cannot accept - we are the sons of the resistance who sacrificed their blood for the unity of Iraq and the dignity of its people - to impose on our country suspicious American political wills, who faced the American occupation by wiping it out and defeating it Defeat, and confronted criminal gangs Daesh Wahhabi creature of America and defeated in all fields, can not be subject to the servants of the Saudi American Zionist axis, or Atoti his new occupation. "
Iraq .. "Alliance of Patriotism" led by Allawi calls for a mini government under the supervision of the United Nations
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi
The "National Coalition" led by former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced today, Thursday, a new initiative to get out of the current crisis in Iraq.
The coalition said in a statement: "Today, with the failure of these blocs to provide a candidate who meets the aspirations of the demonstrators and is eligible to manage the next stage, we see that it is time for Barham Saleh to form a mini ministry in coordination with the United Nations and appoint a new election commission in accordance with a new, fair and just law, provided that no The mission of this government exceeds one year and pledges not to stand for election. "
"The National Coalition" rejected Barham Saleh's resignation, and demanded that he exercise his role "required according to the requirements of the constitution and the requirements of the Iraqi people, in a manner that preserves the country's unity, prestige and stability."
The coalition indicated in the statement, that "in the most critical and dangerous stage in the history of modern Iraq, and at a time when we expected that the main political forces responsible for nominating a prime minister and present it to the President of the Republic to find an appropriate way out of the current impasse, we were surprised by those forces after they struck the constitution By displaying the wall again when she did not adhere to the concept of the largest bloc, and a prime minister was nominated by only two blocs, to return again to violating the constitution by insisting that it represents the largest bloc at a time when this was not recorded in the first session of the House of Representatives.
"The National Coalition" added that "instead of leaving the matter to the President of the Republic to start his consultations and dialogues to mix the opinions of all political forces and come up with a unified opinion to name the next prime minister, I exerted pressure on him to accept his candidate, without any regard for the demands of the demonstrators, and the demands of the unions, unions and associations that had another opinion With this filter. "
It is worth noting that the Iraqi President, Barham Salih, expressed his readiness to submit his resignation, knowing that he refused to assign the candidate of the "Building Alliance", the current governor of Basra, Asaad Al-Eidani, to form a government, due to his popular and political rejection.
Source: RT + Agencies
A legal expert clarifies who will transfer the powers of the President of the Republic after his resignation and who will be appointed as Prime Minister?
Editing Date: 12/27/2019
{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, explained who will transfer the powers of the President of the Republic after his resignation and who will be appointed as Prime Minister.
Al-Tamimi said (for Al-Furat News) that "the president of the republic waved the resignation, because the resignation must be editorial in accordance with Article 75 of the Constitution and submitted to the Speaker of Parliament and is considered effective seven days after its submission."
He explained, "This means that the seven days during which the resignation is submitted pending the enforcement of the powers remain complete for the President of the Republic and he is entitled to assign another candidate for the Prime Minister," noting that "in the event of 7 days here, the Vice President replaces the resigned president within 30 days, since Iraq There is no vice president in it. Paragraph 4 of Article 75 of the constitution says the speaker of parliament replaces the president of the republic, and the term is 30.
Al-Tamimi indicated that "the speaker of parliament has no right to assign a person to the prime minister because he is outside his powers and tasks stipulated in the constitution."
Regarding the failure to assign a candidate to the government and the end of the constitutional period, Al-Tamimi assured that "the period for conducting business for Abdul-Mahdi will be 30 days, and the administration of the country according to Article 81 of the Constitution will be transferred to the President of the Republic for his replacement for 15 days and he can nominate a new representative."
He noted that "in the event that the constitutional period here ends, the constitution does not address this situation and the House of Representatives must dissolve itself, and calls the President of the Republic to early parliamentary elections within 60 days of the date of the solution."
And the legal expert added, "God was in the assistance of the President of the Republic because between the two street pressures, the demonstrators, and the political entities, this must be a compromise between the blocs that satisfies all parties and demonstrators; To the government, which will be lacking in powers and sovereignty. "
Al-Tamimi concluded by saying, "There is no state from which the prime ministers and the Republic resign and did not happen even in the forests, and there is no justification for the parliament remaining after the two parties resigned."
He explained, "This means that the seven days during which the resignation is submitted pending the enforcement of the powers remain complete for the President of the Republic and he is entitled to assign another candidate for the Prime Minister," noting that "in the event of 7 days here, the Vice President replaces the resigned president within 30 days, since Iraq There is no vice president in it. Paragraph 4 of Article 75 of the constitution says the speaker of parliament replaces the president of the republic, and the term is 30.
Al-Tamimi indicated that "the speaker of parliament has no right to assign a person to the prime minister because he is outside his powers and tasks stipulated in the constitution."
Regarding the failure to assign a candidate to the government and the end of the constitutional period, Al-Tamimi assured that "the period for conducting business for Abdul-Mahdi will be 30 days, and the administration of the country according to Article 81 of the Constitution will be transferred to the President of the Republic for his replacement for 15 days and he can nominate a new representative."
He noted that "in the event that the constitutional period here ends, the constitution does not address this situation and the House of Representatives must dissolve itself, and calls the President of the Republic to early parliamentary elections within 60 days of the date of the solution."
And the legal expert added, "God was in the assistance of the President of the Republic because between the two street pressures, the demonstrators, and the political entities, this must be a compromise between the blocs that satisfies all parties and demonstrators; To the government, which will be lacking in powers and sovereignty. "
Al-Tamimi concluded by saying, "There is no state from which the prime ministers and the Republic resign and did not happen even in the forests, and there is no justification for the parliament remaining after the two parties resigned."
Are party leaders in Baghdad listening to advice?
27 December 2019
The events of the past two weeks revealed the fragility, fragmentation, confusion and lack of political class in the face of the demands of the uprising, despite its entrenchment behind the most powerful tools of repression and oppression carried out by armed militias with hatred hidden from outside the borders on this great people.
The popular pressure removed all political masks of the parties, the most important of which is their protection behind the constitution, which was detailed in 2005 on the sizes of the Kurdish Shiite alliance, and he remained for 16 years a protector of interests and was always subject to penetration and modification through the institutions of legal interpretation, led by the Federal Court, which remained the protective platform for party interests.
There are several examples of these breakthroughs, among them the file of the largest bloc, whose lie was exposed and ended in 2018 with the appointment of Adel Abdel-Mahdi to head the ministry through the consensus of the two blocs of the walkers and the conquest in a blatant transgression of the constitution, the Federal Court closed its eyes on him in abandoning its responsibilities to the people despite the fact that its president and crew are not related to the people in Their choice.
The last flagrant violation in which Iraqi President Barham Salih embarrassed the political class by his request to name the largest bloc through the game of messages exchanged between him and Parliament and the Federal Court, and it seems that he is still still adhering to not abandoning the demands of the rising public, and the Iraqis wish to remain on his positions that reject the pressure of the parties Loyal to Iran, and if it collapses before it and accepts what it dictates, the uprisings who have presented more than 500 martyrs and more than 22,000 wounded people will have a new position that may place it and place the parliament in front of a fate they do not envy, such as demanding the resignation and dissolution of Parliament.
The second file of the parties ’confusion scandals is the constitutional timing of the resignation of the resigning prime minister’s duties two weeks after the caretaker government’s term on December 19, Thursday and not Tuesday, after the game of time-winning by the President of the Republic, but Abdul-Mahdi retracted his pledge to hand over the government's reins to the President on the end of The interim government, which declared that it would remain in power until a new elected government was established, was in a position far from the ethics of political action in order to join in its humiliating step in the Iranian plan to play time against the uprisings. This announcement was reinforced by naive legal interpretations by skilled legal experts.
The maneuvers and the challenge of the people continue in the file of the nomination of a new prime minister by those loyal to Iran represented by the construction bloc claiming that it is the largest bloc despite its end since 2018, as if it still enjoyed the rise of its era, so it presented the name after the other, and on Wednesday I presented the third names, whose fate will be like his kiss before the mass rejection Among the revolutionaries of the sit-in squares, in the midst of the Southern Iraqi rocks, are extremely emotional and collective, as this new force confirms that it is the largest real bloc, not those forces that became part of an era that ended effectively after the first of last October.
The other confusion of the parties occurred within the parliament that implemented its will through the maneuvers during the past two weeks, but the big parties were unable to reconcile between them in this circumstance in which each party tries to defend its own interests, without regard for the time of the previous alliances, especially since the disintegration and collapse occurred in the body of the alliance Shiite itself, indicating the latest attempts to cling to life. Discussing the election law was an opportunity to expose the interests and goals in front of high popular pressure and with the support of the religious authority that bruised the heads, and then finally succumbed to what could be considered opening a loophole in the wall of its domination of the political process to give an opportunity for independent Iraqis to exercise their national electoral right despite not meeting the wishes of the uprisings.
These are examples of facts that reveal the confusion achieved by the uprising by the parties controlling the force of arms after its victory by removing the Mahdi government, despite the desperate attempts by Iran's tools to discredit its heroes and portray them as agents executing American, Israeli and Saudi agendas, according to what was stated by the leader of the Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq militia punished by the US Treasury, Qais Khazali. Others, in the early days of the defenders of the October Uprising, are now taking for unknown reasons related to their political agendas to blame activists for claiming that their demands are not clear, which will place them according to their description in the circle of question marks.
At the same time, the data continues from the sit-in arenas, the last of which is the clearly defined political goals and objectives, which asked the President of the Republic to assume his historical responsibilities in choosing an independent new Prime Minister who has nothing to do with parties and governments with integrity and performs his temporary responsibilities for a period not exceeding six months during which the issuance of an electoral law and commission New independent and calls for early elections under international supervision after the dissolution of the current parliament. Uprisals have threatened escalatory options if this step is not achieved.
The parties are still continuing their adventure classes by clinging to the branches of power whose structures and deceptive power have broken the storm of popular change, and do not want to admit their defeat in front of the people to reveal the level of political degradation that they have reached, in a serious disregard for the benefits of the blood of young revolutionaries, but they are in trouble and surrounded by time and it seems that the Tehran regime Another besieged by his inability to provide options to preserve the locomotive of government in Iraq that got off the road and on the way to the abyss.
Stupidity, excessive corruption and plundering of some of them, and the mentality of mafias that know only the path of killing and kidnapping of others, are all obstacles to finding exits that maintain the minimum of what remains for them by announcing an apology to the people not only for the blood of the past two months but for the blood of the sixteen years The past are innocent Iraqis betrayed by killing or kidnapping, and this people may be satisfied with their departure with what they plundered in a fair historical barter, which folds the dark and bloody pages of the lives of the Iraqis to pay attention to building their new generation and live safely as they do other peoples. Do the people drowned in the power of lying, theft and charlatan hear the voice of the people? The answer they have.
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Launching the financial allocations for 46,000 anti-service and defense affiliates
Politics December 27, 2019 7 visit
Baghdad / SNG- The Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee announced today, Friday, the financial allocations of more than 46 affiliated members of the Defense and Interior who are covered by paragraph 47 of Article 47 of the 2019 budget.
The Media Department of the House of Representatives stated in a statement received by the / SNG /, that “Chairman of the Security and Defense Committee Muhammad Reda met a group of the dismissed ministries of the Ministry of Defense and the Interior and listened to a presentation on the most important problems they face, most notably the release of financial allocations to those covered by paragraph C of Article 47 in the 2019 budget ”
She added, “After the meeting, the committee chairman addressed the Ministry of the Interior, which also followed the Ministry of Finance for the purpose of launching the financial allocations for more than 46 thousand degrees covered by paragraph C of Article 47 in the budget of the year 2019”.
The Chairman of the Security and Defense Committee promised, according to the statement, to follow up the file of the return of those expelled from the ministries of interior and defense from 2008 to 2014 who were separated due to the events (Soulat Al-Fursan) from the employees of the 11th and the 14th groups.
Barham Saleh stops attempts to circumvent the demands of the street
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Protesters raise the Iraqi flag in Tahrir Square AFB
Date: December 27, 2019
Iraqi President Barham Saleh put a watershed between him and the political forces that seek in various ways to circumvent the demands raised by the street, formally submitting his resignation to his country's parliament.
I attach it with an emphasis that he prefers to refrain from adopting a candidate who is rejected by the street, and while the majority of members expressed their assurance that the parliament will reject the resignation, the parliamentary wisdom bloc close to the Shiite leader Ammar al-Hakim valued the Iraqi president’s position in preserving the unity of the country, and asked him to remain in his position as President of the Republic of Iraq to protect the country .
Saleh announced his refusal to present the pro-Iranian coalition candidate for prime minister to parliament, which threatens to deepen the political crisis in the country. In a formal letter addressed to Parliament, Saleh relied on Article 76 of the constitution, which obliges the president to assign the largest number of parliamentary candidate to form the government without objection.
Letter of resignation
The President of the Republic said: “With all due respect to Professor (Governor of Basra) Asaad Al-Eidani, I apologize for his assignment (...) Since this conservative position on the current candidacy may be considered a breach of a constitutional text.” Therefore, “I put my readiness to resign from the position of the President of the Republic before members.” Parliament".
And Saleh considered that by doing this, he guarantees "preserving the independence, sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of Iraq" according to the constitutional articles. And in a parliament that is the most divided in modern Iraqi history, the debate is currently going on to determine the largest parliamentary bloc that names the prime minister.
The concept of the largest bloc is the coalition that includes the largest number of deputies after the elections, and it is not necessarily the list that won the largest number of seats after the vote.
A complete refurbishment
Therefore, the pro-Iranian coalition presents itself as empowered to nominate, while the “Marching” coalition led by Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is considered the largest coalition, because it came first in the legislative elections.
Pro-Iranian political parties were unable to agree at the outset on the nomination of resigned Minister of Higher Education Qusay al-Suhail to take the post of resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, and these endeavors were met with widespread opposition.
Since October 1, protesting Iraqis have been calling for a change in the political system that the Americans established after Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003, and Tehran controls its joints today. And they refuse to name any person who has had a role in the political process during the past 16 years, amid fears that violence will return to the street, which has killed about 460 people and wounded 25,000 others.
Date: December 27, 2019
Iraqi President Barham Saleh put a watershed between him and the political forces that seek in various ways to circumvent the demands raised by the street, formally submitting his resignation to his country's parliament.
I attach it with an emphasis that he prefers to refrain from adopting a candidate who is rejected by the street, and while the majority of members expressed their assurance that the parliament will reject the resignation, the parliamentary wisdom bloc close to the Shiite leader Ammar al-Hakim valued the Iraqi president’s position in preserving the unity of the country, and asked him to remain in his position as President of the Republic of Iraq to protect the country .
Saleh announced his refusal to present the pro-Iranian coalition candidate for prime minister to parliament, which threatens to deepen the political crisis in the country. In a formal letter addressed to Parliament, Saleh relied on Article 76 of the constitution, which obliges the president to assign the largest number of parliamentary candidate to form the government without objection.
Letter of resignation
The President of the Republic said: “With all due respect to Professor (Governor of Basra) Asaad Al-Eidani, I apologize for his assignment (...) Since this conservative position on the current candidacy may be considered a breach of a constitutional text.” Therefore, “I put my readiness to resign from the position of the President of the Republic before members.” Parliament".
And Saleh considered that by doing this, he guarantees "preserving the independence, sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of Iraq" according to the constitutional articles. And in a parliament that is the most divided in modern Iraqi history, the debate is currently going on to determine the largest parliamentary bloc that names the prime minister.
The concept of the largest bloc is the coalition that includes the largest number of deputies after the elections, and it is not necessarily the list that won the largest number of seats after the vote.
A complete refurbishment
Therefore, the pro-Iranian coalition presents itself as empowered to nominate, while the “Marching” coalition led by Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is considered the largest coalition, because it came first in the legislative elections.
Pro-Iranian political parties were unable to agree at the outset on the nomination of resigned Minister of Higher Education Qusay al-Suhail to take the post of resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, and these endeavors were met with widespread opposition.
Since October 1, protesting Iraqis have been calling for a change in the political system that the Americans established after Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003, and Tehran controls its joints today. And they refuse to name any person who has had a role in the political process during the past 16 years, amid fears that violence will return to the street, which has killed about 460 people and wounded 25,000 others.
Sistani is upset with Iranian interference ... and a hotline between the US embassy and the Iraqi presidency
Baghdad - Dr. Hamid Abdullah:
Friday 27 December 2019 - 02:00 A source in the Human Rights Committee in the Iraqi parliament revealed that there is pressure on the committee to ignore the cases of assassinations and kidnappings of detainees.
The head of the committee, Arshad al-Salihi, said that parliament cannot seriously discuss the issue of assassinations that have affected nearly 30 demonstrators during the past two months, indicating that government authorities cannot put an end to the weapon that escaped.
On the other hand, sources in the Iraqi parliament said that the American embassy in Baghdad opened a hotline with Iraqi President Barham Salih, warning him against passing a candidate for prime minister implementing the Iranian goals in Iraq.
The sources said that the Iranian-backed construction coalition had begun moves to dismiss President Barham Saleh through the Federal Court.
She pointed out that Saleh was placed between the Washington hammer and the anvil of Tehran, but Iranian pressure was more severe and stronger, which prompted him to put his resignation in front of parliament and leave the presidential square to the city of Sulaymaniyah. A large number of deputies expressed solidarity with Saleh's position.
Representative Ahmad al-Jubouri said that President Saleh's position was honorable in his solidarity with the demands of the street, and that most of the MPs reject his resignation.
As for the head of the Saeroun Sabah Al-Saadi bloc, he called on the President of the Republic to continue his position to be the next prime minister from the womb of the people and peaceful demonstrations and be representative of the blood of the martyrs.
Sources close to the Iraqi president say that he received a call from the office of the Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani, in which he expressed Sistani's dissatisfaction with the Iranian interference without referring to Iran by name, and only said that external parties should not be allowed to interfere in Iraqi affairs, an expression that Sistani's agents used to use in All his speeches, an expression of rejection of Iranian interference.
Iran in Iraq: In Iraq, the Iranian regime has been active in supporting Shi'ite militias that are part of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU).
QAIS AL-KHAZALI, leader of the Iran-supported force Asaib Ahl al-Haq, speaks during a celebration of final victory over Islamic State, at the Wadi al-Salam cemetery in Najaf, Iraq.
(photo credit: REUTERS / ALAA AL-MARJANI)
Israel is preparing for a limited confrontation with Iran, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi said on Wednesday. Of particular importance was his warning that Iran is not only entrenching itself in Syria but also in Iraq. “We will not allow Iran to entrench itself in Syria or in Iraq,” he said. “Iraq is undergoing a civil conflict - when the Quds Force is operating there on a daily, when the country itself has turned into an ungoverned area.
Advanced weapons are being smuggled by the Quds Forces in Iraq on a monthly basis, and we can't allow that. ”
The growing Iranian threat now extends thousands of kilometers from the border with Lebanon, through various areas of Syria to Iraq and Iranian border. This is a complex battlefield, and Israel has already carried out more than a thousand airstrikes on hundreds of targets in Syria. There have also been tensions with Hezbollah after a strike on a “killer drone” team operating near the Golan Heights in August.
The threat is multi-fold. For instance in 2018, Iran was alleged to have tried to transfer an air defense system to the T-4 airbase in Syria, the same air base it used to launch drones at Israel that February. In addition, Tehran is accused of transferring precision guidance kits to Hezbollah. These kits would enable the massive arsenal of rockets that Hezbollah has acquired to be more threatening. Israel has continually warned about this.
Iran has exploited its alliance with the Assad regime in Damascus to establish bases in Syria. Damascus and its ally in Moscow have been busy in northern Syria, focused on fighting extremists and Syrian rebels in Idlib , as well as trying to deal with the instability created by both the October withdrawal of the US and a Turkish invasion. Iran is happy to take over southern Syria in the absence of strong control by the Assad regime.
This is how Tehran operates in the region. It sets up proxy forces and weakens governments to hollow them out from the inside. Then it supplants state institutions and creates parallel institutions, like it did with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Once it has accomplished this, it sets up a network of bases and munitions factories, and uses them to transfer weapons.
In Iraq, the Iranian regime has been active in supporting Shi'ite militias that are part of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU). These groups came into being after 2003 and gained power after 2014 via their fight against ISIS. They have infiltrated the government through political parties and getting Iraq to legitimize their militias by incorporating them into the security forces.
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These groups have been instrumental in murdering Iraqi protesters since October, killing hundreds and wounding thousands. This is Iran's model: Takeover the state from within, suppress protest, and use Iraq as a kind of Iranian colony.
Iraq is helpful for Iran because it can base its ballistic missiles there the way Saddam Hussein once did with Scud missiles in Anbar province. Baghdad can also keep munitions there, ready to move them into Syria via the newly opened Albukamal crossing and via a large base called Imam Ali, which it built at that crossing. For Israel, this is an increasing threat. Iran has already shown that it will retaliate via rocket fire from Syria over actions taken by Israel. It did this in September and November.
The Iranian model is to present a credible threat to Israel from Syria and also from Iraq. How to confront this threat is a major challenge. Iraq has accused Israel of several airstrikes, but the larger picture is Iran's entrenchment. Iran has threatened US forces and attacked ships in the Gulf of Oman, downed a US drone and attacked Saudi Arabia. Tehran does not seem to think it has been deterred, and feels that it can operate with impunity in Iraq. Stockpiling munitions and moving them to Syria is one aspect of that.
Iran is not secretive about its goals: It says that it wants to attack and destroy Israel. This is an existential threat that the international community must take seriously. Israel is taking it seriously - but the ability to deter Iran from its role in Iraq will be a long-term challenge.d
Iraq: Al-Bina Alliance Accuses President of Violating Constitution
BasNews 27/12/2019
The Iraqi al-Bina Alliance, led by Hadi al-Amiri and Nouri al-Maliki, accused President Barham Salih of violating the Constitution, as he refused to nominate the coalition's candidate for the country's premiership.
The al-Bina coalition also called on the parliament's presidency to take legal action against Salih, believing that the Iraqi president is under the influence of a foreign country "that wants war for Iraq."
The alliance had suggested Asad al-Idani, who is known to be close to Iran, as a candidate for the premiership.
However, Salih announced on Thursday that he was ready to resign if necessary than nominating a candidate who has already been rejected by the protesters.
Former Iraqi PM Adil Abdul Mahdi resigned last month in efforts to address the evolving situation in the country, while the president has so far failed to nominate an interim premier as the protesters have made it clear that they would not accept anyone suggested by the political parties.
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Al-Rafidayn disburses a new batch of retired advances
Editing Date: 12/27/2019 9:09 • 317 times read
{Baghdad: Al Furat News} Al-Rafidain Bank announced the disbursement of a new meal of twice and twice the advance for civil and military retirees through electronic payment tools.
The bank’s media office said in a statement that the Al Furat News Agency received a copy of it, that a new payment of twice and twice the advance of civil and military retirees has been disbursed to more than 400 retirees.
The statement pointed out that "that advance was disbursed through the customer's fingerprint and then the pensioner was informed by sending a text message informing him of granting the advance, after completing all the legal procedures to grant it to him and disbursing it through electronic payment tools to which the financial balance has been filled."
The statement pointed out that "that advance was disbursed through the customer's fingerprint and then the pensioner was informed by sending a text message informing him of granting the advance, after completing all the legal procedures to grant it to him and disbursing it through electronic payment tools to which the financial balance has been filled."
Note: ISX will be closed during December 27, 2019 – January 1, 2020 due to the end-of-year closing operations. The next session will be held on Jan. 2, 2020.
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12-26-2019 Intel Guru MarkZ [via PDK] [Can Iraq still go with no new prime minister in place?] Yes they can…we have to stop thinking of the politics in those countries and focus on “Do they have the assets” to do this. ...With an asset backed currency…you just have to have the assets in place to justify the value. So yes, I believe. Unless there is tremendous upheaval and turmoil... that they can go with or without a new leader in place
12-26-2019 Intel Guru Jeff ...I've been in this 10 years. I think I've only seen one article in 10 years where they ever talked about the physical exchange rate of the Iraq dinar ever being in the $3+ range. Like 99% of all the articles I've seen that mentioned anything about the Iraq exchange rate they've always showed it to be in the dollar range. Why is that? They're never gonna show you the real truth as to what the rate is even gonna be. That's why like I said 99% of the articles are talking about the dinar exchange rate being pegged to the dollar showing that the value of the exchange rate is in the dollar range. They don't want us to know that it could be in the $3+ range...they don't want you to think that it could even reach $3+...
12-26-2019 Newshound Guru larrykn As for the dinar...Look at the news and what they are doing...do you really believe they would change the rate when they don't even have a government in place. I think not. I'm sorry but it looks like we will still be here for awhile...not saying this won't happen but I do believe they have to have the country in order before they can do this...
12-26-2019 Intel Guru MarkZ Iraq has announced that they will be inventorying all their cash between the 29th of Dec. to Jan. 5th. Meaning their banks are not going to do any cash withdrawals as they inventory all the cash in the country. According to my contacts in Iraq say Iraq is planning to release the new rate at that time. This is really important IMO…the highlight of our window…Could they pull it off earlier with everyone quiet and gone…absolutely…would this be an ideal time? Absolutely…if they want to do it under the radar. So with Iraq making that announcement this is a golden opportunity …and I hear from everyone we are still in a perfect spot
12-26-2019 Intel Guru Jeff ...I've been in this 10 years. I think I've only seen one article in 10 years where they ever talked about the physical exchange rate of the Iraq dinar ever being in the $3+ range. Like 99% of all the articles I've seen that mentioned anything about the Iraq exchange rate they've always showed it to be in the dollar range. Why is that? They're never gonna show you the real truth as to what the rate is even gonna be. That's why like I said 99% of the articles are talking about the dinar exchange rate being pegged to the dollar showing that the value of the exchange rate is in the dollar range. They don't want us to know that it could be in the $3+ range...they don't want you to think that it could even reach $3+...
12-26-2019 Newshound Guru larrykn As for the dinar...Look at the news and what they are doing...do you really believe they would change the rate when they don't even have a government in place. I think not. I'm sorry but it looks like we will still be here for awhile...not saying this won't happen but I do believe they have to have the country in order before they can do this...
12-26-2019 Intel Guru MarkZ Iraq has announced that they will be inventorying all their cash between the 29th of Dec. to Jan. 5th. Meaning their banks are not going to do any cash withdrawals as they inventory all the cash in the country. According to my contacts in Iraq say Iraq is planning to release the new rate at that time. This is really important IMO…the highlight of our window…Could they pull it off earlier with everyone quiet and gone…absolutely…would this be an ideal time? Absolutely…if they want to do it under the radar. So with Iraq making that announcement this is a golden opportunity …and I hear from everyone we are still in a perfect spot
12-26-2019 Newshound Guru Jeff ...[Guru's] Frank26, Delta and MilitiaMan are all of the opinion that the rate will change around the beginning of this fiscal year...[MilitiaMan] is saying that March is a reckless rumor...here's where he's wrong...Iraq's never done a rate change at the end of the year...roughly 2010... Shabibi said that the best time for a rate change is either at the beginning of a fiscal year or middle. They've never commented around the end of a fiscal year...Back in the '70s Iraq's fiscal period was actually the exact same as Kuwaits from the beginning of April through the end of March...in 1973 Iraq's currency pegged to the dollar was worth $3.37 ... ...Iraq's preparing to join the international world community...Iraq will start managing and controlling all of their own affairs...that's when they would most likely transition to a new fiscal year and un-peg from the dollar and repeg to a currency assortment basket to be structured exactly how Kuwait is structured today...
12-26-2019 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat ...This part of HCL is very significant because the conditions specified for these payments is bringing the provisional rate to 1:1 with the US dollar first and paying out under this new rate. As I told you before it is going to be more like about 83 cents rather than 1.00. I am seeing some positive signs ...time will tell. We are hopeful this window of opportunity is taken advantage of and finally Iraq will move forward again with the project to delete the zeros. [post 2 of 2]
12-26-2019 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat I was hoping for announcements by the GOI on certain aspects that did not happen...These announcements should be about the payments of the HCL excess oil revenues to the citizens and hopefully the new prime minister. ...I have evidence of a meeting with the UN, US, CBI and the GOI and agreements have been made to do so soon, in fact it was supposed to happen already last week. [post 1 of 2....stay tuned]
12-26-2019 Intel/Newshound Guru Delta ...This is coming from the CBI...they said they can not change the value at any time...there is a legal and international policy they can change the rate only the first of the fiscal year. That's January 1st. That's why they could not do it July, August or September. We were wrong unfortunately...we thought they could do it at any time. That's wrong. They can not do it at any time...we are in a very good position right now...they ordered [the powers that be] the CBI that this time they are going to do it. There is no delay.
12-26-2019 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat ...This part of HCL is very significant because the conditions specified for these payments is bringing the provisional rate to 1:1 with the US dollar first and paying out under this new rate. As I told you before it is going to be more like about 83 cents rather than 1.00. I am seeing some positive signs ...time will tell. We are hopeful this window of opportunity is taken advantage of and finally Iraq will move forward again with the project to delete the zeros. [post 2 of 2]
12-26-2019 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat I was hoping for announcements by the GOI on certain aspects that did not happen...These announcements should be about the payments of the HCL excess oil revenues to the citizens and hopefully the new prime minister. ...I have evidence of a meeting with the UN, US, CBI and the GOI and agreements have been made to do so soon, in fact it was supposed to happen already last week. [post 1 of 2....stay tuned]
12-26-2019 Intel/Newshound Guru Delta ...This is coming from the CBI...they said they can not change the value at any time...there is a legal and international policy they can change the rate only the first of the fiscal year. That's January 1st. That's why they could not do it July, August or September. We were wrong unfortunately...we thought they could do it at any time. That's wrong. They can not do it at any time...we are in a very good position right now...they ordered [the powers that be] the CBI that this time they are going to do it. There is no delay.
12-26-2019 Intel Guru Bruce ...The bank screens, were gray scale for days last week we didn’t have rates on the front screen at all - Now we have front screen rates in green - so we have the green light so to speak on the front screen... Well it doesn’t do us any good if we’re not in there – it’s good to know that they are there and are populated – We also know that the Iraqi dinar is going to be increasing in value – continuing to increase – and it should be settled in at whatever time we tier 4B are finally released to come in for our exchanges...what I’ve heard from bank sources today is that we should be in the driver’s seat by Thursday the 26th...But if we don’t...start our exchanging by Friday then we are looking to Monday-Tuesday start...I hate the term “Back walls” ...but this is from a very, very strong authority...
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ARTICLE 1 (from PM Mahdi's website)
At the time this report was submitted, there are no new articles posted on PM Mahdi's website.
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ARTICLE 2 (from Government of Iraq twitter account)
At the time this report was submitted, there are no new tweets posted on the Government of Iraq twitter account.
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ARTICLE 3
Urgent construction responds to Saleh and calls on Parliament to take legal action against him
12/26/2019 21:59
[Baghdad-where]
Today, Thursday, the Construction Alliance called on the House of Representatives to take legal measures against the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, accusing the latter of perjury.
The coalition said in a statement that all of Iraq received news [where] a copy of it: "We have been keen since the first day to announce the results of the parliamentary elections in 2018 to maintain harmony in order to preserve civil peace and to avoid crises and problems that disturb the great joy of Iraqis in defeating the terrorist organization ISIS, and in support of this consensus we have opted Silence about our entitlement to the largest number of parliamentary blocs, which we confirmed and recorded in the first session of the Parliament on 16/9/2018, and we went to nominate Adel Abdul-Mahdi with the Bloc of Walking and with the approval of the other blocs to assume the position of Prime Minister, and after the resignation of the Prime Minister we were keen to follow the same family In the selection of an alternate candidate for the post of prime minister. "
He added, "But the resort of the President of the Republic to the policy of killing time and sending messages to this and that party and not abiding by the constitutional deadlines prompted us to provide the evidentiary evidence that we do not accept as the most numerous parliamentary bloc that we adopted in presenting our candidate to the President of the Republic who had pledged to assign him to form the government, But we were surprised by the President’s insistence that he violated the constitution and not assign the candidate of the largest bloc on the pretext of rejecting the candidate from some political parties.
The statement added: "We are in the construction coalition, and while we renew our full commitment to the constitutional contexts emphasized by the supreme religious authority, we categorically reject any justifications or a process to circumvent the constitution," considering that "violating the constitution from the side that is supposed to be its protector means pushing the country into the chaos that It only serves foreign bodies that lie in wait for evil in Iraq and its people, who strongly reject dictations from any party, impose a fait accompli policy, and arms cross the constitutional institutions. "
He stressed, "Violating the constitution and refusing to assign the prime minister according to the constitutional contexts will lead to results that are inconsistent with the demands of the demonstrators and the general public in achieving security and stability to begin the process of implementing the demands of peaceful demonstrators," calling on the House of Representatives to "take legal measures against the president of the Republic to inflict oath and breach the constitution." .
The President of the Republic, announced earlier today, Thursday, his willingness to put his resignation in front of members of the House of Representatives, while he apologized for assigning a candidate for the construction bloc to head the next government, Asaad Al-Eidani.
He added, "But the resort of the President of the Republic to the policy of killing time and sending messages to this and that party and not abiding by the constitutional deadlines prompted us to provide the evidentiary evidence that we do not accept as the most numerous parliamentary bloc that we adopted in presenting our candidate to the President of the Republic who had pledged to assign him to form the government, But we were surprised by the President’s insistence that he violated the constitution and not assign the candidate of the largest bloc on the pretext of rejecting the candidate from some political parties.
The statement added: "We are in the construction coalition, and while we renew our full commitment to the constitutional contexts emphasized by the supreme religious authority, we categorically reject any justifications or a process to circumvent the constitution," considering that "violating the constitution from the side that is supposed to be its protector means pushing the country into the chaos that It only serves foreign bodies that lie in wait for evil in Iraq and its people, who strongly reject dictations from any party, impose a fait accompli policy, and arms cross the constitutional institutions. "
He stressed, "Violating the constitution and refusing to assign the prime minister according to the constitutional contexts will lead to results that are inconsistent with the demands of the demonstrators and the general public in achieving security and stability to begin the process of implementing the demands of peaceful demonstrators," calling on the House of Representatives to "take legal measures against the president of the Republic to inflict oath and breach the constitution." .
The President of the Republic, announced earlier today, Thursday, his willingness to put his resignation in front of members of the House of Representatives, while he apologized for assigning a candidate for the construction bloc to head the next government, Asaad Al-Eidani.
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ARTICLE 4
The National Coalition calls on Saleh to form a mini cabinet and a new election commission
12/26/2019 21:50
[Baghdad-where]
The National Coalition headed by Iyad Allawi called on President Barham Saleh to form a "mini cabinet" and to appoint a new election commission.
A press release issued by the media office of the National Coalition received, "All of Iraq News Agency" received a copy of it "in the most critical and dangerous stage in the history of modern Iraq, and at the time we expected that the main political forces responsible for nominating a prime minister and submit it to the President of the Republic to find a suitable exit From the current stalemate, we were surprised by those forces - after they struck the constitution again by wall when they did not adhere to the concept of the largest bloc {despite our reservations about it, since the 2010 elections} so a prime minister was nominated by only two blocs - to return once more to violate the constitution by insisting on It represents the largest mass in a For a time when that was not recorded in the first session of the House of Representatives. "
He added, "Instead of leaving the matter to the President of the Republic to start his consultations and dialogues to mix the opinions of all political forces and come up with a unified opinion to name the next Prime Minister, I exerted pressure on the President of the Republic to accept its candidate, without any regard for the demands of the demonstrators, and the demands of the unions, unions and associations that had another opinion of this candidate. "
"Today, with the failure of these blocs to present a candidate who meets the aspirations of the demonstrators and is qualified to manage the next stage, we see that it is time for Dr. Barham Saleh to form a mini ministry in coordination with the United Nations and appoint a new election commission in accordance with a new, fair and just law, provided that it does not exceed a mission This government is for a full year and pledges not to run in the elections. "
And the price of the National Coalition, "He highly valued the national position of the President of the Republic and his bias towards the people's choice and preference for him, despite the tremendous pressure that he was subjected to, and that when we enlarge this position, we announce our categorical rejection of his resignation and call on him to exercise his required role according to the requirements of the constitution and the requirements of our noble people in a manner that preserves Iraq and its unity and prestige And stability. "
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ARTICLE 5
Sistani is upset with Iranian interference ... and a hotline between the US embassy and the Iraqi presidency
Friday 27 December 2019 - 02:00
A source in the Human Rights Committee in the Iraqi parliament revealed that there is pressure on the committee to ignore the cases of assassinations and kidnappings of detainees.
The head of the committee, Arshad al-Salihi, said that parliament cannot seriously discuss the issue of assassinations that have affected nearly 30 demonstrators during the past two months, indicating that government authorities cannot put an end to the weapon that escaped.
On the other hand, sources in the Iraqi parliament said that the American embassy in Baghdad opened a hotline with Iraqi President Barham Salih, warning him against passing a candidate for prime minister implementing the Iranian goals in Iraq.
The sources said that the Iranian-backed construction coalition had begun moves to dismiss President Barham Saleh through the Federal Court.
She pointed out that Saleh was placed between the Washington hammer and the anvil of Tehran, but Iranian pressure was more severe and stronger, which prompted him to put his resignation in front of parliament and leave the presidential square to the city of Sulaymaniyah. A large number of deputies expressed solidarity with Saleh's position.
Representative Ahmad al-Jubouri said that President Saleh's position was honorable in his solidarity with the demands of the street, and that most of the MPs reject his resignation.
As for the head of the Saeroun Sabah Al-Saadi bloc, he called on the President of the Republic to continue his position to be the next prime minister from the womb of the people and peaceful demonstrations and be representative of the blood of the martyrs.
Sources close to the Iraqi president say that he received a call from the office of the Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani, in which he expressed Sistani's dissatisfaction with the Iranian interference without referring to Iran by name, and only said that external parties should not be allowed to interfere in Iraqi affairs, an expression that Sistani's agents used to use in All his speeches, an expression of rejection of Iranian interference.
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