Iraqi News Catch Up Apr 6-8 2022 Resolving the controversy over entering Iraq in a constitutional vacuum
Adviser to Al-Kazemi: Iraq is in an excellent financial situation, and it is time to quickly approve the budget
Mazhar Muhammad Salih told {Euphrates News}, "Iraq is in an excellent financial position at the present time, as during the past month, oil revenues increased to 11 billion dollars, and this is a very large number that has not been recorded for five decades."
He stressed that "this is a positive aspect, regardless of the profitability of the economy."
Saleh added, "We imagine that it is time to present the financial budget law as soon as possible, especially since its draft for 2022 has been prepared for a long time and can be submitted and some amendments made to it."
The Ministry of Oil, on the first of this April, announced that it had exported more than 100 million barrels during the month of March, achieving revenues that exceeded 11 billion dollars, which is the highest financial revenue achieved since 1972, according to the ministry.
Kurdistan Regional Government announces the suspension of work tomorrow, Saturday
The Kurdistan Regional Government announced on Friday that the official working hours will be suspended tomorrow, Saturday.
The government stated in a statement that Saturday, the ninth of April, and on the occasion of the anniversary of the liberation of Iraq, will be an official holiday in all institutions and departments of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
The region suspends official working hours on this date every year on the occasion of the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime and the liberation of Iraq from the rule of the dissolved Baath Party regime.
The Imam of Friday prayer in Najaf sends a message regarding the formation of the government: Do not waste these people
The Friday preacher of Najaf, Sadr al-Din al-Qabbanji, called on the coordinating framework that includes Shiite political forces, and the Sadrist movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr to sit at the dialogue table and solve the existing problems between them on forming the next federal government.
Al-Qabbanji also called in the Friday prayer sermon, not to "waste any Shiite bloc in forming the government," and said: It is not right to neglect any Shiite bloc, otherwise we will be a minority.
"The framework and the current must sit down to solve the problems, and many issues must be waived in favor of the larger issues," he added.
Al-Fateh talks about the possibility of reaching a solution regarding the formation of the government
The leader of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Muhammad Al-Bayati, announced today, Friday, that there is communication between the political parties to find a solution to the political crisis related to the .formation of the government.
In order not to violate the constitution Al-Bayati told (Baghdad Today) that "the solution will be within the Shiite house," noting that "the other parties, the Kurds and the Sunni house, are waiting for the Shiites' agreement to move ".forward in naming the president and prime minister
He added that "there is a possibility to return to negotiations and move quickly to resolve ".positions and seek to form a government that serves the citizens and meets their aspirations
Between the current and the framework initiative, what is the fate of the new government? - Urgent
Despite the Sadrist movement's insistence on its decision not to ally with the coordination framework, the framework is still trying to convince the Sadrist movement that no government is .formed without them Today, Thursday, the coordination framework revealed the parties that will be discussed and negotiated by the quinquennial committee formed by the framework and its allies in the coming .days The leader in the framework, Aid Al-Hilali, said in a statement to (Baghdad Today), that "the fiveyear committee includes the coordination framework and its allies, who formed the guarantor third during the last period, and this committee will hold dialogues and negotiations with all ".political parties He stressed that "without excluding any political party, even the Sadrist movement, we will have ".dialogue and negotiation during this committee Al-Hilali indicated that "the main tasks of the Five-Year Committee are to find real solutions to end the political blockage, and to move towards accelerating the formation of the new Iraqi government, through the agreement and consensus of all political parties without marginalizing ".or excluding any party The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced that the "Coordination Framework" coalition, which includes political forces described as allies of Iran, has given him an opportunity for about 40 days to negotiate with all political blocs to form a national majority .government, stressing that his bloc, the Sadrist bloc, will not be part of it Al-Sadr said, in a tweet to him, that he "thanks God for enabling him and those with him to be the largest winning bloc in the parliamentary elections, with an unprecedented victory, as I was the first to succeed in forming the largest national bloc (save a homeland) and nominating a prime minister acceptable to all." He stressed that "these alliances have bothered many, and they
He stressed that "in order that Iraq does not remain without a government, and the security, economic, service and other conditions deteriorate, I give the blocking third (the coordination framework) an opportunity to negotiate with all the blocs without exception, to form a national majority government without the Sadrist bloc," noting that "the opportunity will be from the first day Ramadan until the ninth of the next Shawwal,” calling on his bloc to “not interfere with this, ”.either positively or negatively The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, gave the coordination framework a .deadline of 40 days to form a government Al-Sadr’s move comes one day after the Iraqi parliament failed, for the second time in a row in less than a week, to proceed with the session to elect a new president for the country, due to the lack of the legal quorum required to hold it, with 220 out of 329 deputies, as the “Coordination Framework” coalition succeeded In disrupting the two sessions, this prevented the project of the “Save a Homeland” coalition, which includes the “Sadr Movement,” the “Kurdistan Democratic Party” and the “Sovereignty” coalition, from passing the post of President of the Republic, which .would entail the task of assigning the candidate of the major bloc to form The new government The Coordination Framework has not yet responded to al-Sadr's call, at a time when the Framework was hoping for a return to dialogue with the Sadrist movement, especially after the .latter's failure to secure a quorum for the presidential election session The "coordinating framework" seeks to launch an initiative to get out of the political impasse, without revealing its details, but political sources in Baghdad confirmed that the initiative comes .within a new Iranian movement to resolve the crisis between the political parties
However, there are those who believe that the Sadrist movement will not go to the opposition, .and that its position is nothing but a political card that it uses to maneuver Today, Thursday, political analyst Ali Al-Baydar confirmed that the Sadrist movement will not go .to the opposition's option, and what it is doing is political maneuvering Al-Baydar said in a statement to (Baghdad Today), "What the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, is doing in giving a deadline for the coordination framework is a political maneuver to return with force and new stimuli after the political parties fail to form the ".government He added, "The Sadrist movement may attract certain parties, whether independents or some members of the coordination framework, so that it can constitute two-thirds of parliament ".members in partnership with its strategic allies Al-Baydar added, "After exceeding the constitutional period for choosing the president of the republic, the Federal Court will have a position that is not acceptable to many political parties. All parties may be obligated either to reformulate the stage with a different scenario by holding new elections or even by forcing everyone to be in Parliament and complete the constitutional ".timings For his part, political analyst Ahmed Al-Hajj confirmed that the framework and its allies do not .accept the formation of a majority government He told (Baghdad Today), "What Al-Sadr proposed and they say that the framework did not and will not form a government without the formation of the largest Shiite blocs, because the goal is for the component to remain united, and the goal is not to gain spoils. This is how I understand ".the framework and the way it deals with the current policy file However, there is a fear that the constitutional terms will expire and the process will return to the .square of dissolving parliament and re-electing
This fear was dispelled by expert advisor Salem Hawass, who confirmed that the talk about the constitutional vacuum and its breach, and the end of the constitutional deadlines on 4/6, has no judicial value in the face of the Federal Supreme Court’s decision, which included the president’s continuation of his duties until the election of the new president in accordance with the .provisions of Article 72, second paragraph He added, to (Baghdad Today) agency, that "as long as the president of the country has not been elected so far, there is no constitutional vacuum and there is no validity in the media, political or analytical timings of the judiciary, because the constitutional talk about the date of the first meeting of the parliament has exceeded thirty days to elect the president," wondering ?Where did the timing of 4/6 come from, as is common in media circles and news agencies Hawass stated, "The date of the first meeting of the Council took place on Sunday, January 9, 2022, in its fifth legislative session, and thus the constitutional period ended on February 9, and the thirty days were repeated on 3/9, and it was determined in the media and politically on 4/9 ".2022, and therefore the bypassing It has been more than eighty days He explained, "The decisions of the Federal Supreme Court, including Resolution No. (17/Federal/2022) issued on 3/13/2022 are binding on all authorities, but they are not binding on ." .the court itself
Iraq: The "Coordination Framework" and the "National Union" to persuade al-Sadr to form a partnership government
The Iraqi politician adds that “the current dispute over the powers and designations between Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi, one of the leaders of the Sovereignty Alliance, and his first deputy leader in the Sadrist movement, Hakim al-Zamili, has become a problem within the “Alliance to Save a Nation,” because the Sunnis cannot accept the formula that al-Zamili wants. Working according to it, which is that parliament consists of a presidency that takes its decisions by agreement, not a president and two deputies, noting that “even the Sunnis who disagree with al-Halbousi completely reject this formula, because it applies to a component’s entitlement, and not only to the person of the speaker of parliament.” The Iraqi politician explained that “the Sunnis, whether in the Alliance of Sovereignty or other Sunni forces, sent messages to al-Sadr to intervene, and perhaps they are waiting for the end of his seclusion period until his position on this dispute becomes clear to them, in order to take a decision that may reach the point of withdrawing from (the Alliance to Save a Nation).”
In addition, there are conflicting opinions and political and legal positions regarding whether the date after the sixth of the current April is a constitutional vacuum or a constitutional breach. The Federal Supreme Court in Iraq had granted the Iraqi parliament the right, for once, to open the door for candidacy for the position of President of the Republic, provided that the election process would take place within a “short period.” Although the Supreme Court did not set a time limit for this short period, the majority of opinions presented by jurists or politicians indicate that it ends on 4/6/2022; The decision of the Federal Court to open the door for candidacy was issued on 3/6 2022. The Iraqi parliament failed in its second session, on the ninth of last February, to elect a President of the Republic, the position for which 40 candidates are competing, led by the candidates of the two Kurdish parties (« Kurdistan Democratic Party” and “The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan”). In light of what seemed to be a complete political blockage, everyone faced two political and legal problems. The policy is for Al-Sadr to stop the negotiations, with insistence on forming a national majority government, which is not desired by the “coordinating framework.” As for the legality, it is represented in whether the country, after the sixth of the current April, entered a complete constitutional vacuum, or what is happening is a violation. constitutional. In this context, legal expert Salem Hawass says, “There are those who confuse the decision of the Federal Supreme Court regarding the inadmissibility of opening the nomination door again, and based on it the validity of the legal periods, and the constitutional period contained in Article 72 (Second) Paragraph (B) whose timing has been violated. (the thirty days) three times.” He added that "the confusion and lack of understanding, unfortunately, lies in the inadmissibility of opening the candidacy door again, while the nomination is still valid and existing, and there has been no dispute about it, but the disagreement and obstruction is related to the lack of a quorum, which is a two-thirds majority."
As for legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi, he believes that “the presidency of the Iraqi parliament can postpone the session to elect the new president of the republic until next April 6 only,” noting that “exceeding the president’s choice of the specified date is a violation of the decision issued by the Federal Court.”
The United States sends a request to the Kurdistan region and confirms its support for Iraq
The United States of America confirmed today, Friday, its support for Iraq, while calling on the Kurdistan region to support journalists and freedom of expression for the public.
According to a statement by the US Consulate, which Earth News received a copy of, “The Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq and Iran Affairs Jennifer Javito actually met a group of journalists in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and made the following statement.”
And as President Biden stated in his recent message to the President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani, the United States condemns in the strongest possible terms Iran's ballistic missile attack on Erbil. The United States stands with the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government and supports the sovereignty of Iraq, including the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.”
"The Kurdistan Regional Government is an important partner of the United States, and we are grateful for our close partnership over the years, including our cooperation in the ongoing campaign against ISIS." Our deep partnership is based on shared democratic values, including freedom of expression, and we encourage the Kurdistan Regional Government to do more to support journalists and freedom of expression for the public in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and continue to lead as a beacon of civil liberties in the Middle East.”
He noted that "the United States will continue to support the Iraqi security forces, including the Peshmerga, to work for a safe, secure, and prosperous Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which the United States considers an essential component of a stable and prosperous Iraq."
“During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims around the world fast, pray and seek reconciliation with friends and neighbours. This month of reflection is a good time to reduce tensions and de-escalate the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and the surrounding region,” he added.
At the conclusion of the statement, the consulate said, “The United States hopes that the blessed month of Ramadan will bring comfort and peace to peoples throughout Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.”
The framework initiative is welcome"... Al-Maliki's coalition" comments on the possibility of the Sadrist movement returning to dialogues
The State of Law coalition confirmed today, Friday, that the current dialogues come to end the stagnation in the political process, and the dialogues lie in finding a way out within the solutions offered by the political forces, and the dialogues will include .parties from the tripartite alliance
And on a question to (Baghdad Today) about the possibility of the Sadrist movement being included in the dialogue circle, Hisham Al-Rikabi, spokesman for the head of the State of Law coalition, said, “The coordinating framework does not put a red line on a party and does not marginalize a party, and everyone moves and communicates ”.with them with the aim of ripening a road map that ends this crisis He added that "there are political parties that have sent us signs welcoming the initiative announced by the coordination framework, and the coming days will clearly ".guarantee the positions of other blocs in the political process
Resolving the controversy over entering Iraq in a constitutional vacuum
Legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi confirmed, today, Friday, that there is nothing in the Iraqi .constitution called a constitutional vacuum
Al-Tamimi said, in a statement to (Baghdad Today), that "the Speaker adjourning the session to further notice means that the session will continue and the session will ".cross the 30 days designated for electing the President of the Republic
And he indicated that "the meaning of the continuous session is that it opened with a quorum and opens the next time with the same quorum, and this removes the embarrassment from the Speaker of Parliament that he did not specify a day that is outside the framework of the interpretation provided by the Federal Court, that is, . ".the session remains as if it was still on a meeting date prior to the 6th of April
The legal expert added that he "needs President Barham Salih, in accordance with Article 67 of the Constitution, because he is the protector of the constitution, to consult the Federal Supreme Court to know its opinion on what the constitutional ".procedures have reached, to find another term
He stressed that "there is no such thing as a constitutional vacuum, but rather political differences that negatively reflected on the constitutional procedures that are a hanger on which these problems are always attached, and that the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, continues in his currency according to Federal Court decision 24 of 2022 until the election of a new President of the Republic and the government continues to Conducting daily affairs, and for this there is no such thing as a ”.constitutional vacuum in the Iraqi constitution
The framework reveals efforts to resolve the crisis: An approximation with the Sadrist bloc for the name of the next prime minister
Today, Friday, the coordination framework, which brings together the Shiite political forces, revealed efforts for dialogue with the Sadrist bloc to .unify the Shiite position and announce the largest bloc
The leader in the framework, head of the design coalition of Representative Amer AlFeez, told (Baghdad Today), "The coordinating framework is still open to all political forces, the first of which is the Sadrist bloc to form the largest bloc of the Shiite component, especially since the nomination of the Prime Minister is the share of the ".Shiite component exclusively." According to political custom since 2003 until now
And the winner indicated that "the coordinating framework is keen that this bloc remains the largest and that the Shiites do not go from the component with another bloc to be the least in number, and therefore we are keen on the share of the ".component as the other components preserved their shares
He continued: "There are efforts for dialogue with the Sadrist bloc to unify the Shiite position and announce the largest bloc of the Shiite component to adopt the ".nomination of the next prime minister
Al-Hakim proposes an initiative to end the political blockage
On Friday, the head of the Al-Hikma Movement, Ammar Al-Hakim, put forward a 9- .point initiative to get out of the political impasse in Iraq Al-Hakim said in a statement, "The political arena is in dire need of serious dialogue and real understandings between leaders and decision-makers, not through screens and the media, but through direct face-to-face meetings to get out of the political blockage that has obstructed people's interests and deprived them of investing the financial abundance resulting from the rise in oil prices."
And put them before an ”.uncertain and anxious future
He added, "From a position of moral and patriotic responsibility, I call upon the opposition forces representing the largest social component and all our partners in the country to get out of the current political impasse, but this is achieved through :several steps and in a purely patriotic spirit, and according to the following
All parties sit at the dialogue table and discuss solutions and treatments without -1 .prior conditions or restrictions
Naming the largest bloc as stipulated in the constitution through the forces -2 .representing the largest social component
Resolving the issue of the three presidencies through the understanding of the -3 sons of each component among themselves, and everyone deals with the candidate of the Sunni majority, the Kurdish majority and the Shiite majority to pass the concept of a reassuring majority for all, with an agreement that rejecting the candidate of one of the other components does not mean an intersection with the component, but rather allowing him to present Other options, and the three .presidents are representative of all and command the support and respect of all
Formulating the service and political program for the next government, setting -4 realistic time limits for its implementation, and setting criteria for selecting the .hoped-for ministerial team
Distribution of roles, whoever wishes to participate in the government joins the -5 majority group and commits to supporting the government with the agreed program and announces taking full responsibility for his participation and decision, and whoever does not wish to participate takes the House of Representatives as a springboard for his constructive opposition and announces it officially to obtain the .required covers
The majority pledges to provide a safe cover for the opposition while empowering -6 it in parliamentary committees and independent oversight bodies to perform its tasks. The opposition also pledges not to disrupt parliament sessions and actively .attend in it and allow the majority to complete the constitutional entitlements
The agreement of the ruling majority and the constructive opposition on -7 permanent consultation and periodic deliberation on the basic issues in the country to come up with national and unanimous decisions on crucial issues and disrupted .laws
Renouncing negative media debates and the language of blasphemy, treason and -8 accusation, and I call on all government media institutions and others to adopt a national charter binding on all to confront the language of hatred and accusation and purify the discourse addressed to the public with accurate information that is not misleading. It is not possible to build the state without a keen national media .responsible for the unity of the country and respect for authentic values
Adopting governmental reform as a material for political competition in -9 performance and discourse, and for each political entity and each coalition to present its economic, cultural, political, development and security programs and visions to the media, and for political speakers representing their entities to express their vision of the forged solutions, their strengths or weaknesses, and how to extricate the country from Its difficult reality and its advancement again, so that there is room for public opinion to see the plans and solutions of all entities and support what it ”.deems appropriate for the country
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