Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed; Iraq is in a political crisis.
Following the escalation of tensions in Iraq after the organized attacks of pro-Sadr movement rioters against the Prime Minister’s option proposed by the Coordination Framework, some political and civil parties have called for early Iraqi elections to be held again.
After the members of the political committee of the Iraqi Shia parties known as “Al-Atar Al-Tansiqi” (Coordinating Framework) nominated “Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani” as their candidate for the prime ministership in the evening of July 25, so that he would be officially introduced in the parliament in due course, many Former Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said, while praising this choice, he considered this decision of al-Attar a risk, which indicated that the coordination framework seeks to get the country out of a political deadlock.
Abdul Mahdi clarified that the coordination framework had approximately 30 candidates for the prime ministership, many of whom were qualified. The coordination framework had two ways, either it should wait for the Kurds to finalize their position, or it should examine its options before the Kurds and make a decision about them. Finally, despite the risk of possible attacks against the declared prime minister, he chose the second way and nominated his candidate to get the country out of the crisis it is in.
Last Wednesday, just two days after the announcement of the prime ministerial candidate by the coordination framework, hundreds of “sadr-supporting rioters” entered Baghdad’s green zone and protested the candidacy of Mohammad Shia al-Sudani, an hour after gathering in Tahrir Square towards Baghdad’s green zone. They moved and entered this highly protected area after destroying the existing concrete walls. Some of these rioters entered the Iraqi parliament building and destroyed public property.
In the shadow of the escalation of tensions in Iraq and the efforts of the agitators supporting the Sadr movement to thwart the completion of the process of forming a new government, since two days ago, a number of political and civil parties of this country emphasize the necessity of holding early elections again. This is despite the fact that the fifth round of Iraqi parliamentary elections, which was the first early election in this country, was held last October 18, but until now, due to various reasons, the government has not been formed.
