Baghdad – Mawazine News, head of the Taqaddam Alliance, Muhammad al-Halbousi, discussed, on Friday, with the delegation of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, visions regarding understandings and political dialogues for the next stage. A statement by Al-Halbousi’s office said that “the latter received, today, Friday, a delegation of the Kurdistan Democratic Party headed by Hoshyar Zebari, and during the meeting, they discussed developments in the country, and exchanged visions on the results of the parliamentary elections, understandings and political dialogues for the next stage.” Ended 29 /
Shafaq News/ On Saturday, a security source reported that at least one victim was killed and 346 wounded during a clash and shooting between supporters of Shiite forces objecting to the election results, and an Iraqi security force on the doorstep of the Green Zone, which includes the Iraqi government headquarters and diplomatic missions.
The source told Shafaq News Agency, that the final outcome of the clashes settled with at least one victim of the demonstrators, in addition to the injury of 71 others.
He added that the death toll from the security forces’ injuries also ended at 275.
He pointed out that some cases of injuries are serious.
The crisis erupted between the demonstrators against the election results, supporters of Shiite forces close to Iran, and the security forces charged with protecting the Green Zone, after the protesters decided to storm the area from some of its entrances, to erupt violent clashes.
As a result, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, directed the formation of a higher committee to investigate these events, which included in its membership the Popular Mobilization Security.
Shafaq News/ The Popular Mobilization Authority announced today, Friday, its rejection of what it called “attempts by some political parties” to involve the name of the crowd in their political conflicts.
The authority stated in a statement received by Shafak News Agency; “With regret, the Popular Mobilization Committee followed the unfortunate events witnessed by the peaceful popular demonstrations in the capital, Baghdad today, and the accompanying unjustified attacks on peaceful demonstrators. Just as the Authority calls on the brothers of the peaceful demonstrators to adhere to the peacefulness of their demonstrations to guarantee their rights, it also calls for the brothers in the security forces.” The competent authorities must adhere to professionalism, refrain from violence, and hold those responsible for today’s events to account.
The authority confirmed in its statement; It “despite its support for the rights of the people to express their demands in a peaceful and civilized manner, but it is not concerned in any way with any particular political attraction and rejects any attempts by some political parties to involve the name of the crowd in their political conflicts, and that the Commission will remain – as the Iraqis used to it – the security institution guarantor of security and sovereignty Iraq, its people and their democratic system are facing all challenges and dangers.
Shafaq News/ The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced on Friday, cutting off his visit to the capital, Baghdad.
Al-Sadr’s Minister, “Saleh Muhammad Al-Iraqi”, said in a publication seen by Shafak News Agency, “Al-Sadr cut short his visit to the capital, Baghdad, to denounce the unjustified violence and the deliberate weakening of the state.. That is why we draw your attention.”
He added, “The honorable followers of the al-Sadr family must remain calm and exercise the highest levels of self-restraint.”
On Friday, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) expressed its regret at the escalation of violence in Baghdad.
A statement issued by UNAMI stated to Shafak News Agency; The Mission deplores the ensuing escalation of violence and injuries in Baghdad today.
UNAMI called on all parties to exercise the utmost restraint, to respect the right to peaceful protest, and for demonstrations to remain peaceful.
Shafaq News/ The Joint Operations Command reported on Saturday that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces directed the formation of a higher committee to investigate the bloody events that accompanied the protests of demonstrators rejecting the election results near the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, which resulted in a number of deaths and dozens of injuries.
Shafaq News/ A security source said that Baghdad’s clashes began on Friday evening, taking a “dangerous” turn through an exchange of fire between demonstrators and security forces in front of one of the gates of the Green Zone in central Baghdad.
The source told Shafaq News Agency, “The security forces fired rubber bullets and live bullets in the air to drive away the demonstrators from in front of the Green Zone gate at the suspension bridge in central Baghdad.”
He added that “a number of demonstrators started shooting towards the security forces, who responded in kind,” noting that the two sides exchanged fire and sound bombs.
There was no immediate information on whether there were any injuries.
The clashes were renewed on Friday evening between the two sides after violent confrontations during the daylight hours, leaving 125 wounded, most of them from the security forces.
They protest against the election results and say they are “fabricated”, and demand a manual recount. They are supporters of the forces that lost in the elections, led by the “Al-Fatah” coalition, which is a political umbrella for influential Shiite factions.
Shafaq News/ A responsible security source reported on Friday that a number of protesters were wounded among the demonstrators who reject the election results, and among the law enforcement forces near the heavily fortified Green Zone, which includes government buildings and the headquarters of diplomatic missions in the center of the capital, Baghdad.
The source told Shafaq News Agency, that clashes erupted between the security forces and the demonstrators near the Green Zone gate from the Ministry of Planning side when the demonstrators tried to storm the area, which led to the fall of a number of wounded from the ranks of the two sides.
The source added that the demonstrators threw stones at law enforcement forces, who then opened the hot water from the hoses of anti-riot wheels, and fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the protesters, noting that they were able to disperse their crowds.
Press sources said that the entrances to the Green Zone were closed from the side of the suspension bridge gate, the Ministry of Planning gate, the Qadisiyah gate, and the gate of the Supreme Judicial Council by those who reject the results of the early parliamentary elections.
For its part, the Security Media Cell denied the news circulated by some social media and media sites about the closure of the Al-Sinak and Al-Jumhuriya bridges in the capital, Baghdad, stressing that the two bridges are in front of the movement of vehicles and citizens normally.
Today, Friday, the preacher of the Kufa mosque of the Sadrist movement, Hadi Al-Dinawi, called on the political forces that reject the election results to stop pushing their supporters into the street to demonstrate, warning them of what he called “unfortunate consequences” if they insist on moving on with their position.
Al-Dinawi said in the Friday prayer sermon at the Kufa Mosque: I recommend that those who throw some of our sons into demonstrations in denial of the election results, stop doing that for fear that the consequences of killing will happen.”
This comes at a time when the capital, Baghdad, is witnessing demonstrations by supporters of political forces rejecting the election results.
Press sources told Shafaq News Agency, that the protesters closed two entrances to the heavily fortified Green Zone from the side of the Ministry of Planning gate, and from the side of the suspension bridge gate.
The so-called Preparatory Committee for Demonstrations and Sit-ins Rejecting the results of the elections in Iraq threatened on Thursday to escalate its protest led by several Shiite forces other than the Sadrist movement.
Since the Independent High Commission announced the results of the legislative elections that took place last October, Shiite parties that own armed factions expressed their rejection of these results, and began to escalate and mobilize their audience to take to the street, which is what actually happened with the launch of demonstrations in regions and cities in Iraq.
Political leaders warned of fears that the rejectionist attitudes would take another path, given that the parties objecting to the election results had money and weapons and could worsen the situation and ignite a civil war in Iraq.
The results of the parliamentary elections resulted in the Sadrist bloc, led by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, winning more than 70 seats, which qualifies him to form the federal government in alliance with winning political forces from the Kurds and Sunnis, and this aroused the resentment of the Shiite parties opposed to Sadr.
Shafaq News/ The head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, met on Friday with the delegation of the Kurdistan Democratic Party headed by Hoshyar Zebari.
The negotiating delegation of the Sadrist bloc, headed by Hassan al-Adhari, received this morning, the delegation of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, at the headquarters of the political body of the Sadrist movement in Baghdad.
A Kurdish delegation headed by Hoshyar Zebari arrived in the capital, Baghdad, yesterday, Thursday, to calm the situation and dialogue between political parties in preparation for forming the next government, according to Democratic Party member Mayada Al-Najjar to Shafaq News Agency.
According to Kurdish officials, the Kurdish forces are waiting to gather the diaspora of their Shiite counterparts and agree between these forces to nominate a candidate to head the new Iraqi government, to enter into negotiations to form that government and distribute its portfolios according to political custom and electoral merit.
There is talk of an alliance to form a government between the Sadrists with 73 seats and the Kurdistan Democratic Party with 33 seats, in addition to an alliance headed by Muhammad al-Halbousi with 38 seats.
Shafaq News / While the political circles are waiting for the results of the meeting of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, with some leaders of the coordination framework and it is hoped that it will be held tomorrow, Saturday, after a series of meetings that brought him together with the leaders of the winning forces, according to the preliminary results announced by the Elections Commission, the young Shiite leader himself leads a frantic political movement for the agreement On the form of the next government and in a manner that guarantees the electoral merits of all parties.
Sunni province
Shafaq News Agency learned from informed sources from the Taqaddam Alliance that the leader of the alliance, Muhammad al-Halbousi, discussed with the leader of the Sadrist movement Muqtada al-Sadr a number of files of common interest to achieve a preliminary understanding regarding them in the event that the Sadrist bloc forms the government.
One of the sources told the agency, “Among the most important issues raised during the meeting was the possibility of forming a Sunni region and overcoming the difficulties in that, in addition to a fair distribution of ministerial portfolios and other positions, according to the electoral weight of the winning forces in all elections, as well as intensifying efforts to unify the discourse and prevent the return of sectarian alignments. and its repercussions on the street.
Both al-Sadr and al-Halbousi discussed, according to the source, “the possibility of concluding an alliance between them and in coordination with the other winning forces to form a comfortable majority, in preparation for announcing the formation of the government after the approval of the final election results.”
The source confirmed that “the two sides discussed the mechanism for getting out of the political blockage, and Al-Halbousi put forward some files of interest to the Sunnis, the most important of which is the establishment of a Sunni region without problems or objections, as well as looking to maintain the gains made for the year by granting Al-Halbousi a second term, as well as some gains. new”.
Al-Sadr had arrived yesterday, Thursday, in the capital, Baghdad, and upon his arrival, he visited the speaker of the dissolved parliament and the leader of the Progress Alliance, Muhammad Al-Halbousi, as part of a negotiating round led by Al-Sadr, the first winner in the elections.
Al-Sadr and Al-Maliki
A special source confirmed to Shafaq News Agency, “It is hoped that an important meeting will be held by Al-Sadr, tomorrow, Saturday, at his residence in Baghdad with some leaders of the Al-Fateh Alliance, led by Hadi Al-Amiri, to reach real solutions to the Shiite house and its revival in a manner that guarantees its electoral merit and preserves all Powers have rights.
He added, “Some other coordinating framework forces may join the Al-Fateh Alliance, with the exception of the State of Law coalition led by former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki,” adding that “mediation may play a role in smoothing the atmosphere between the two opposing parties, and partisan and political interests remain capable of shaping the features of the country’s political landscape.”
He pointed out that “Al-Sadr made it clear that all files related to the sect (Sunnis, Kurds or Shiites) are governed by the legal and constitutional frameworks, and that the parliament is the decisive factor in this. It is not possible to grant personal approvals to files of public concern for a particular sect at the expense of another.”
In addition, the leader of the Wisdom Movement, Ammar al-Hakim, received the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, and they discussed the latest developments in Iraq, the results of the recent elections and the benefits of the next stage.
According to a source in the political body of the Wisdom Movement, “all understandings or final negotiating dialogues will be after the announcement of the official results of the elections and after the announcement of the results of the appeals, which al-Hakim stressed with the aim of not unfairness or injustice to anyone.”
The source added, “Al-Hakim and Al-Sadr discussed the issue of finding real solutions to resolve the current crisis, as the understanding was at a high level with the leader of the Sadrist movement.”
Why Sadr personally?
Shafaq News Agency learned that the movement led by al-Sadr himself to form a comfortable majority came after he perceived the inability of the negotiating committee that he formed to achieve its goals by persuading the most prominent winning parties to enter into deep alliances with the Sadrist bloc that led the election results with more than 73 seats.
He added that “Al-Sadr’s meetings with leaders of the political forces were frank and clear and discussed the most important paragraphs and basic themes of the government program of the Sadrists in exchange for what those parties seek.”
Kurdish demands
And about the meeting of the Sadrist Negotiating Committee with the delegation of the Kurdistan Democratic Party headed by the former Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, one of the sources told Shafak News Agency, “The two sides discussed the future of the political process in all its aspects.”
And the source indicated that “the Kurdish delegation put forward some files that the Kurds want to implement without problems, including the implementation of Article (140) concerning the disputed areas of the region once and for all, along with the rights of the region, as well as the oil file and the file of separating the financial issues of the region from the center.”
The Sadrist bloc, headed by al-Sadr, topped the results of the Iraqi legislative elections that took place on October 10, with 73 parliamentary seats, according to the preliminary announcement of the results by the Electoral Commission.
It is noteworthy that well-known political parties have declared their fear of forming a Sadrist government, for fear of al-Sadr’s direct intervention in its administration, as well as their fear of arranging a specific order to reopen corruption files and the consequences that follow.
Al-Sadr had announced at the end of last October his intention to form a national majority government, while indicating that he had no disagreement with other political blocs, except for “the issue of internal and external reform.”
Shafaq News / The head of the negotiating delegation of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Hoshyar Zebari, praised on Friday the role of the Sadrist movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr, in the current stage.
This came after a meeting of the Kurdistan Democratic Party delegation with the political body of the Sadrist movement in Baghdad.
The negotiating delegation of the Sadrist bloc, headed by Hassan al-Adhari, had received this morning, the delegation of the Kurdistan Democratic Party headed by Hoshyar Zebari, at the headquarters of the political body of the Sadrist movement in Baghdad.
The two delegations discussed the results of the elections and the electronic electoral experience, and said that it “has proven its success, for the first time since the fall of the previous regime in 2003.”
Al-Adari stressed the importance of the next stage for the Iraqi citizen, as it is a stage of construction and services, which will positively affect the security situation in the country in general, expressing his hope that the new government will be an “independent government away from any external interference.”
Zebari praised Sadr’s stances in serving Iraq and the Iraqis, and said that “the Sadrist movement is one of the ideological struggle currents and they will have an important role at this stage.”
According to Kurdish officials, the Kurdish forces are waiting to gather the diaspora of their Shiite counterparts and agree between these forces to nominate a candidate to head the new Iraqi government, to enter into negotiations to form that government and distribute its portfolios according to political custom and electoral merit.
There is talk about an alliance to form a government between the Sadrists 73 seats and the Kurdistan Democratic Party 33 seats, in addition to an alliance headed by Muhammad al-Halbousi with 38 seats.
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