About two weeks after Muhammad Shi’a Al-Sudani assigned the responsibility of forming the new government and after more than a year in which the country had a severe political crisis, the Iraqi parliament will hold a session to vote on confidence in the new administration and its agenda on Thursday.
A year after the legislative elections in October 2021 and a period of political stalemate caused by political disagreements between the major political parties, which manifested as violent crime on the streets, the vote to support the administration is crucial.
According to a formal document released by Parliament and made available by the official Iraqi News Agency, the session will begin on Thursday at 14:00 local time (11:00 GMT).
The paper states that the Speaker of the Parliament, Muhammad Al-Halbousi, set a date for voting on the cabinet and the ministerial curriculum on Thursday.
Coinciding, a statement issued by the Vice -President of the House of Representatives said on Wednesday that the Vice -President of the House of Representatives Shakhwan Abdullah Ahmed expressed his “approval to grant confidence to the new government . ..
“The government and its programme must have the voices of the absolute majority of the number of deputies, that is, the half is one, as required by the Iraqi constitution, and the parliament’s readiness to hold a session tomorrow, Thursday, to vote on the ministerial curriculum and the names of candidates for ministerial portfolios.
The administration is confident when “the ministers individually and the ministerial curriculum are approved by an absolute majority,” as stated in Article 76 of the Constitution.
The parliament is controlled by the coordination framework forces, which includes a number of blocs, including the rule of law led by former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the conquest bloc represented by factions of the populace loyal to Iran, which nominated the Sudanese for the position with its allies in the “Administration” coalition The state. It is anticipated that this government will enjoy widespread confidence.
Along with the coordination framework, which controls 138 of the 329 deputies, the “State Administration” coalition also consists of the two major Kurdish parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, as well as the “Sovereignty” alliance led by Muhammad Al-Halbousi.
The new President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Rashid, appointed the Sudanese (52 years old), who is the governor and former minister of the traditional Shiite political elite, on October 13 to form the cabinet.
Since his assignment, Al -Sudani has continued his negotiations to resolve the distribution of positions between the political forces and distribute them between blocs, sects and components, on the basis of quotas as it usually takes place in Iraq.
The primary critic of the coordination structure, Muqtada al-Sadr, declared he would not serve in the following administration.
Iraq’s parliament has today voted to support the new administration.
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