Although Muhammad Shi’a Al-Sudani, the Iraqi Prime Minister-designate, stated yesterday that discussions to form the government are still ongoing and pointing out that a special committee corresponds to the candidates, the information and reality on the ground appear to be different.
According to knowledgeable sources, there are a number of disagreements between the political parties, parties, and Shiite factions that are delaying the dissolution of that ministerial composition.
It also noted that the fundamental disagreements centre on security perspectives on what appears, which has fueled some Shiite factions’ attempts to seize control of the country’s top security organisations.
The Hezbollah Brigades-affiliated “Rights Movement,” according to the sources, is in competition with the Qais Khazali-led “Asaib Ahl al-Haq” movement for control of the intelligence service.
Faleh Al-Fayyad, the current president of the Popular Mobilization Authority, is negotiating for the position of Minister of the Interior while the “Imam Ali Brigades” are attempting to take over as its chairman.
Al-Fayyad and two of the coordination framework’s leaders are also in competition for the role of minister of the interior.
While a different source stated that “Shiite factions offered the Sudanese to forgo their participation in the government in exchange for taking over the president of the security services in the country, a course that generates concern as part of the coordinating structure.
“On Sunday, the Sudanese made it apparent that the candidates’ interviews for ministerial positions are being conducted by a specialised committee that consists of a team of advisors, under the condition that the names of the awards will be revealed following the interviews!
It should be noted that the establishment of governments in a nation like Iraq, where there are numerous philosophies, parties, and allegiances, in which the authority contends with armed groups and factions, is not a simple task and frequently involves tours of settlement arrivals and quotas.
It is significant that the creation of the administration occurred on October 13, the same day that Abdel-Latif Rashid was elected president following months of delays and disputes.
The “State Administration Coalition,” which consists of the majority of the country’s major parties that took part in the election with the exception of the Sadrist movement, and the coordination framework that supported the arrival of the Sudanese prime minister make his task appear anything but simple.
Since last year, Iraq has been embroiled in a political crisis between the Sadrist movement and the “coordination framework” (which consists of the Nuri al-Maliki-led State of Law coalition, the Al-Fateh alliance, and other Iranian-aligned factions), which up until last week made it impossible to elect a president or form a government.
Conflicts are holding up the Iraqi administration, and party wars are causing security bags to flow.
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