A year after the October 10, 2021, legislative elections and the ensuing political impasse, the Iraqi parliament votes today, Thursday, to support the new administration and its agenda.
After about two weeks of assigning Muhammad Shi’a Al -Sudani the task of forming the upcoming government, and after more than a year the country lived a severe political crisis.
The official Iraqi News Agency yesterday, Wednesday, published a formal document issued by the Parliament.
According to the Iraqi constitution, the administration and its policies must be supported by the voices of the absolute majority of the country’s deputies, or one in every two. 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.
However, given that it backed the “State Administration Coalition,” it is anticipated that this government will enjoy smooth confidence (includes the cabinet parties in the country except for the Sadrist movement). Former Prime Minister Nuri al -Maliki and the Al -Fateh bloc represented by the factions of the popular crowd loyal to Iran, which nominated the Sudanese for the position with its allies in the state administration coalition.
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 Sunni “sovereignty” coalition led by Muhammad Al-Halbousi.
It is interesting to note that on October 13, the Sudanese (52 years old), a governor and former minister who is rising through the ranks of the traditional Shiite political class, was charged with the government by the newly elected President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Rashid, shortly after his election.
Since receiving his job, he has persisted in his efforts to settle the allocation of political forces’ places among blocs, sects, and components, i.e.
Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds, according to quotas as is common in Iraq, provided that the Shiites hold the majority of the ministries and the Sunnis and Kurds share the remaining positions.
Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, who was the coordinating framework’s biggest foe, declared he would not serve in the next administration.
In a late-night tweet yesterday, he also blamed the country’s warp on Shiite political forces, citing the Fesa, quota, and other crises that call for the creation of the state’s fundamentals.
After a year of training, the Iraqi parliament elects the new administration.
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