The head of the parliamentary “extension” bloc confirmed that he was attacked by members of the “strategic framework” during the voting session while the Iraqi parliament yesterday, Thursday, gave the government of Muhammad Shi’a Al-Sudani confidence following the presentation of its government programme, which received an absolute majority of votes.
In the specifics, Al-Rikabi released a video tape showing him and his colleague, MP Falah Al-Hilali, being physically assaulted during the session. The two appeared from within a room in Parliament as security personnel fought to keep them safe.
They also stated in the film that they had received threats up to their deaths, stating that the reason for the attack was their refusal to accept the results of the vote for the new government.
This occurred as additional recordings of fighting within the council during the session started to circulate on social media in the previous hours.
Al -Arabiya information also confirmed that a clash of hands occurred during the voting session on the new government headed by the President of the Council, Muhammad al -Halbousi, and the presence of 253 deputies.
It is significant that the new President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Rashid, immediately after his election, entrusted Muhammad Shi’a Al-Sudani, a governor and former minister who is rising from the traditional Shiite political class, the task of forming the cabinet on October 13.
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.
While Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Shiite movement and the coordination framework’s major foe, confirmed his retirement from politics and announced his resignation, his lieutenants did the same.
An Iraqi deputy said in the confidence meeting, “I threatened me with death!”
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