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Hadi al-Amiri, Coordination Framework to meet with Sadr in Najaf

PM:06:12:12/03/2022

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SULAIMANI — A delegation from the Coordination Framework, including senior political figures, will visit the leader of the Sadrist Movement, Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, on Saturday (March 12) at Hannana in Najaf for talks on the formation of the new government.

Hadi al-Amiri, the leader of the Fatah Coalition, and Falih Fayaz, the chairman of the Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) and the founder of the Ataa Movement, will be part of the delegation, according to Baghdad Today.

The Sadrist Movement also announced in parliament their party was planning to hold an important meeting on Saturday.

The Coordination Framework, an alliance of Shia parties, has been negotiating with the Sadrists to allow its blocs to join the majority government. Iran’s influence, including visits by Quds Force Commander Esmail Qaani, has not managed to bring Iraq’s Shia parties together.

The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court upheld the October election results in a ruling on December 27, rejecting an appeal submitted by Amiri over accusations of fraud and calls for the election results to be canceled.

The Sadrist bloc won 73 seats in parliament while Amiri’s Fatah Alliance, which represents Hashd al-Shaabi, secured only 17 seats, down from 48 in the last elections.

(NRT Digital Media)