PM:09:33:13/06/2022
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SULAIMANI — The Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi
Parliament, Shakhawan Abdullah, said on Monday (June 13) that without the
Sadrist Movement in parliament, the second-largest Shia coalition, the
Coordination Framework, can form the government.
Abdullah, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic
Party (KDP), said during an appearance on NRT’s Tawtwe program that the Sadrist
Movement did not want to form a government with the Coordination Framework.
He also stated the Sadrist bloc is no longer
part of parliament but instead has decided to take the opposition party to the
streets with the public, not with parliament. "Only the Sadrist Movement can
move the streets in Iraq,” he stated, referring to protests.
MPs from the Sadrist Movement resigned from
parliament on Sunday after the movement’s leader, Muqtada al-Sadr, asked them
to prepare their letters of resignation.
Abdullah said legally unelected candidates
to Iraq’s parliament will replace the MPs who resigned. Abdullah stated the KDP
has not reached a decision on whether they would resign from parliament as
well. The KDP joined the Saving the Homeland Alliance, a bloc that was formed
with the Sadrist Movement and the Sunni Muslim al-Siyada Coalition.
He also stated Shia parties believe the government
will only last for a couple of months without the Sadrist Movement and the
Coalition Framework will face trouble.
The President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan
Barzani, stated on Monday he was concerned over political changes in Baghdad and
hoped there would no further disputes.
(NRT Digital Media)