🏛️ Iraq’s Government Formation: Waiting on Al-Sadr’s Move! ⚡

🏛️ Iraq’s Government Formation: Waiting on Al-Sadr’s Move! ⚡

The Shiite Coordination Framework—the main political coalition in Iraq—aims to form the next government quicklybefore constitutional deadlines. The big question: Will Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani get a second term? 🤔

Key highlights:

• The framework forces held their first post-election meeting to discuss government formation, future alliances, and the premiership.

• Al-Sudani topped the polls with the “Reconstruction and Development” alliance: 1,317,346 votes in 12 out of 18 governorates. 🗳️

• Other main parties:

  • Progress Party (Mohammed al-Halbousi) – 2nd place

  • State of Law Coalition (Nouri al-Maliki) – 3rd place

• Parliamentary seat distribution among Shiite Coordination forces:

  • Al-Sudani: 45 seats

  • Al-Maliki: 30 seats

  • Qais al-Khazali: 26 seats

  • Hadi al-Amiri: 19 seats

  • Ammar al-Hakim: 18 seats

• The boycott by Al-Sadr’s Shiite National Movement adds uncertainty to decisions on the premiership and alliances. ⚖️

The framework is determined to finalize the government on time, but Al-Sadr’s stance could shift the balance.

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THE FRAMEWORK OUTLINES THE FORMATION OF THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT AND AWAITS AL-SADR’S STANCE ON A SECOND TERM.

It appears that the coordinating framework that includes the ruling Shiite political forces in the country, which secured the highest number of votes in the recent parliamentary elections, is seeking to resolve the formation of the next Iraqi government as quickly as possible and before the end of the constitutional deadlines specified in this regard.

However, there are some obstacles that may prevent progress in these efforts, most notably the issue of appointing a new prime minister, or proceeding with renewing the second term of the current Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, who topped the lists of candidates in obtaining the highest number of votes.

In this regard, a source within the framework revealed details of a meeting held by the Coordination Forces on Wednesday evening following the announcement of the preliminary results of the parliamentary elections. The attendees discussed some topics related to the elections and the distribution of tasks according to electoral and political weight, according to a well-informed political source.

The source explained to Shafaq News Agency, “The leaders of the framework forces held their first meeting last night after the announcement of the preliminary parliamentary election results, where important topics were discussed, including reaching an understanding on forming the government, determining the identity of the next Prime Minister, and the shape of future alliances.”

He added that the framework “set the general and specific guidelines for the political process in the country, without exceeding the constitutional deadlines, and it is keen to complete the government system before the specified dates,” noting that the issue of the premiership will be decided soon, especially since the initial results revealed the political and parliamentary weights of the framework’s forces and the overall coalition for managing the state.

The source did not rule out granting Al-Sudani a second term unless one of the influential forces moves against it, in reference to the position of the leader of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri Al-Maliki, adding that “most of the forces of the framework attended the meeting with the exception of the current Iraqi Prime Minister.”

He explained that the identity of the next prime minister will be determined after the legal ratification of the election results.

He concluded by saying that “the meeting also discussed the issue of understanding with those boycotting the elections (the Shiite National Movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr) and their role in the next stage, and knowing their position on the second term.”

On the ninth and eleventh of November, Iraq held special and general voting in the parliamentary elections for the sixth parliamentary session, as part of a democratic practice in the political process that emerged after 2003 through the overthrow of the former Baath regime by the forces of the United States of America and its allies.

On Wednesday evening, the Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq announced that the “Reconstruction and Development” alliance, led by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, had made significant progress in the preliminary results, achieving 1,317,346 votes in 12 out of 18 governorates. The Progress Party, headed by former Speaker of Parliament Mohammed al-Halbousi, came in second, and the State of Law Coalition, led by former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, came in third.

Regarding the Shiite Coordination Framework forces, the Reconstruction and Development Alliance of Sudani won 45 parliamentary seats, followed by the State of Law Coalition led by Nouri al-Maliki with 30 seats, and the Sadiqun Bloc led by Qais al-Khazali with 26 seats, while the Badr Bloc led by Hadi al-Amiri won 19 seats, and the State Forces led by Ammar al-Hakim won 18 seats.