Center The persistence of the crisis in the country for monthsNext Wednesday, the Iraqi parliament is expected to hold a session to vote on accepting the resignation of parliamentary speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi.
It showed a copy of the agenda for the session, which included two orphan items, the first of which was the vote on the resignation of the President of Parliament, and the second was the election of a first deputy to lead the Council.
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Agenda of the Iraqi parliament
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After announcing his resignation, Al-Halbousi said the new MPs have the right to choose the new speaker of parliament, noting that he had not discussed his resignation decision with anyone.
He added that the decision to step down from the presidency of the parliament has nothing to do with the tripartite alliance.
ally of the chest
Observers expect a majority of deputies will not vote to accept the resignation.
However, the background and scenes of that resignation are not yet known Al-Halbousi, considered one of the most important allies of the Sadrist leaderMuqtada al-Sadr, a few weeks ago, had violated his request for the resignation of the rest of the parliament, to dissolve the parliament.
However, he also stressed the importance of holding early elections, after preparing the legal requirements, preceded by the formation of a government with full powers.
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Muhammad al-Halbousi (archive photo from Reuters)
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complete political paralysis
Interestingly, Iraq has witnessed, since the early parliamentary elections, which took place on 10 October last year (2021), a complete political paralysis, which has further worsened since last July, with the two sides of the most important dispute coming down in street and their sit-in in central Baghdad (Al-Sadr and the coordination framework which includes Nuri Al-Maliki, the Al-Fateh Alliance and factions) and other pro-Iranian parties).
The dispute reached a climax with the Sadrist movement’s request two months ago to dissolve parliament and hold early legislative elections, in order to set the country on the road to reform, in light of the rejection of its opponents in the context of this trend. , and their insistence on forming a government before each new election.
While Al-Halbousi supported his ally, he warned during the last period of the need to abide by constitutional principles and laws, especially after the country’s Supreme Judicial Council and Federal Court announced that the dissolution of Parliament is outside their powers.
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