Al Sadr accuses the UN of ignoring his request to coordinate a political dialogue process in Iraq

Aug. 20 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a strong man in the country after the victory of his Sayyrun coalition in last year’s legislative elections, has revealed that the United Nations has disregarded his proposal to coordinate a public debate between all the country’s political groups with with a view to unclogging the government formation process in the country.

“Dear people of Iraq: I want to inform you that we have submitted a proposal to the United Nations for a public dialogue with all political parties. Unfortunately, we have not received a tangible response and it seems that they do not care what is happening,” he denounced. Al Sadr in a message posted on his Twitter account and picked up by the official Iraqi news agency, INA.

Thus, Al Sadr has asked the population to “wait for the next step” that his formation will take “in the face of this policy that seems to ignore what is happening with Iraq and its people due to corruption.”

The UN’s refusal will make dialogue between the Iraqi groups even more difficult, according to the cleric. “Let no one expect a new secret dialogue after this. I do not hide anything from my people, and I am not going to sit down with the corrupt who want evil,” he concluded.

The last parliamentarians, of an anticipated nature, were called after the serious political crisis in which the country was plunged after the massive mobilizations registered in 2019, which forced the resignation of the Government and the approval of new electoral legislation.

The protests, which broke out in October 2019 and resulted in more than 550 deaths –according to the official balance provided in July 2020–, were a new example of the population’s disenchantment with the political class in the face of numerous cases of corruption. , the poor state of public services and the prevailing economic crisis in Iraq.

Al Sadr has denounced that all his attempts to form a government have failed due to the insistence of his rivals in convening a consensus government instead of respecting the distribution of seats after the elections, which ended with the defeat of the key Iranian-backed parties. in the political balance of the country.