Oct. 16 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The movement led by the Iraqi cleric Muqtada al Sadr, considered the country’s strong man, has announced that it will boycott the process of forming a new government entrusted to Mohamed Shia al Sudani by the newly elected Iraqi president, Abdelatif Rashid.
The unofficial spokesman for the movement, Salí Mohamed al Iraqi, announced this past Saturday in a statement “the categorical, clear and explicit rejection” of the Sadrist movement in this new government that, in principle, will be dominated by the pro-Iranian political forces of the so-called Marco de Coordination, declared enemy of Saderismo.
“None of us, nor anyone affiliated with the movement will take part in this new government,” Al Iraqi warned in a statement posted on his Twitter account and picked up by the Kurdish news agency Rudaw.
“We recommend”, he added, that “Iraq does not become a puppet of international plans, that its weapons do not fall into idle hands, and that people’s money does not fall into corrupt banks and pockets”.
Iraq is in political paralysis following the early legislative elections in October 2021, in which the Sadrist movement won, only to end up walking out of the chamber in protest against the lack of political will to form a government.
In fact, Parliament was scheduled to hold the vote in February, although it was postponed due to the disputes arising from the elections and the blockade by pro-Iranian parties and militias, in a scenario of political chaos and constant protests by the supporters of the cleric, who even took over Parliament a few weeks ago.
The Iraqi Presidency has been occupied by Kurdish politicians for two decades, within the framework of a power-sharing agreement that includes that the Prime Minister must be a member of the Shiite community and the Speaker of Parliament, a Sunni.
