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A member of Al-Maliki's coalition responds after a statement by a deputy from Saeron about preventing his return to prime minister


13/02/2021





Baghdad today - Baghdad

 The leader in the Law Coalition, Abu Ahmad Al-Basri, Saturday 13-2-2021, considered the new election law a law designed with "against" the leader of the coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, while noting that no one has the right to prevent al-Maliki from returning to prime minister. In response to a statement by a representative of the Sairoun coalition.


Al-Basri said in an interview with (Baghdad Today), that "the peaceful transfer of power in Iraq is a fixed principle agreed upon by the Iraqis in the constitution, and no party has the right to act contrary to what was approved and voted by the people," pointing out that "if the people elect a suitable national figure to lead the next stage." To save Iraq, no one has the right to act other than the will of the people, which the ballot boxes will announce. "


He added, "If the people decide to elect Nuri al-Maliki by forming the largest bloc in the upcoming elections, no one has the right to prevent him from reaching the premiership and forming the next government," stressing that "the new election law, which was adopted by the various departments, was designed against some political blocs, including a state The law, especially al-Maliki, due to his great popularity, which used to bring more than 28 seats in Baghdad from his votes alone



Al-Basri indicated that "the State of Law Coalition approved the election law and did not violate the will of the House of Representatives, but rather respected it," stressing that "if Maliki wins and gets the largest bloc and submits his candidacy for the prime minister post, then it is not right for any one or the rejecting party."


Before that, Manahel al-Hamidawi, a representative of the Saeron coalition supported by the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, attacked the leader of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, on Thursday, while his recent statements were described as confused, and behind which he wants to write a new era to reach the premiership again.


Al-Maliki said in a press statement that "I will not allow again that the" duck "terrifies people, as I had not previously allowed this in the event that I took over the prime minister again.


Al-Hamidawi said in a televised statement followed by (Baghdad Today), that "Nuri al-Maliki's recent statements are confused and he is seeking to win new political partnerships in order to reach power again, but the Sadrist movement will not allow those who handed over a third of Iraq to ISIS to assume the premiership again."



She added, "We cannot repeat the tragedy of ISIS in Iraq again," noting that "the Sadrist movement has a large veto on the assumption of al-Maliki as prime minister again."


The former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced two weeks ago, that he refused international supervision of the upcoming Iraqi elections.


Al-Maliki said in a televised interview: "Putting the elections under international supervision is very dangerous," stressing that "no country accepts international supervision of its elections," explaining that it represents a "violation of national sovereignty," while he expressed his agreement to "monitoring only."


Regarding the security of the electoral process, the former prime minister expressed his fear of what he called "the effect of fugitive weapons on the elections," which he described as a "battle."



He explained that "elections cannot be held without electoral security," stressing that "not holding them is better than holding them while they are rigged."


Last month, the Council of Ministers unanimously voted to set October 10 as the date for holding early elections instead of June 6.


This came two days after the Independent High Electoral Commission (official) proposed to postpone parliamentary elections in order to "complete the technical aspects of registering political parties, distributing electoral cards, and ensuring international monitoring."


Last October, parliament passed the election law after a debate over the constituencies clause, and the president approved it.


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