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| Divisions deepen among Iraq’s Shiite and Kurdish political establishment, Sunnis clear winners |
| 2022-01-18 |
Political inside baseball dear Reader, should you be interested in such things. Otherwise skip down to the next interesting article. [Rudaw] It has become clear that the Sadrist movement dominated the new Iraqi parliament's first session last week. Despite their main Shiite rivals, the Coordination Framework, attempting to block the session’s progress, the Sadrists forced the legislative body to adhere to the constitutional deadlines and vote in a speaker and two deputies during the first session. As a result, the Framework resorted to the Federal Court, claiming the session was not constitutional. The Federal Court issued an injunction on January 13, which temporarily suspended the authority of the speaker and his deputies from performing their duties until they ruled on the two cases submitted by the Coordination Framework.The political situation is further complicated by the latest attacks on the offices of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Taqadum Coalition and Azm Alliance in Baghdad, coupled with an attack on the house of a new parliament member for Taqadum. SHIITES REELING UNDER DIVISION |
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