Sadr calls on Iraqi Supreme Court to dissolve Iraqi parliament
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Sadrist Movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday called on the Iraqi Supreme Court to dissolve the parliament by next week, and prepare for early Iraqi elections, the state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported on Wednesday.
He also asked his supporters to continue protests near the Green Zone.
His statement is a response to head of the State of Law coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, who earlier this week ruled out dissolving the federal parliament, changing the system, or holding early elections unless the sessions of the elected parliament resume.
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Iraq last held early parliamentary elections in October 2021.
However, fundamental disagreements between the Sadrists and the Iran-backed Coordination Framework over the form of the next government continue.
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The Coordination Framework in a later statement refused Sadr’s statement and called for respecting “the judicial and legislative authorities”, Al-Ahad TV reported.
“We demand the political forces to preserve democratic gains and form a government that transcends challenges,” the Coordination Framework said, according to Al-Ahad TV.
Rend Al-Rahim, President of the Iraq Foundation, former ambassador of Iraq to the United States, in a recent piece for the Arab Center Washington DC warned that the current escalation “is threatening to turn into a full intra-Shia war that would undermine the country’s stability and security, as well as the welfare of its long-suffering people.”