The Iraqi Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia'a al-Sudani, is engaged in a silent struggle with the "coordinating framework" because of what the coalition that dominates parliament considers to be a violation of the terms of his selection to head the government.
Al-Sudani leads the government according to a different vision of what was set for him by (the framework) who nominated him for the site after discovering that some of the (coordinating committee) leaders dealt with him as their employee, which prompted those leaders to initiate a behind-the-scenes political campaign against Al-Sudani.
The coalition tracks the prime minister's movements at home and at the level of foreign policy, as the latter was seen as "internationally poor" because he works against the wishes of this coalition.
The “coordination” move against Al-Sudani came after the movement of the man who had reservations about some provisions of the (St. Lego) electoral law, as Al-Sudani on the one hand, and the independents on the other hand, became concerned (the Framework Alliance); As a result of the prime minister's pressure to approve articles in the election law that would lead to the return of independents in a broader alliance, the most dangerous being with al-Sadr.
Sources within the Coordination Committee expressed to Okaz their concerns about the Prime Minister's moves, which do not suggest that he is a representative of the (framework) or part of it.
It is noteworthy that Al-Sudani resigned in 2019 from the Dawa Party, and at that time he was expected to be a replacement for Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi at the time, and he considered his selection last July as a candidate for the (coordinating party) to head the government as a surprise to everyone, especially since he had run in the elections with a single list for the first time.
Al-Sudani was initially seen as close to former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, according to tweets by Saleh al-Iraqi, who is close to Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement last summer.
But after that, Al-Maliki complained more than once about the administration of the prime minister, especially in the issue of replacing the governors, and his silence about the interference of the League of the Righteous (Qais Khazali) in the Ministry of Oil, which belongs to the first share.
And according to Al-Sudani, against the background of these events, he was close to Khazali, after the latter aimed his arrows against the prime minister, which was considered a reminder to Al-Sudani that he was implementing the (framework) policy, and he should not forget that.
A Sunni politician whose party is allied with the Coordination Framework, said in sessions that took place in Baghdad several months ago: Al-Sudani does not seem to represent the “framework.” And he adds, "The prime minister told us in the party's office that he came at the top of (sectarian) quota arrangements, but he believes in the logic of the state."
However, leaders close to the Coordination Alliance said that the framework made a mistake by hiding behind Al-Sudani on international issues, especially the relationship with America, which showed that the former is the champion of those policies.
But what annoyed (the Coordinating Committee) the most was that Al-Sudani opened channels of communication with the Sadrist movement. whose leader, Muqtada al-Sadr, has been committed to political silence for more than 6 months, while everyone expects his intervention, especially in the case of the election law (St. Lego).
Preliminary readings indicate that the new election law may not greatly affect the share of the Sadrists in the upcoming elections, but it will not achieve the hypothesis of the political majority adopted by al-Sadr, and the leader of the movement may be forced, if he decides to participate in the elections, to ally with other parties, which is against what At least those close to al-Sadr put forward the formation of local governments with a Sadrist majority.
Most of the views of the coordination framework parties go to the formation of single or medium alliances in the central and southern regions, which is what the Maliki coalition (State of Law) and Hadi al-Amiri (Al-Fatah) think about, and the alliance may expand in the western cities.
On the other hand, the independent MPs have the same idea, that the issue of passing St. Lego in the last version may be an opportunity for this group to unite after failing to do so several times, or they may agree with al-Sadr in a new alliance.
This hypothesis seems disturbing to the coordination framework, which observers believe insisted on (St. Lego) to have a comfortable next 4 years (in the upcoming legislative elections) without disturbing the independents.
Riyad Mansour (Oman) @riyadmansour