ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Sunni Azm Alliance on Monday called on Iraq’s political blocs and figures to engage in dialogue to resolve the ongoing political impasse, stressing the importance of unifying efforts to achieve the common goals of the different parties.
“We call on the political and parliamentary blocs and figures in the liberated governorates to start a serious political and social dialogue which aims to resolve the political deadlock,” read a statement from the Azm Alliance on Monday.
The call from the Sunni alliance comes amid a deepening political crisis in Iraq, with calls from influential Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr for the dissolution of the parliament and holding of snap parliamentary elections, while his supporters continue sit-in protests in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone.
The statement from Azm said that their call for dialogue is out of their “national and social” responsibility, and in compliance with the promises they have made to their supporters prior to the parliamentary elections of 2021.
Muthanna al-Samarrai, head of the Azm Alliance, on Saturday received head of Fatih Alliance Hadi al-Amiri, exchanging views regarding the current political state in Iraq, as the latter continues to convene with the heads of the Iraqi parliament’s main blocs, emphasizing the significance of holding dialogue to put an end to the political impasse.
The Sadrist supporters are set to hold “million-man” protests on Saturday afternoon from Tahrir Square to the Grand Festivities Square in Baghdad, continuing the grand display of support for the calls of their leader.
Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets in anti-government protests in October 2019, leading to snap parliamentary elections in October 2021. Nonetheless, the elected legislature has failed to form a new government 10 months following October’s vote, due to continued disagreement between the parliament’s main blocs over the mechanisms of its formation.
“We call on the political and parliamentary blocs and figures in the liberated governorates to start a serious political and social dialogue which aims to resolve the political deadlock,” read a statement from the Azm Alliance on Monday.
The call from the Sunni alliance comes amid a deepening political crisis in Iraq, with calls from influential Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr for the dissolution of the parliament and holding of snap parliamentary elections, while his supporters continue sit-in protests in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone.
The statement from Azm said that their call for dialogue is out of their “national and social” responsibility, and in compliance with the promises they have made to their supporters prior to the parliamentary elections of 2021.
Muthanna al-Samarrai, head of the Azm Alliance, on Saturday received head of Fatih Alliance Hadi al-Amiri, exchanging views regarding the current political state in Iraq, as the latter continues to convene with the heads of the Iraqi parliament’s main blocs, emphasizing the significance of holding dialogue to put an end to the political impasse.
The Sadrist supporters are set to hold “million-man” protests on Saturday afternoon from Tahrir Square to the Grand Festivities Square in Baghdad, continuing the grand display of support for the calls of their leader.
Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets in anti-government protests in October 2019, leading to snap parliamentary elections in October 2021. Nonetheless, the elected legislature has failed to form a new government 10 months following October’s vote, due to continued disagreement between the parliament’s main blocs over the mechanisms of its formation.
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