Iraq: The “blocking third” thwarts the election of the president of the republic

Yesterday (Saturday), the Iraqi parliament session to elect the president of the republic failed after the Shiite “coordinating framework”, along with its Kurdish and Sunni allies, succeeded in securing the “blocking third” that disrupted the completion of the quorum for the election session, which was raised to next Wednesday.

As soon as the parliament’s presidency announced the adjournment of the session, tension returned between the leader of the “state of law coalition” Nuri al-Maliki and the Sadrist movement. Al-Maliki held a press conference in which he announced that “the guarantor third represented by the coordination framework has won.” A representative from the Sadrist movement responded in a tweet on “Twitter,” saying that “Iraqis have bad memories with the third reminding them of the loss of a third of Iraq,” referring to the occupation of the { ISIS) about four Iraqi provinces in 2014, representing a third of the area of ​​Iraq during the era of al-Maliki, who was prime minister at the time.

Supporters of the Sadrist movement were active in the hours leading up to the parliament session through the Iraqi social and news platforms in promoting the idea that they are able to secure the attendance of two-thirds of parliament members (220 deputies) to pass the election of the president, in contrast to the activity of the “Coordination Framework Forces”, in confirmation of their ability to thwart This was achieved by obtaining a “blocking third” of the deputies (120 deputies). It is clear that yesterday’s parliament session went in favor of the obstructionist forces.

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