Iraq prepare for Supreme Court Session
The Iraqi Supreme Federal Court is considering, Thursday, a lawsuit to dissolve parliament, filed by the Sadrist movement.
The Federal Court set August 30th, last Tuesday, as the date for hearing the case, but postponed it twice in the light of the recent violence. It is expected to settle the case during today’s session.
The Sadrist movement called on the Supreme Judicial Council to dissolve parliament no later than September 20th, and tasked the president with setting a date for early elections.
According to observers, the court’s decision, once taken, will be an important step toward calming the angry street from the political situation and finding solutions.
Muqtada Al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement, decided to retire from politics after he was given a deadline to the Federal Court to decide on the lawsuit filed by Iraqis to dissolve the parliament. The deadline expired a day before the sudden decision of the movement leader.
The lawsuit to dissolve parliament is strongly opposed by the Coordination Framework powers and does not have the explicit support of the rest of the Kurdish and Sunni forces, but it does not have any public objection to it.
“If the forces of the coordination framework insist and succeed in activating parliament sessions and proceed with the passing of their candidate for prime minister, the conflict will take another aspect in which the rules of the game and confrontation differ, from armed clashes to assassinations and death rings,” analysts said.
The situation is different than it was a few days ago,” they said. “The framework’s forces are able to impose their desires and will on the political scene, and the framework will not be able to rebalance and dominate the system after a deep rift has taken place, which can only be repaired with radical change.
