Iraqi parliamentary groupings join hands in bid to oust Abdel Mahdi
A bloc of Iraqi political parties comes together to form a strong opposition against Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi in an apparent bid to remove him from office.
BAGHDAD — Two days after the Victory Alliance led by former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced it was forming a “reform opposition” to the Iraqi government, the National Wisdom Movement led by Ammar al-Hakim announced June 16 the adoption of the “constitutional opposition” which may also include the Sairoon Alliance led by Muqtada al-Sadr. This could mark the beginning of a large parliamentary opposition.
On June 17, Sadr announced a 10-day deadline for the completion of the Abdul Mahdi's government and threatened, in a statement, that the Sadrist movement would “take a new stance should this not happen.”
This prompted the Sairoon Alliance to call for the questioning of the prime minister and to threaten to oppose him.
The Victory Alliance, the National Wisdom Movement and the Sairoon Alliance, the National Coalition and some Sunni blocs are part of the Reform Alliance, which failed last year to form the parliamentary majority bloc needed to name a prime minister.
