Iraqi rival parties can't agree on path to new elections
Although Iraq's two rival Shiite groups, the Sadrists and the Coordination Framework, both agreed on early elections, they can't agree on the details.
The political crisis resulting from the conflict between Iraq's two main Shiite groups, the Sadrists and the Coordination Framework, is becoming more complicated with fewer options for a solution.
In his first public appearance since Sadrists stormed the parliament building on July 27, former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in a press conference on Aug. 9 that “there will be no dissolution of the parliament or early elections without the return of the legislature to hold sessions.”
Sadrist leader Muqtada al-Sadr called for early elections on Aug. 3 in a short press conference. Following his demand, the majority of Shiite political leaders from the Coordination Framework and even independents expressed their agreement and also called for early elections.
This, however, is not easy — and it will bring Iraq back to the source of the problem after the October 2021 elections.
