SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The majority of Iraqi factions including Sunnis, Kurds, and part of Shiites support calls for the snap election, The Sadrist movement minister said Sunday.
The Sadrist movement minister, Salih Muhammad al-Iraqi, a close figure of powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in a Tweet said, The Kurdish, Sunnis, part of Iraqi Shiites as well have shown consent towards the snap election.
“Majority of factions have expressed consent for a snap election, and the dissolution of the Iraqi parliament also implementing several constitutional amendments,” al-Iraqi said.
“The coordination framework failed to form the government due to the disputes between the framework parties,” He said.
Al-Sadr won the largest share of seats in the election last October but failed to form a majority government that excluded his rivals, the Shiite coordination framework.
Since then the country’s political crisis worsened deeper, Sadr blocked the parliament from meeting by inciting his supporters to stage a sit-in in the legislative building, waiting until his demands are met, calling for the dissolution of the parliament, constitutional amendments, and a snap election.
Iraq’s political impasse, now in its tenth month, is the longest in the country since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion reset the political order.
