The Iraqi Judicial Council decided, on Tuesday, to resume its work following announcing its suspension earlier due to the protests held by supporters of the Sadrist movement in front of the council building, while the Popular Mobilization Authority affirmed its ” keenness not to be a party to the current political crisis.”
According to the official Iraqi News Agency,consciousThe Judicial Council announced the resumption of its work, despite announcing on the same day that it was suspended, due to the condemnation of the supporters of the Sadrist movement for the judiciary’s abstention from interfering in the dissolution of Parliament.
The decision to resume work came following the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, advised, on Tuesday, the demonstrators to withdraw from the building of the Supreme Judicial Council and keep the tents, according to what was quoted by his close associate Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi in a statement.
For its part, the Popular Mobilization Authority confirmed, on Tuesday, “its keenness not to be a party to the current political crisis,” according to a statement it quoted.conscious“, referring to “the sanctity and sanctity of the sacred months and the approaching visit of the fortieth day of Imam Hussein.”
The commission stated that it was keen “not to be a party to the current political crisis at a time when the commission finds it obligated to protect civil peace, defend the state, prevent the collapse of its pillars, and protect the constitution that everyone swore to protect and abide by.”
The statement added, “The commission is closely monitoring and with great interest the painful and dangerous developments that are taking place in our beloved Iraq, the latest of which is the siege of the country’s source of power, which is represented by the Supreme Judicial Council by organized groups, including armed men.”
The authority obligated, according to the text of the statement, “all the leaders of the Popular Mobilization Operations and the leadership of the Samarra operations in particular, to abide by the duties assigned to them within the sector of their responsibilities and not to enter the political fray, and the authority will hold the violators accountable,” according to what was reported by “Aware”.
Supporters of the Sadrist movement expanded their sit-in, on Tuesday, in front of the Supreme Judicial Council building in the Green Zone in Baghdad, in an escalating step in the political crisis that has been going on for more than 10 months.
Following this sit-in, the Supreme Judicial Council announced in a statement the suspension of its work and the work of the Federal Supreme Court and its courts.
Since the parliamentary elections in October 2021, Iraq has been living in complete political paralysis with the inability to elect a new President of the Republic and form a new government, in light of continuous political differences.
The level of escalation between the Sadrist movement and its opponents in the coordination framework rose on July 30, when Sadr supporters stormed the Iraqi parliament building in the fortified Green Zone in the center of the capital, Baghdad, demanding the dissolution of parliament and the holding of early elections.
Sadr’s opponents in the coordination framework, which includes the bloc of former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, and the Fatah bloc representing the Popular Mobilization, for their part, want to form a government before going to early elections.
Supporters of the coordination framework have also been organizing a sit-in in front of the Green Zone, which includes government institutions and Western diplomatic headquarters, since August 12.
On August 10, al-Sadr demanded the judiciary to dissolve parliament, but the judiciary considered that it did not have this authority.
