Obelisk Clock: Al-Halbousi outperforms his opponents by a majority… and the provincial council elections decide his political fate

January 17, 2023

Baghdad/The Obelisk: The Obelisk publishes the most prominent interactions of TV dialogues, Monday 16/01/2023.

The leader of the Unified Anbar Alliance, Staff of Tarmouz, during a televised interview:

The Sunni system has not settled on a specific leadership since 2003
The Sunni system relied on the Presidency of Parliament
The Sunni dispute came as a result of conflicting interests
The Sunni component did not have a single leader
The issue of leadership is far from the orientation of the Sunni component
Being in the presidency of Parliament does not give anyone the right to speak on behalf of the Sunni component
The Sunni differences were present, but under the table
The resignations of the deputies were written under certain pressure from their leaders
Any opposition figure in Anbar is excluded from the political scene
Laith Al-Dulaimi has a large audience and must be respected
Everyone should take their turn in Anbar now
– We need real democracy far from silencing mouths
– It is not possible to cancel the audience of representatives with a “stroke of a pen.”
We trust the judiciary and the Federal Court to recover the right of Representative Laith Al-Dulaimi
We are very keen not to leave the legal and constitutional frameworks
The title of leadership should be given by the general public and not by the person himself
The people of Anbar do not like authoritarianism, and they suffered a lot in the past
The governor of Anbar is a capable man, and we demand that he be given the freedom to work

Independent politician Ghassan Al-Ithawi during a televised interview:

We were not surprised by the recent events inside the Sunni house
The Sunni component will witness many changes at the political level
The Sunni conflict was not evident during the elections
Most of the current figures in Anbar had a role in political action
We are used to changing facades in the Sunni scene
There is no Sunni leader that everyone agrees on
Provincial council elections will produce many events
Provincial council elections will be the decisive factor between the Sunni forces
What happened with MP Laith al-Dulaimi and his signature on a dangerous previous white paper
We do not want the Anbari street to fall victim to disputes
Anbar will not be ruled by iron and fire, and no one will be able to impose his will there
Osama al-Nujaifi, al-Mutlaq and some leaders have become far from the Sunni scene
Al-Halbousi looks down on his opponents because of his political majority
Whoever obtains the majority in Anbar in the provincial elections will lead the province
The rival blocs of al-Halbousi are working to exclude him from Parliament


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