Al-Nujaba Spox Advises Political Groups to Resolve Crisis by Visiting Najaf
“The political scene of the country is so complex that we need superior thinking, deep insight and a decisive and fair decision and no one but the marja’iyyah (supreme religious authority) has all these conditions,” said Nasr al-Shammari in a statement on Monday.
“Therefore, it is assumed that all political groups will go to Najaf and remove all the obstacles and reasons that have prevented the marja’iyyah from accepting political activists,” he said.
He advised political parties to introduce competent and honest people to the marja’iyyah, noting, “This must be done before the country is pushed into an unknown path where there is danger, challenge and conspiracy.”
This came on the heels of mass resignation of 73 Sadrist parliamentarians two weeks ago after months of stalemate over forming a new government, nearly eight months after parliamentary elections.
Sadr called the en bloc resignation “a sacrifice made towards emancipation of the nation from an ambiguous fate,” referring to the impasse.
Members of the movement then handed in their resignations in al-Hannana, the headquarters of the political party in the holy shrine city of Najaf.
“The country’s reform will only take place with a national majority government,” Sadr said in a televised statement, adding, “If the survival of the Sadr bloc is an obstacle to the formation of the government, then all representatives of the bloc are ready to resign from parliament.”
“Iraq needs a government backed by a majority that serves the people,” the prominent cleric said.
Sadr’s party was the biggest winner in the October general elections and was expected to sideline other rivals who had dominated politics in Iraq for years. However, the existing political disagreement among parties impeded parliament from electing a president.
On June 12, Iraq’s Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi accepted mass resignation of lawmakers faithful to Sadr.
"We have reluctantly accepted the requests of our brothers and sisters, representatives of the Sadr bloc, to resign," al-Halbousi tweeted.
The country has been without a government since parliamentary elections in October. Sadrists exceeded their fellow aspirants by winning as many as 73 seats in the contest.
Source: Website of the representative office of al-Nujaba in Iran
