Turkey and Iran are seeking to overthrow the Iraqi Parliament Speaker

According to reports, former Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, Turkey's most prominent ally in Iraq, is leading efforts to overthrow al-Halbousi from the position of Speaker of Parliament and deny him the privilege to contest early elections scheduled for the summer of 2021, and he is head of the legislative authority, and this could play a decisive role in the voting map. Expected.

At Iraqi politics has concept in large scale that the senior official position has great chance in the electoral competition.

Al-Halbousi took over the administration of al-Anbar immediately after regaining it from ISIS, when the country's treasury was almost empty.

Despite the extent of the destruction of its cities, most notably Ramadi, Fallujah, and Hit provinces during ISIS control and then during the process of re-taking it, Al-Halbousi succeeded in leading an urgent reconstruction campaign that showed the governorate a face that was not familiar to the central and southern governorates, which have a Shiite majority, which placed him in the political danger.

In 2017, Al-Halbousi became the presidency of Parliament, he was able tom form al large Sunni block, which helped him expand his political momentum and place him in the ranks of first-line leaders, despite his recent political experience on the personal level.

When Al-Halbousi adopted the multi-district option in the election law, former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, one of Iran's most prominent men in Iraq confronted him fiercely.

Taking advantage of the Sunni political atmosphere fearful of al-Halbousi's rapid expansion, al-Maliki supported Usama al-Nujaifi's efforts to meet the two wishes of the Sunni businessman, Khamis al-Khanjar, residing in Turkey, as everyone decided that the current speaker of parliament would no longer remain in office.

According to Al-Arab newspaper, Al-Nujaifi hosted, on Friday evening, at his home in Baghdad, a meeting attended by representatives of the Arab Project led by Khamis al-Khanjar and the Mass Party led by Ahmed Abu Mazen, the direct link with Al-Maliki, and other parties to discuss the plan to dismiss al-Halbousi.

According to politicians who participated in the meeting, the participants were unable to achieve the Sunni consensus necessary to remove the speaker of parliament, a condition set by the Shiite and Kurdish forces to agree to the option to replace al-Halbousi.

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ANHA