Sadr is imposing pressure on Shiite movements: Expert
The head of the Arabic Center for Iranian Studies has said that the tension that has been made by Sadrist lawmakers’ resignation from the parliament has made the political situation in Iraq even worse.
The resignation of 73 members of the Sadrist movements from the Iraqi Parliament has added another crisis to the past ones, Mohammad Saleh Sedghiyan told ILNA.
He added that two scenarios are in the cards in Iraq; “The first scenario is replacing the resigned members with other candidates. This seems unlikely because it may result in street protests by Sadrist followers and, the second scenario is dissolution of parliament and holding of a new election. This scenario is more likely.”
Underlining that some believe that Sadr is taking revenage from some Iraqi Shiite movements, the expert said, "The reality is that it is still not clear what Sadr is looking for."
It seems that Iraqi problems are rooted in this country’s political system, he added.
In this situation, the Sunnis, Kurds, and even the region’s Arab countries and some western countries are leveling accusations agaisnt the Shiites and saying that they can’t run the country, he added.
“I believe that this process must be reformed and reconstructed because the future is vague,” he noted.
He said that even Iraqi officials and Shiites don't know what Muqtada al-Sadr is looking for and this ambiguity has led to more difficulties than in the past.