For days, Iraq has witnessed turmoil, protests and sit-ins in which partisan entities and powerful personalities are vying for power, and the street has moved to dominate the country's political life. The conflict escalated between the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, and his rivals in the Shiite coordination framework, with his supporters storming parliament, starting an open sit-in, and raising his demands for a radical change of the political system, the constitution, and the electoral law. On the other hand, the framework rejected these demands and considered them "a harbinger of a suspicious coup" amid fears of confrontations between supporters of the two parties in the street. The dispute over who will form the next government has exacerbated the rift between the two sides and deepened the political impasse that the country has been experiencing for nearly 10 months. A national majority in coalition with the Sunni Sovereignty Alliance and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and excludes the Shiite coordination framework. The following is a presentation of the most prominent of these entities and personalities: coordinating framework A Shiite political alliance and currently owns the largest bloc in Parliament (130 deputies), and it includes all Shiite forces except for the Sadrist movement, and consists mainly of the "State of Law" bloc led by Nuri al-Maliki, in addition to the "Al-Fateh" alliance and the "National State Forces" alliance. Among its main characters are: 1- Nuri al-Maliki: He leads the "State of Law" and previously held the position of Prime Minister, and he has an undisputed personal feud with the leader of the Sadrist movement. Many see this antagonism as one of the main drivers of the current situation. 2- Hadi Al-Amiri: Head of the “Al-Fateh” coalition, leader of the “Badr Organization” and one of the most prominent leaders of the Popular Mobilization that appeared in the Iraqi scene as a reaction to the control of the “Islamic State” organization over Mosul and large parts of Iraq. Al-Amiri was one of the skeptics of the results of the recent parliamentary elections. 3- Ammar al-Hakim: a Shiite politician and spiritual leader. He heads the "Hikma Movement" and is considered a central figure in the coordination framework. 4- Haider al-Abadi: He headed the government between 2014 and 2016, and was one of the most prominent leaders of the Islamic Dawa Party before withdrawing from it and forming the “Victory” alliance. 5- Qais al-Khazali: He was one of the leaders of the Mahdi Army Brigades, which was established by al-Sadr when it was established in 2003, then he founded an armed group alongside his brother Laith al-Khazali called “Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq” and then turned into a political movement and a parliamentary bloc in the House of Representatives bearing the name of the “Sadiquon” bloc. . 6- Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani: His candidacy for the premiership over the coordinating framework was the point that made the cup of recent developments in the country. He has previously held positions in successive governments since the US invasion of the country in 2003, and resigned from the Dawa Party in 2019. Sadrist Movement On the other side of the current crisis is the Sadrist movement whose supporters are on the ground. This current is led by Muqtada al-Sadr, who inherited the religious leadership from his father, the religious authority, Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr. The current won 73 seats in parliament in the legislative elections last October, but its deputies submitted their resignation collectively last June. After the resignation, the coordination framework became the owner of the largest bloc in the Council. Despite this resignation, the Sadrist movement remains one of the biggest drivers of the current scene, and by his order, the demonstrators who are camping at the parliament headquarters conspire to pressure the coordination framework and prevent it from forming a government. dental component It is led by the Sovereignty Alliance, which consists of the "Progress" bloc led by Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi (37 seats in parliament) and the "Azm" bloc led by Khamis al-Khanjar, and won 34 seats. the Kurds The Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by Massoud Barzani, is the largest bloc in parliament at the level of Kurdish parties, with 31 seats in the parliament. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, headed by Bafel Talabani, has 17 seats in parliament. independent The current prime minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, who was head of the intelligence service, was subjected to 3 assassination attempts due to the tension in the country after the October 10 elections. Al-Kazemi is described as a technocrat and does not belong to any political entity. The extension movement: It describes itself as a political movement that takes a distance from the rest of the currents, is close to the Tishreen protesters, and has 9 seats in Parliament. There are also independent deputies who have no political affiliations, who won 43 seats, and may later join any party alliances.

Source: Al Jazeera