Iraqi national movement
| Iraqi national movement | |
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| Party leader | Iyad Allawi |
| founding | October 2009 |
| Alignment | Nationalism , secularism , liberalism |
| Parliament seats | 78/325 |
The Iraqi National Movement ( al-Harakat al-Wataniyya al-Iraqiyya /الحركة الوطنية العراقية / al-Ḥarakat al-Waṭanīya al-ʿIrāqīya ), also called Irakija (or English Irakiah ), was an amalgamation of several political groups in Iraq under the leadership of Iyad Allawi . The party saw itself as a national- secular alliance.
The main parties of the Iraqi national movement were the National Unity Party (al-Wifaq) of Allawi, the Renewal Party of Tariq al- Haschimi, the Iraqiyoun party of Usama an-Nujaifi and the Iraqi National Movement for Progress and Reform (also known as al-Hal) .
Parliamentary elections
In the run-up to the 2010 elections , Salih al-Mutlak was excluded from the elections because he was accused of having contacts with Saddam Hussein's old regime. In the elections themselves, the national movement won 2.85 million votes and was the strongest force in the Iraqi parliament with 91 seats. With the exception of the three Kurdish provinces, the alliance was able to win seats everywhere. They came first in al-Anbar, Salahaddin, Kirkuk and Diyala. Overall, Irakija won 91 seats in parliament, making it the list with the most members in the Iraqi parliament .
After the merger of the rule of law coalition and the Iraqi National Alliance , its chairman and previous prime minister Nuri al-Maliki claimed the office for a new term of office. The negotiations on forming a government could only be concluded after eight months.
In March 2011, eight MPs left the list and founded their own association, which they called "White Irakiya". In April another five members formed the Free Irakiya List.
In the subsequent elections on April 30, 2014, the parties represented in the coalition ran separately.
Prominent members
Web links
- International Crisis Group: Iraq's Secular Opposition: The Rise and Decline of Al-Iraqiya , Middle East Report N ° 127 of July 31, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ^ New elections, new alliances in Iraq. on: Deutsche Welle . March 2, 2010.
- ^ Mustafa Habib: opposition? what opposition? the incredible shrinking iraqiya party at niqash.org on November 8, 2012 (accessed November 16, 2012).
- ↑ Juan Cole: Sunnis Big Losers in Iraq Elections, PM al-Maliki has Largest Party in juancole.com, May 20, 2014 (accessed August 25, 2016).