In an interview with Al-Ma'lomeh News Agency, Saad Mohammad Al-Kaabi added: "Sadr's withdrawal from political rivalry does not mean the current political crisis in Iraq will be solved, because the Coordination Framework seeks to unite the Shiite house and form the largest coalition with Sadr's bloc."

He stressed that, for this reason, there is no way out of this crisis unless the candidate of the Kurdistan Democratic Party resigns from the presidency of Iraq.

Al-Kaabi stressed: "Sunni parties have the right to participate in the future government, either with the Sadr faction or with the Shiite Coordination Framework."

It is worth mentioning that Muqtada al-Sadr, said on Thursday, March 31, he has given 40 days for the Coordination Framework to discuss and come to an agreement with other parties (aside from the Sadrist bloc) in Iraq’s parliament on forming a new government.

Sadr announced the Sadrist Movement is the largest Shia party and he has been able to form the largest coalition, Saving the Homeland, with a nominee acceptable to all.

He has asked all members of the Sadrist Movement to "not intervene positively or negatively” in forming a new government during the period, "from the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan to the ninth of the month of Shawwal al-Mudham.”

The Saving the Homeland alliance was announced on March 23 as a bloc between the Sadrist Movement, the Sunni al-Siyada Coalition and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). They announced their candidate for president of the republic, the Kurdistan Region’s Minister of Interior and KDP member Rebar Ahmed, last week.

Sadr refused a request from the Coordination Framework to reach a consensus on the formation of the Iraqi government on Wednesday, when the Iraqi parliament was supposed to hold a session to elect the president of the republic. The session was adjourned until further notice. The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court gave a deadline of April 6 to choose a president.

The Coordination Framework, one of the two largest Shia blocs in the Iraqi parliament, is a coalition of Shia parties composed of the Fatah Alliance, the State of Law Coalition the Hikma Party and the Nasr Alliance.

The two blocs, Sadr’s Saving the Homeland and the Coordination Framework, have sought to win allies among independent MPs in the Iraqi parliament following October’s election in 2021.

The KDP and the al-Siyada Coalition announced on Friday, April 1, they are committed to their alliance with the Sadrist Movement.

Sadr asked members of the Sadrist Movement to "not intervene positively or negatively” in forming the new government during this 40-day period.

The Sadrist Movement formed the Saving the Homeland alliance on March 23 with the KDP and the Siyada Coalition and announced on Thursday the KDP and Siyada were free to stay with the bloc or form new alliances.

Both parties said on Friday a strong government in Iraq would not be formed without the Sadrist Movement and assured their firm commitment to the Saving the Homeland alliance, which they referred to as "hope for Iraqis.”

The KDP and Siyada stated they appreciate Sadr’s attempts to expedite the forming of a new government and reiterated they are committed to the alliance.

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