Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hold posters with his photo outside the parliament building during a sit-in protest, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022.
photo: AP Photo/Adil al-Khazali
Ahmad Mousavi, a member of the Fatah Alliance, said there are domestic and foreign mediators to lessen the tensions between the Coordination Framework and the Sadr Movement.
"The Coordination Framework has refused to involve people in the political disputes," Mousavi added.
"There are political parties that want to impose themselves through force, but the door of the Coordination Framework is open to all parties that are in favor of negotiations and understanding because there is no other option other than dialogue and forming a new government.
After the Sadrists stormed the Parliament building in Baghdad and impeded the normal political process when the Coordination Framework tried to vote for the prime minister, Muqtada al-Sadr refused negotiations with the Coordination Framework.
Al-Sadr instructed his followers to evacuate the Parliament building in 72 hours, and the speaker of the Parliament suspended the council of representatives' meetings indefinitely.
Tensions between the Sadr Movement and Coordination Framework rose over storming the parliament by the latter, bringing a united reaction from domestic and foreign forces to settle their disputes peacefully.