Ammar Al-Hakim backs state weapons monopoly – Shafaq News

Shafaq News-
Al-Muthanna/ Baghdad

Ammar al-Hakim,
head of the al-Hikma Movement, reaffirmed on Wednesday his support for
consolidating weapons authority in state hands, describing the policy as a
constitutional and legal obligation that admits no reversal.

Unlike several
other members of the Coordination Framework, the al-Hakim Movement does not
operate or sponsor an armed faction.

The Coordination
Framework, the umbrella grouping of Iraq’s main Shiite political forces, agreed
Monday to authorize Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Ali al-Zaidi to take all measures necessary to safeguard the country’s supreme
national interests, announcing its backing for the state weapons monopoly
project, and calling for severing the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) from
all political, partisan, and social affiliations.

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Regarding
filling the nine portfolios in al-Zadi’s government, al-Hakim said that the
Iraqi political parties are currently conducting intensive consultations to
fill the remaining cabinet seats, with an emergency parliamentary session under
consideration as a mechanism to finalize the vote.

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