Shafaq News- Baghdad
The National Contract Alliance (Al-Aqd Al-Watani), theSumariyoun Movement, and several lawmakers who split from the Reconstructionand Development Coalition (RDC) led by former Prime Minister Mohammed ShiaAl-Sudani, announced on Wednesday the formation of a new political bloc namedthe National Statement Alliance (Al-Bayan Al-Watani).
In a statement, the new alliance said the signatory partiesdecided to establish the bloc after reviewing Iraq’s political landscape, therequirements of political work, and consultations with national politicalforces.
The alliance would continue supporting the government andpreserving the unity of the Shiite Coordination Framework, the statement vowed,stressing commitment to what it described as national and legitimate principlesguiding its political positions. “The alliance seeks to safeguard nationalsovereignty, preserve independent decision-making, support state institutions,and confront any attempts to weaken them.”
