In an overnight session, the #Iraq parliament agreed on amendments to the 2018 electoral law, thus bringing an end to the new electoral system that was put in place in 2021. A summary of the amendments here (thread) ina.iq/181495--2-.html Following the experiment in 2021 with plurality voting in smaller multi-member constituencies, #Iraq now returns to the system that prevailed previously of proportionality voting based on a modified St. Lague formula in bigger constituencies again.

The approval of the new cabinet of @mohamedshia went fast through the #Iraq parliament today. Despite the record-long formation period, the approach that was followed (and the end result) is in many ways comparable to previous Iraqi government formations (thread) By and large the new #Iraq government formation paid very limited attention to the protest movement of recent years. The new cabinet is still oversized, with most major factions getting slices of the pie & gaining patronage through their preferred ministers. Hardly "technocratic"

Two events that may have caused the dramatic escalation in #Iraq by the Sadrists: 1. Scheduled ruling 30 Aug by supreme court on dissolving parliament which Sadrists are expected to lose. 2. Letter by Iran-based cleric Kazim al-Haeri critical of Sadr alalam.ir/news/6332183/%… Kazim al-Haeri in Iran was chosen as source of emulation for many followers of Muqtada's father after he was killed. Haeri now resigns as a religious authority citing old age and health problems. Importantly he says his followers should henceforth follow Iran's leader Khamenei.

Unprecedented parliamentary chaos emerged in #Iraq over the weekend following the mass resignation of 73 Sadrist MPs, until now the biggest and most coherent bloc in parliament (thread) For some time, rumours about potential Sadrist resignations had circulated but it was thought to be posturing related to frustration to the slow government formation process. This included presenting letters of resignation to Muqtada al-Sadr, which had zero legal significance.

#Iraq's federal supreme court is due to consider questions relating of the largest bloc in parliament. Among the documents they will consider is this list of the supposed members of the 88-MP strong Coordination Framework (thread)

https://twitter.com/SajadJiyad/status/1480232398461751307

Most of the seats in the Coordination Framework bloc list are bigger Shiite Islamist parties, claiming the following numbers of seats:
State of Law 33
Fatah 18
Tahaluf Qiwan al-Dawla al-Wataniya 4
Tahaluf al-aqd al-watani 4
Tahaluf al-Iraq al-Mustaqill 10
In total 69