Abdul Mahdi: Internal, Foreign factors affect political process

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The leader within the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council and the former Vice-President, Adel Abdul Mahdi, stated that there are internal and foreign factors affect the political process in both negative and positive sides.

He stated to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) “We cannot assume that the main factors that affect the political process are the forign ones but the internal factors have an impact as well.”

Regarding the request of some sides to the Iraqi National Alliance to replace the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, he said “This issue is left to the INA and I will not interfere in it.”

The political process witnesses complicated disputes between the Iraqiya Slate and the State of Law Coalition over not applying Erbil agreement and the council of the strategic policies.

The political leaders held a meeting on Saturday at the residence of the head of the Sadr Trend, Muqtada al-Sadr, to discuss the political crisis after the end of the set time to Maliki to respond to the letter of Erbil meeting.

Earlier, the head of the Sadr Trend, Muqtada al-Sadr called the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki to visit him in Najaf before setting the final touches for Erbil and Najaf meetings.