Shia cleric Muqtada al Sadr steps back from forming cabinet for 40 days, allowing his Iran-supported rivals to try to shape the next Iraqi government
A powerful Iraqi Shia cleric has decided to step back for the next 40 days and give his Iran-backed rivals the chance to form the country's next government.
Sadr's offer came in a tweet, in which he also called on his followers not to interfere "neither positively not negatively" as his rivals form the Coordination Framework, a coalition of Iran-backed Shia parties, try to cobble together a cabinet. It is also not clear which party constitutes the largest bloc in parliament because of unclear and shifting loyalties of some lawmakers and parties.'Test of partners' in big gamble
The development is "a clear challenge and dare" directed at his rivals while also being a "test of partners," tweeted Farhad Alaaldin, chairman of the Iraq Advisory Council, a policy research institute.
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