The Al-Ahrar Bloc ( ar-at, كتلة الأحرار, Kotlat Al-Ahrar or ''Liberal Bloc'') is an
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
i
Shia
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...
Islamist political coalition formed for the
2014 Iraqi parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 30 April 2014. The elections decided the 328 members of the Council of Representatives who will in turn elect the Iraqi President and Prime Minister.
Electoral system
The open list form of party-lis ...
. It is headed by
Dia Najem Abdallah al-Asadi.
The mainly Shia movement having the support of religious leader
Muqtada al-Sadr
Muqtada al-Sadr ( ar, مقتدى الصدر, Muqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr; born 4 August 1974) is an Iraqi politician and militia leader. He is the leader of the Sadrist Movement and the leader of the Peace Companies, a successor to the militia he had p ...
strongly opposed a third term form Prime Minister
Nouri al-Maliki
Nouri Kamil Muhammad-Hasan al-Maliki ( ar, نوري المالكي; born 20 June 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki (), is secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party and was the prime minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014 and the vice president ...
, a Shia himself, in forming an Iraqi government and said it would not partake in a government by the latter whose
State of Law Coalition had won the biggest number of seats in the new parliament. Al-Ahrar states prominently in its party platform that it wants to fight
corruption
Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted in a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain. Corruption m ...
which it says is rampant in al-Maliki-run government.
History
The coalition is considered a
Sadrist Movement
The Sadrist Movement ( ar, التيار الصدري ') is an Iraqi Islamic national movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr. The movement draws wide support from across Iraqi society and especially from the Shi'a poor in the country. The most important ...
, despite the announcement of its leader Muqtada al-Sadr of withdrawing from political life.
In the 2009 Governorate Elections, the Sadrist Movement had taken part under the name
Independent Free Movement List
The Sadrist Movement ( ar, التيار الصدري ') is an Iraqi Islamic national movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr. The movement draws wide support from across Iraqi society and especially from the Shi'a poor in the country. The most important ...
winning 43 out of 440 seats.
During the
2010 Parliamentary Elections, the Sadrist Movement was part of the
National Iraqi Alliance.
In
2014 Iraqi parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 30 April 2014. The elections decided the 328 members of the Council of Representatives who will in turn elect the Iraqi President and Prime Minister.
Electoral system
The open list form of party-lis ...
s, The Sadrists formed Al Ahrar Bloc, their own political coalition for the elections. Headed by
Dia al-Asadi, it strongly opposed a third term for Prime Minister al-Maliki and his large grouping
State of Law Coalition.
2014 parliamentary elections
Al-Ahrar Bloc has won 34 seats in the
2014 Iraqi Parliament, making it the second political grouping in the Iraqi parliament. The seats are divided as follows:
*) includes: Other allied forces - 6 seats
2018 parliamentary elections
In preparation for the
2018 parliamentary election, Sadr has withdrawn the bloc from parliament and urged its MPs not to stand in the May poll, in order to make way for his new list known as
Alliance towards Reforms, with the main components being the
Sadrist movement
The Sadrist Movement ( ar, التيار الصدري ') is an Iraqi Islamic national movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr. The movement draws wide support from across Iraqi society and especially from the Shi'a poor in the country. The most important ...
and the
Iraqi Communist Party
The Iraqi Communist Party ( ar, الحزب الشيوعي العراقي '; ku, Partiya Komunista Iraqê حزبی شیوعی عێراق) is a communist party and the oldest active party in Iraq. Since its foundation in 1934, it has dominated the ...
.
See also
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Sadrist Movement
The Sadrist Movement ( ar, التيار الصدري ') is an Iraqi Islamic national movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr. The movement draws wide support from across Iraqi society and especially from the Shi'a poor in the country. The most important ...
*
Independent Free Movement List
The Sadrist Movement ( ar, التيار الصدري ') is an Iraqi Islamic national movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr. The movement draws wide support from across Iraqi society and especially from the Shi'a poor in the country. The most important ...
References
External links
Al-Ahrar Bloc official website
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Islamic political parties in Iraq
Shia Islamic political parties
Political parties with year of establishment missing