Iraqi National Movement

The Iraqi National Movement (INM) (Arabic: الحركة الوطنية العراقية al-Ḥaraka al-Waṭaniya al-Iraqiyya), more commonly known as the al-Iraqiya List, was an Iraqi political coalition formed to contest the 2010 parliamentary election by Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi's Renewal List, the Iraqi National Accord led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and the Iraqi National Dialogue Front led by Saleh al-Mutlaq. The party included both Shi'a leaders (such as Allawi) and Sunni leaders (such as al-Mutlaq and al-Hashimi) and claimed to be secular and non-sectarian.[2]

al-Iraqiya List
al-Haraka al-Wataniya al-Iraqiyya
LeaderIyad Allawi
FoundedOctober 2009 (October 2009)[1]
DissolvedDecember 2012
Succeeded byMuttahidoon
Al-Wataniya
Al-Arabiya Coalition
White Bloc
IdeologyIraqi nationalism
Secularism
Nonsectarianism
Political positionCentre-right

With 2,849,612 votes (24.7%) and 91 seats the Iraqiya List became the biggest list in the elections, winning two seats more than Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law Coalition, which won 89 seats and 2,792,083 votes (24.2%).[3]

2010 parliamentary election

In the 2010 parliamentary election the coalition consisted of the following parties:[4]

Results
Performance of the al-Iraqiya List for the 2010 Iraqi Elections, per Governorate
Governorate Votes Percentage Seats won Total seats
Anbar294,42062.3%1114
Babil104,74617.9%316
Baghdad841,75533.1%2468
Basra75,3879.3%324
Dhi Qar43,7067.6%118
Diyala245,02548.7%813
Karbala36,06110.8%110
Kirkuk211,67538.0%612
Maysan15,9135.8%010
Muthanna17,7127.7%07
Najaf29,6527.2%012
Nineveh593,93656.3%2031
Qadisiyyah55,03014.7%211
Saladin233,59147.8%812
Wasit51,00313.5%211
Compensatory seats27
Total:2,849,61224.8%91325
Party Seats
Iraqi National Accord28
Iraqi National Dialogue Front16
al-Hal13
al-Hadba9
National Future Gathering8
Renewal List7
The Iraqis6
Iraqi Turkmen Front3
Iraqi Arab Gathering1

Post-election

Following the election the party was beset by political infighting in the post election period, with 8 MPs leaving in early March 2011 in order to set up the White Iraqiya Bloc.[5]

Following the formation of the White Bloc, another 20 members of the Iraqi National Movement announced the formation of a new party within the list, under the name Youth of Iraq, headed by Talal Zobaie.[6]

In April 2011, a further 5 MPs left the list in order to found the Free Iraqiya party.

The reasons for the many splits within the list were numerous, but some of the most often cited reasons were that a handful of list members had monopolised power and ignore the thousands of party members, a problem that is exacerbated by the fact that the party has no clear ideology or policies. These rifts have led to possible discussions between State of Law leader Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and Saleh al-Mutlaq and Usama al-Nujayfi, of forming an electoral alliance for the 2013 Iraqi governorate elections, although some members of the Iraqi National Movement contend that the rumours over its internal problems are merely attempts by other parties to undermine it.[7]

See also

References
  1. Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights p.8
  2. Iraq VP forms coalition with Mutlak, Allawi Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, Al Sumaria, 2009-10-29
  3. "Como Espiar un Celular ? Keylogger, espiar el telefono de mi pareja -". Como Espiar un Celular ? Keylogger, espiar el telefono de mi pareja.
  4. "Last minute law in Iraq". Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  5. "Eight MPs withdraw from Iraqiya, form new party". Al Sumaria. March 8, 2011.
  6. "MPs defect from Ayad Allawi's Iraqiya List". Al Sumaria. March 18, 2011. Archived from the original on January 13, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  7. "Opposition? What opposition? The incredible shrinking Iraqiya party". Niqash. November 8, 2012. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2012.

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