Alliance Towards Reforms
Iraqi electoral coalition that includes Sadrist and secular parties / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Alliance Towards Reforms or Marching Towards Reform (Arabic: تحالف سائرون للإصلاح), also known by its Arabic short form Saairun (Arabic: سائرون, Saairun, lit. 'Forward'[11]), was an Iraqi electoral coalition formed to gain political control in the 2018 general election. The main components were the Shi’a Islamist Sadrist Integrity Party, the leftist Iraqi Communist Party,[12] the Youth Movement for Change Party, the Party of Progress and Reform and the Iraqi Republican Group and the State of Justice Party.[13][14] The alliance won 54 seats, more than any other coalition in the election.
Alliance Towards Reforms تحالف سائرون للإصلاح | |
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Leader | Hassan al-Aquli[1][2][3] (Political leader) Muqtada al-Sadr (Spiritual leader) |
Founded | 25 January 2018[4] |
Dissolved | 24 July 2021[5] |
Ideology | Iraqi nationalism[6] Anti-corruption[6] Catch-all[7] Factions: Social democracy[8] Syncretic politics[9] Shi'a political thought[10] Communism |
Political position | Big tent |
Colors | Dark cyan Turquoise |
Council of Representatives | 0 / 329
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Seats in the Governorate Councils | 0 / 440
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Governors | 0 / 18
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In the previous election, the Sadrists (a Shia movement emerging in the 1990s to oppose President Saddam Hussein) had run as the Al-Ahrar Bloc and won 34 seats.[15] They initially supported the al Abadi government, with Baha al-Araji serving as one of the Deputy Prime Ministers.[16] However, they later withdrew this stance, organizing protests against government corruption and sectarianism. On 30 April 2016, supporters of the Alliance Towards Reforms occupied the Council of Representatives in protest.[17]
The coalition effectively ended when the Iraqi Communist Party decided to boycott the 2021 general election.[5]