Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried First Deputy Speaker Adnan Fihhan, speaking at the eighth Baghdad Dialogue Conference on 22 August, saying the clause extending the PMF chairman's tenure is the single point of disagreement obstructing the PMF law, that the PMF contains electoral brigades and regiments in violation of the constitution and the law, and that political forces are preventing important legislation. Minutes earlier the same channel carried Al-Asas Coalition figure Adnan al-Jabri adding his bloc's voice to the Sadiqoun push for a vote. Fihhan's affiliation is not stated in the supplied material and is not inferred from the host channel.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official22 Aug, 20:49
“The extension clause for the PMF chairman is the only point of disagreement that has obstructed the authority's law … within the PMF there are electoral brigades and regiments, and this violates the constitution and the law.”
فقرة التمديد لرئيس الحشد الشعبي هي النقطة الخلافية الوحيدة التي عرقلت قانون الهيئة … في الحشد الشعبي ألوية وأفواج انتخابية وهذا مخالف للدستور والقانون
Naming one clause as the sole obstacle localises a broad legislative fight onto the question of who leads the PMF, and does so on the channel of the faction most invested in passing the law.