On 16 September, Watan TV analyst Saad al-Ardawi said Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaydi had been pressured toward weapons confinement and removed from anti-corruption work. He described the Coordination Framework’s post-election conduct as a scramble for positions and said Nouri al-Maliki objected to deputy-prime-minister posts to preserve the prime minister’s decisions. Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) carried the comments without presenting them as a Badr Organization statement.
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated16 Sept, 23:26
“Al-Maliki objected to the deputy-prime-minister positions to preserve the prime minister’s decisions.”
المالكي اعترض على مناصب نواب رئيس الوزراء حفاظاً على قرارات رئيس الوزراء
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated16 Sept, 23:36
“The Coordination Framework’s talk is romantic before elections, and afterward it is a scramble for positions.”
حديث الإطار التنسيقي رومانسي قبل الانتخابات وبعدها "عرگة" على المناصب
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated16 Sept, 23:58
“They pressured al-Zaydi toward the weapons-confinement file and removed him from combating corruption.”
ضغطوا على الزيدي باتجاه ملف حصر السلاح وابعدوه عن مكافحة الفساد
Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) carried the criticism, but Badr Organization did not issue the claims as its own position. Watch: direct Badr Organization endorsement, responses from Coordination Framework members, or identification of the disputed deputy-prime-minister posts by 23 September; any of these moves this file.