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El clérigo chií Muqtada al Sadr se ha reunido este domingo con Hadi al Ameri para abordar la formación de un nuevo Gobierno en Irak,después de que la alianza del primero se hiciera con la victoria en las elecciones.

Durante el encuentro los rivales políticos han discutido los resultados de las elecciones parlamentarias, tal y como recoge un comunicado de la oficina de Al Sadr. "El proceso de formar un gobierno debe ser una decisión nacionalimportante y debe contar con la participación de todas las partes que salieron victoriosas", señala el documento.

Muharrem İnce, the presidential nominee of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has vowed a new constitution reinstalling a strong parliamentary system guaranteeing democracy and the rule of law if elected in the June 24 snap election. 

İnce unveiled his election manifesto on May 19, the 99th anniversary of the launch of the War of Independence by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey in Samsun, a Black Sea costal city from where Atatürk started a three-year war against occupying forces in 1919.

The National Council for Change Movement (Gorran) is scheduled to hold a meeting to discuss the issue of withdrawal and boycott the political process in Iraq.

Nazar Mahmoud, a member of the National Council of Change Movement, said in a press statement that the National Council for Change Movement is scheduled to hold a meeting in the next few days to discuss a number of files, including the withdrawal from the political process in Iraq, adding that the meeting will address the results of Iraqi Council of Representatives , and violations took place in those elections.

El clérigo iraquí Muqtada al Sadr, una de las figuras más destacadas de la historia política reciente de Irak, ha celebrado el triunfo de su bloque en las elecciones parlamentarias asumiendo la responsabilidad de la victoria y culpando de la situación actual "a quienes han fallado a este país".

"Vuestro voto ha sido un honor para nosotros y una responsabilidad que vamos a asumir. No os decepcionaremos, la culpa la tienen quienes han fallado a este país", ha hecho saber a través de su cuenta de Twitter.

Yasir Arman, the deputy leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North led by Malik Agar said political changes in the country and at the international level require to reconsider the armed struggle and to espouse peaceful political tools.

The historical SPLM since its inception in 1983 opted for the armed action against the central government in Khartoum until the signing of a political agreement in 2005. However, the Sudanese faction resorted to the military action just before the independence of South Sudan in July 2011.

Hizbullah party is reportedly eyeing an increased share in Lebanon’s new government amid reports it could “foil its formation” shall Prime Minister Saad Hariri respond to the U.S. “veto” against the party, Saudi daily Asharq al-Awsat daily reported on Saturday.

Hizbullah, “will not accept to get the so called non-service-related ministerial portfolios like it did in previous governments,” said the daily.

Another Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker has joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday, along with two former legislators. According to details, PML-N lawmaker Jaffar Leghari after meeting Imran Khan in Lahore, announced to join PTI.

Jaffar Leghari’s decision was also endorsed by member of National Assembly (MNA) Dr Meena Leghari and ex-senator Mohsin Leghari, who also announced their decision to join Imran Khan’s party.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that the date for General Elections 2018 will be announced after mutual consultation, an hour after its website mentioned July 31 as the date for the conduct of polls.

"The date and schedule of elections is not something to be hidden," Altaf Hussain, a spokesman for the ECP told Geo News. He said that an "empty link was put on the ECP website."

En dehors de quelques villes agitées récemment par des mouvements sociaux, la gauche n'a pas percé lors des élections municipales du 6 mai. Le résultats du Front populaire, notamment, sont plus que modestes. Seul le Courant démocrate, parti de centre gauche, parvient à tirer son épingle du jeu.