Al-Zaydi: We will proceed with passing the Popular Mobilization Forces law as part of the armed forces.
Al-Zaydi: We will proceed with passing the Popular Mobilization Forces law as part of the armed forces.
2026-08-20
Shafaq News – Baghdad
Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi affirmed on Thursday that the Popular Mobilization Forces enjoy the attention and care of the government, which will proceed with submitting the Popular Mobilization Forces Law for approval, as it is part of the formations and branches of the armed forces, indicating that Iraq is witnessing today a phase of building after completing the requirements of the process of defending sovereignty.
This came according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Media Office, which was received by Shafaq News Agency, during Al-Zaydi’s reception of the head of the Badr parliamentary bloc, Hammam Ali Mahdi Al-Tamimi, and members of the bloc.
The office added in its statement that the meeting included discussions on the general situation in the country, politically, economically and in terms of security, and the government’s efforts in implementing its reform and development programs.
According to the statement, Al-Zaydi stressed the important role of the legislative authority in combating corruption and prosecuting corrupt individuals, explaining that “the government’s project is based on building a state based on a solid economy,” and emphasizing “the importance of finding radical solutions to problems with a new and innovative vision, and not postponing them.”
For their part, the head and members of the Badr bloc affirmed their absolute support for the government in all its reform steps and procedures, especially in the field of combating corruption and regulating weapons in accordance with constitutional mechanisms.
While some forces expressed a willingness to reorganize their military and security relationship with the state, other factions, including Kataib Hezbollah, Harakat al-Nujaba and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, announced their refusal to relinquish their military capabilities, and linked any discussion about their weapons to the end of the presence of foreign forces and ensuring the protection of Iraq from external attacks.
September 30th also coincides with the deadlines related to ending the international coalition’s military presence in Iraq, which some factions use as a basis for linking the future of their weapons to the withdrawal of foreign forces.
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