Al-Hakim’s fears of military coup

In his inter­view with Aswat Al-Iraq, Ammar al-Hakim, Vice Chair­man of the Supreme Coun­cil expressed his fears from a mil­i­tary coup and gave a first indi­ca­tion that Shi­ite par­ties are re-thinking about their “tra­di­tional” alliance with the Kur­dish par­ties because of the recent dif­fer­ences Al-Hakim said:

Leg­is­la­tion Law provin­cial coun­cil elec­tions is a pri­or­ity in the con­sti­tu­tional process, with the lat­est devel­op­ments in the polit­i­cal process, the Council’s desire is to pass the provin­cial elec­tion law in par­lia­ment despite the unwill­ing­ness of some polit­i­cal blocs.

We noticed the lack of desire to hold the provin­cial elec­tions in time, and we com­mit­ted to the timetable approved by the Iraqi constitution.

About the Supreme Council’s fears of a mil­i­tary coup he answered:

Undoubt­edly, the nature of the secu­rity sit­u­a­tion in the coun­try and the spread of ter­ror­ism in many areas in Iraq made the mil­i­tary insti­tu­tion to evolve rapidly and to fill the gaps is a great challenge.

Al-Hakim just men­tioned exactly what I wrote yes­ter­day about the fears of the grow­ing mil­i­tary power.