The Uniters for Reform Coalition ( ''I'tilāf Muttaḥidūn lil-Iṣlāḥ'') is a Sunni political coalition in
Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...
.
History
The coalition was formed in December 2012, composing ten groups, and led by
Usama al-Nujayfi. Among the groups composing Muttahidoon were several of the largest Sunni political blocs, including the Ninawa-based
al-Hadba list, the bloc of former Awakening Movement leader
Ahmed Abu Risha, the
National Future Gathering bloc of former Finance Minister
Rafi al-Issawi, the
Iraqi Islamic Party, and the
Iraqi Turkmen Front. Altogether the parties aligned with the coalition had won 42 seats in the
2010 parliamentary election.
For the
2013 governorate elections the coalition competed in
Ninewa,
Salah ad-Din,
Baghdad
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,
Anbar, and
Basra
Basra () is a port city in Iraq, southern Iraq. It is the capital of the eponymous Basra Governorate, as well as the List of largest cities of Iraq, third largest city in Iraq overall, behind Baghdad and Mosul. Located near the Iran–Iraq bor ...
. In
Diyala and
Babil the coalition joined with other political groups, running as Iraqiyat Diyala and Iraqiyat Babil.
Following the
2013 governorate elections, the Oum Rabih Tribes’ National Gathering of
Hussein Khalaf entered into an alliance with Muttahidoon on 25 June, thereby forming the largest bloc on the Ninawa Governorate Council.
The party advocates the creation of a Sunni federal region in Iraq.
Members
The following parties make up the coalition:
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* National Movement for Development and Reform – led by Mohammad Nasir Dali Ahmed
* Al-Hadba – led by Usama al-Nujayfi and Atheel al-Nujaifi
* Iraqi Sahwa Conference – led by Ahmed Bazi Ftikhan Abd al-Hamid
* Civil Gathering for Reform (Work) – led by Salem Abdullah Ahmed Nasir
* National Independent Tribal Gathering – led by Omar Hejil Hamd Shabib
* National Gathering of Um al-Rabeain Tribes – led by Hussein Khalaf Alaw Hamid
* Protectors of Iraq Movement (Right) – led by Ahmed Abd Hamdai Shawish al-Massari
* Baghdad Belt Gathering – led by Talal Khudhair Abbas Gaed al-Zobai
* People of Shirqat Independent Union – led by Mudhhi Hussein Awadh Shalal
* Gathering of Saladin for Development – led by Ammar Youssif Hamoud Latouf
* Land of the Grandfathers Gathering – led by Daham Iwayed Multar Ahmed
* National Future Gathering – led by Dhafir Nadhim Salman Mahmoud
* Iraqi Turkmen Front – led by Arshad Rashad Fatih Allah Abd al-Razaq
* Iraq Awakening and Independents National Alliance
* Iraqi Islamic Party
Criticisms
The coalition has been criticized by other Sunni political formations aligned with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
Nouri Kamil Muhammad-Hasan al-Maliki (; born 20 June 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki (), is an Iraqi politician and leader of the Islamic Dawa Party since 2007. He served as the Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014 and as Vice President ...
of following a Muslim Brotherhood direction, and there have been insinuations of the group having ties with groups outside Iraq.
Electoral results
Iraqi Parliament
Governorate Councils
References
See also
* List of Islamic political parties
Below are lists of political parties espousing Islamic identity or political Islam in various approaches under the system of Islamic democracy. Islamic democracy refers to a political ideology that seeks to apply Islamic principles to public pol ...
* List of political parties in Iraq
Political party alliances in Iraq
Sunni Islamic political parties
Islamic political parties in Iraq
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