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Political crises turn into «routine» prevents progress
12/06/2012 0:00
BAGHDAD - AFP
seems the political crisis in Iraq, as if returning to Mrbaha first, and specifically to the middle of June 2010, when the battle tug of war between the political blocs.
Two years ago, after months of legislative elections, enabling the House of Representatives held its first session.
Today, after mid-term parliamentary, still most of the thorny issues unresolved, while not prescribed in parliament, or the laws of the task, as it forced him political differences to delay research in many key issues.
, says independent MP Mahmoud Othman: "They (the politicians) are busy very differences between them, so do not pay any attention to other issues. "
and adds, "There is no concern about the services, electricity, and the environment, we have neglected all these things and busy in the dispute between them. Othman continued:" Since the last election, there were ups and downs , but did not solve any problem. Othman said that "things went on like this throughout the past two years."
After the elections in March 2010, parliament was unable to hold its first session, but after three months in June, and no government is formed only after six months of the in December.
Although the government was formed and born-on-It's a government of national partnership, has missed the compatibility real between the parties represented in it, which was often at odds on basic issues such as support for the issue of a strong central government.
expanded the rival parties to reduce the powers of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, through the establishment of a higher council for the strategic policies of his mission chapter in the main issues, in addition to the increase of ministerial portfolios to represent the parties, all in the government. and still hold ministerial head of the most prominent interior, defense and intelligence vacant and managed by proxy.
and President Jalal Talabani on Saturday that rivals Prime Minister lack the votes needed to oust him, and left-Maliki then to call his opponents to the negotiating table, despite the fact that they were quick to emphasize that they will continue their quest for this., says the director of the Eurasia consulting in the Middle East and North Africa Crispin Hawes: "The political scene is the same re-production the same again. "
and adds, "If I bet on him staying Maliki as prime minister for the next two months I would accept the bet, there is no one else has that number of options owned by it is."
Despite all that, "routine politics", there have been major changes in the political arena Iraq in the past two years, and look like a support the view that al-Maliki is able to resist the efforts that seek to overthrow him.
According to Reader Visser, editor of Historia, which means news of Iraq, he "compared with June 2010, appears the Iraqi bloc that seeks to withdraw confidence from the Maliki more fragmented. "
and added that "a split similar, but less pronounced, occurred between the Kurds as well."
and is in the government of Maliki's bloc of "Iraq" and the Kurdish parties to the alliance national levels.
seems to divide relatively within these groups is difficult to raise voices of 164 deputies of no-confidence Prime Minister, along with fears of what might happen after a similar step on the foot.
, says independent MP Safia al-Suhail, who won the membership of Parliament within the State of Law coalition, referring to the opposition political blocs: "The blame lies with everyone."
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