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Iraq amid the Tensions


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Written by: Farid Asasard

Since 2003 when the US forces entered Baghdad and the former regime collapsed, the threat of returning dictatorship to Iraq never has been talked about than recently. Although some exaggeration of imagining this threat may be seen, but this does not mean that taking the threat into consideration is baseless.

Practically there are a legitimate concern about the retreat of democracy, and President Talabani himself during a meeting with a number of editors-in- chief and directors of satellite channels expressed his concern over the weakness of democracy’s path. If the top of the executive authority be concerned in this regard, then it seems the issue cannot be neglected.

A great part of Iraq’s political class in this regard is suspicious of the Prime Minister Nouri Maliki’s behaviors and policies, and deems Maliki’s autocracy may lead Iraq to a bad destiny. In fact most of the concerns have strong bases.

Maliki has controlled the army, security and police forces totally and has also controlled the two key ministries of defense and interior. He makes his best to marginalize his rival list (Al-Iraqia List) and slips himself away from implementing Erbil agreement. In a bid to continue his efforts for controlling the independence bodies, Maliki last week replaced some employees and director of the Independent High Electoral Commission with some persons near to his party.

Political observers are surprised with Maliki’s behavior, because controlling the ministries of defense and interior, as Maliki did, will not strengthen his political and social positions since Maliki basically has not got the premier post through the majority vote and whenever the majority stood against him and withdrew confidence from him he will lose his post. In Iraq’s circumstances, even, controlling the army, security and police forces will not make an opportunity for controller that to make a successful coup. Because if any coup is being made, those who are behind the coup can only control Baghdad and its surroundings, and they cannot guarantee the support of other areas and eventually the issue may end with a civil war.

The council of representatives and the political class are responsible from a crucial part of the current Iraqi situation. Although a special circumstances made Maliki to be asked to establish the government, as a measure for exiting from a bigger crisis, but giving trust to an incomplete government, which lacked three ministers and Maliki held those three posts himself, gave Maliki all factors to grip power and be an autocrat. Accordingly, Maliki got the guarantee that to run the country’s affaires as he likes.

Autocracy is a threat against three principles in Iraq. If these three principles were not available, Iraq will not be stable and secure. These three principles are: democracy, partnership, and accordance. Anybody in Iraq who is against these three principles, that person may create a big issue for his or her country.

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