Iraq – Initiatives to resolve the political crisis in Iraq

Location: Baghdad – Iraq

Language: Arabic

Voice: Natural

Duration: 00:03:08

Source: A24

Restrictions: A24 Clients

Dateline: 06-05-2022

Storyline:

Many initiatives have been launched to resolve the political crisis that has afflicted the country since the announcement of the results of the early elections, held last October.

Iraqis are concerned about the continuation of the political stalemate that hinders the formation of a consensual government, or a majority government, which is responsible for the advancement of the country, in light of the security, economic and political issues.

Some of these initiatives are; the coordination framework initiative, which was followed by an initiative by the leader of the Sadrist movement to form a government of independents not participating in the cabinet.

Shotlist:

• Soundbite (Dr. Khaled Abdulilah – Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, Al-Mustansiriya University):

“The problem is not in the process of setting the government, but rather in the Kurdish consensus. If there is no clear Kurdish consensus about the selection of the President of the country; we cannot have a consensus within the Shiite house. I expect that talking about the independents is a basic starting point for bringing the views closer. This initiative was proposed on many occasions by some leaders of the independent representatives who wanted to tell everyone that they can bring the parties closer and talk about understanding. These understandings lead to the formation of this government.”

• Soundbite (Dr. Mushaa Al-Tamimi – Academic and researcher in political matter):

“All of these initiatives did not address the current political crisis. There is a great failure in evaluating these initiatives. Many initiatives were presented, but unfortunately, they didn’t address the real issue of the political process. The main initiative is the project of Muqtada al-Sadr and the Sadrist movement to form a national majority government that is different from the previous governments.”