The formation of the government .. Between calls for the selection of ministers technocrats and othe

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The formation of the government .. Between calls for the selection of ministers technocrats and others refusing to cancel the quota

With the acceleration of political events in Baghdad, after four months of paralysis, Prime Minister-designate Adel Abdul-Mahdi finds himself facing a difficult test to form his next government between calls for the selection of technocratic ministers and others refusing to abolish party quotas.

After many hurdles in the formation of alliances after the legislative elections witnessed by Iraq in May last year, resulted in sudden political agreements on the election of Mohamed Halbusi, the President of Parliament, and then the election of Barham Saleh, President of the Republic, and the appointment of Adel Abdul Mahdi, The government, in a move that seemed almost impossible hours before that night.

Abdul Mahdi began a government-led campaign to launch a Web site that enabled Iraqis for two days to apply for a ministerial post in an unprecedented and unusual move in Iraq.

In the other mold, the large political blocs in parliament seek to nominate their candidates, but they offer them as independents.

"All the parties are dealing with the same mentality," said Ahmed al-Asadi, a spokesman for the al-Fath coalition, which includes leaders of the popular popular factions. "The party has seven or eight seats. It has deputies. It has a ministry that will do everything it can to keep it. Electoral entitlement ".

But in return, Asadi believes that "the distribution of portfolios will be different this time," pointing out that the quota will be according to political alliances, and not based on quotas of components, from Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.

Therefore, the Iraqi political analyst, Hisham al-Aqabi, that Abdul Mahdi "in front of a great handicap and a difficult task," as the political blocs "appear to be consistent ... But in internal dialogues, everyone wants to get the benefits."

On several occasions, the Prime Minister-designate pointed out that previous experiences confirm that no one remains independent if nominated by a party. He is therefore in the process of being promoted outside the party framework, which is almost in line with what the prominent leader Muqtada al-Sadr, In the legislative elections.

Sadr insists on a government of technocrats away from party quotas, which is a custom in Iraq and said in a tweet last week: "We have prevented the nomination of ministries, but to be in the hands of the prime minister, not a gift to the blocs and parties, or be subject to quotas, Be independent technocrats, otherwise we would have a position, "which is the same called for the opening of the nomination of the general to the competent and competent.

But despite this opposition and warning tone from Sadr, a senior official familiar with the negotiations, asking not to be identified, said that "it is impossible for the political blocs to put candidates from outside for ministerial posts."

It is likely that "the highest proportion of the names of ministers in the new government will be a surprise, as happened to the three presidencies."

The same official confirms that the winning blocs in the elections will submit four candidates for each ministry, from which the prime minister-designate will choose the person he deems appropriate.

The same official told AFP that "the decision to name Abdul Mahdi came after the approval of the Supreme Shiite authority on him," although "does not meet the conditions stressed by the reference itself," especially in terms of not involving officials who had participated in power in previous years.

As a result, observers see the political scene, that makes Abdul Mahdi "in the circle of control ... as it was the most appropriate among the candidates, but not desired."

In this sense, draws the Iraqi political analyst, Hisham al-Hashemi, that Abdul Mahdi "will seek to follow the steps of maneuver ... and political silence."

The quotas in Iraq have long been based on turning a blind eye to the mistakes of powerful allies in power, even if this reflected negatively on the image of the prime minister, in order to maintain continuity and not to jump and remove him from office.

"The outgoing Prime Minister, Haidar Abadi, for example, had a" strategy not to anger the powerful partners in power, "and the reason for his success, and therefore can not be prime minister-designate to" play the eagle. "

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