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On April 9, 2020, the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, commissioned the head of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, Mustafa al-Kazemi, to form the government, which is the third figure (after Muhammad Allawi and Adnan al-Zarfi), to be assigned to the matter in the last three months to form a government to replace the government of Abdul-Mahdi, who resigned in the year The past after months of protests.
In his first televised speech, after naming him head of government, Al-Kazemi said that weapons should be in the hands of the state, indicating that the primary goals of his government are to fight corruption and return the displaced to their homes, while President Barham Saleh described him as an "intelligent and capable journalist" On crisis management.
From the press to intelligence
The new Prime Minister Mustafa Abd al-Latif Mashtat al-Gharibawi was born in Baghdad, and he is called Al-Kazemi because of his residence in the Al-Kadhimiya area in Baghdad. He was born in 1967, he holds a BA in law, and he left Iraq in the era of the Baath regime through Iraqi Kurdistan to Iran then Germany and then Britain, and chose the title Al-Kazemi worked as a journalist.
He worked as editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine “Conflict Resolution and Documenting the Crimes of the Previous Regime,” also worked as an executive director of the Iraqi Memory Foundation, contributed to documenting testimonies and collecting films on the victims of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s regime, and directed the Humanitarian Dialogue Foundation to establish dialogue as an alternative to violence in resolving crises. He is also a columnist and managing editor of the Iraq section of Al-Monitor International. He lived for years in exile but did not join any Iraqi political party.
After the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Al-Kazimi returned to Iraq and participated in founding the Iraqi Media Network, coinciding with his work as CEO of The Foundation Memory of Iraq, "an organization founded to document the crimes of the former regime.
Al-Kazemi assumed the presidency of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service, in June 2016, in light of the intensification of the battles against ISIS during the era of former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, and according to reports, during his assumption of this position, which kept him out of the limelight, he woven several links with dozens of countries and agencies It works within the US-led international coalition.
"My pragmatism is experienced," and is related to all players
Hours after Al-Kazemi was named, US Assistant Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs, David Schenker, told reporters that Al-Kazemi had "proven in his previous jobs that he is a patriot and a competent person," expressing his hope that he could quickly form a "strong and independent" government.
The French news agency quoted a senior political source as saying that the naming of Al-Kazemi "comes as a benefit to Iraq, especially in this difficult economic stage, and to ensure the renewal of Baghdad's exception to the US sanctions imposed on Iran."
A politician close to Al-Kazemi told Agence France Presse that Al-Kazemi has a personality that is not hostile to anyone, and he has a pragmatic mentality, and he has relations with all the main players on the Iraqi stage: a good relationship with the Americans, and another that has recently reverted to the Iranians.
BBC says in its report, Al-Kazemi was seen during a rare visit to Riyadh accompanied by former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in 2017, and he hugged at length "his personal friend", Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. This is evidenced by Al-Kazemi's ability to negotiate and mediate.
Al-Kazemi is also not considered a new figure at the table of Iraqi politics. His name had been on the table since the resignation of the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi last December, and even before that as a substitute for Abadi in 2018, but several factors prevented at that time from achieving consensus, especially since some Shiite parties describe him as "the United States man" in Iraq.
Tasks The Mahdi government has not been able to complete it successfully and
the new government must deal with countries ravaged by conflict and war against ISIS, which has stood as an obstacle to progress for years. Reconstruction of what was destroyed by those conflicts that have become an urgent need today, and this is the task that the former Abdul Mahdi government was unable to complete successfully.
The pressure posed by the protests is another challenge facing the new government. What previously satisfied the people may not satisfy him today, especially since the protests were the reason for the overthrow of Abdul-Mahdi after a year and a half of his leadership of the government, before the end of his mandate; Which the country has not seen since 2003.
Three pillars support Kazmi in Aera s
Despite the accumulated challenges to complete the task of Al-Kazemi, he has three pillars that may support his strength in Iraq, and according to reports, he may count on these pillars to lead the country successfully, the first of which is his strong relationship with the United States, which he strengthened in cooperation during the stage of fighting ISIS, up to The elimination of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The second is to breathe life and renew the line of communication with Iran, and the Iranian "Mehr" agency wrote in April that "Al-Kazemi can play a role in reducing tension between Tehran and Washington in Iraq."
The third pillar is more than a good relationship with the Saudi neighbor, especially since there is a friendship relationship that links Al-Kazemi, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to political sources.
But this does not mean that the challenges faced by his predecessors will not continue. Al-Kazimy is still facing the hurdle of demanding the US withdrawal from the country and facing the Corona pandemic crisis, in addition to the five-fold drop in oil prices within a year.
In front of him a heavy legacy ..
Al-Kazemi must renegotiate US exemptions that allow Iraq to buy Iranian energy while avoiding Washington’s sanctions, and this is already beginning to show signs of Washington agreeing to extend an exception in this regard after granting confidence to his government, according to what was stated in a phone call with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Al-Kazemi will also inherit a budget for 2020 that has never been voted on. And with the massive collapse of oil, the country's main source of income, if observers expect the new government to be a "austerity government".
And with the financial expectations increasing worse by the day, Iraq looks at the possibility of deduction from the huge public salaries, in a move that will be rejected by the people and may renew the wave of protests that demanded a comprehensive change of the system and politicians.
Iraq's gross domestic product is expected to decrease by 9.7 percent this year, and poverty rates may also double, according to World Bank forecasts, making it the country's worst annual performance since the United States toppled Saddam Hussein, according to Agence France-Presse.
"Al-Kazemi will try to maintain a certain independence from political parties, but it can be sabotaged by members of the Abdul-Mahdi administration who have remained in their position," researcher at Chatham House told Renad Mansour.
Today, like the rest of the world, Iraq is seeking to confront the Covid-19 pandemic that has claimed the lives of a hundred and two people so far, coinciding with its endeavor to get rid of ISIS cells that are still hitting in different regions of its territory.
On Thursday night, the House of Representatives ended a state of stalemate that lasted for several months, by giving it confidence to the Al-Kazemi government, as 255 members of the 329-member assembly participated in the vote.
The vote was scheduled to start at 9:00 p.m. local time, but it started after midnight, after adjustments were made in the last moments to please political parties, according to Agence France-Presse.
The council rejected Al-Kazimi's candidates for the ministries of Trade, Justice, Agriculture, and Immigration, and the sensitive oil and foreign ministries did not vote, and postponed voting on them for a later session.
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[size=18]On Thursday night, the House of Representatives granted confidence to the government of Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Al-Kazemi, ending a state of emptiness and stalemate that was covered by the "resigned" caretaker government that lasted for five months, after two assignments led to an "apology".
On April 9, 2020, the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, commissioned the head of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, Mustafa al-Kazemi, to form the government, which is the third figure (after Muhammad Allawi and Adnan al-Zarfi), to be assigned to the matter in the last three months to form a government to replace the government of Abdul-Mahdi, who resigned in the year The past after months of protests.
In his first televised speech, after naming him head of government, Al-Kazemi said that weapons should be in the hands of the state, indicating that the primary goals of his government are to fight corruption and return the displaced to their homes, while President Barham Saleh described him as an "intelligent and capable journalist" On crisis management.
From the press to intelligence
The new Prime Minister Mustafa Abd al-Latif Mashtat al-Gharibawi was born in Baghdad, and he is called Al-Kazemi because of his residence in the Al-Kadhimiya area in Baghdad. He was born in 1967, he holds a BA in law, and he left Iraq in the era of the Baath regime through Iraqi Kurdistan to Iran then Germany and then Britain, and chose the title Al-Kazemi worked as a journalist.
He worked as editor-in-chief of the weekly magazine “Conflict Resolution and Documenting the Crimes of the Previous Regime,” also worked as an executive director of the Iraqi Memory Foundation, contributed to documenting testimonies and collecting films on the victims of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s regime, and directed the Humanitarian Dialogue Foundation to establish dialogue as an alternative to violence in resolving crises. He is also a columnist and managing editor of the Iraq section of Al-Monitor International. He lived for years in exile but did not join any Iraqi political party.
After the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Al-Kazimi returned to Iraq and participated in founding the Iraqi Media Network, coinciding with his work as CEO of The Foundation Memory of Iraq, "an organization founded to document the crimes of the former regime.
Al-Kazemi assumed the presidency of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service, in June 2016, in light of the intensification of the battles against ISIS during the era of former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, and according to reports, during his assumption of this position, which kept him out of the limelight, he woven several links with dozens of countries and agencies It works within the US-led international coalition.
"My pragmatism is experienced," and is related to all players
Hours after Al-Kazemi was named, US Assistant Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs, David Schenker, told reporters that Al-Kazemi had "proven in his previous jobs that he is a patriot and a competent person," expressing his hope that he could quickly form a "strong and independent" government.
The French news agency quoted a senior political source as saying that the naming of Al-Kazemi "comes as a benefit to Iraq, especially in this difficult economic stage, and to ensure the renewal of Baghdad's exception to the US sanctions imposed on Iran."
A politician close to Al-Kazemi told Agence France Presse that Al-Kazemi has a personality that is not hostile to anyone, and he has a pragmatic mentality, and he has relations with all the main players on the Iraqi stage: a good relationship with the Americans, and another that has recently reverted to the Iranians.
BBC says in its report, Al-Kazemi was seen during a rare visit to Riyadh accompanied by former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in 2017, and he hugged at length "his personal friend", Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. This is evidenced by Al-Kazemi's ability to negotiate and mediate.
Al-Kazemi is also not considered a new figure at the table of Iraqi politics. His name had been on the table since the resignation of the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi last December, and even before that as a substitute for Abadi in 2018, but several factors prevented at that time from achieving consensus, especially since some Shiite parties describe him as "the United States man" in Iraq.
Tasks The Mahdi government has not been able to complete it successfully and
the new government must deal with countries ravaged by conflict and war against ISIS, which has stood as an obstacle to progress for years. Reconstruction of what was destroyed by those conflicts that have become an urgent need today, and this is the task that the former Abdul Mahdi government was unable to complete successfully.
The pressure posed by the protests is another challenge facing the new government. What previously satisfied the people may not satisfy him today, especially since the protests were the reason for the overthrow of Abdul-Mahdi after a year and a half of his leadership of the government, before the end of his mandate; Which the country has not seen since 2003.
Three pillars support Kazmi in Aera s
Despite the accumulated challenges to complete the task of Al-Kazemi, he has three pillars that may support his strength in Iraq, and according to reports, he may count on these pillars to lead the country successfully, the first of which is his strong relationship with the United States, which he strengthened in cooperation during the stage of fighting ISIS, up to The elimination of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The second is to breathe life and renew the line of communication with Iran, and the Iranian "Mehr" agency wrote in April that "Al-Kazemi can play a role in reducing tension between Tehran and Washington in Iraq."
The third pillar is more than a good relationship with the Saudi neighbor, especially since there is a friendship relationship that links Al-Kazemi, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to political sources.
But this does not mean that the challenges faced by his predecessors will not continue. Al-Kazimy is still facing the hurdle of demanding the US withdrawal from the country and facing the Corona pandemic crisis, in addition to the five-fold drop in oil prices within a year.
In front of him a heavy legacy ..
Al-Kazemi must renegotiate US exemptions that allow Iraq to buy Iranian energy while avoiding Washington’s sanctions, and this is already beginning to show signs of Washington agreeing to extend an exception in this regard after granting confidence to his government, according to what was stated in a phone call with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Al-Kazemi will also inherit a budget for 2020 that has never been voted on. And with the massive collapse of oil, the country's main source of income, if observers expect the new government to be a "austerity government".
And with the financial expectations increasing worse by the day, Iraq looks at the possibility of deduction from the huge public salaries, in a move that will be rejected by the people and may renew the wave of protests that demanded a comprehensive change of the system and politicians.
Iraq's gross domestic product is expected to decrease by 9.7 percent this year, and poverty rates may also double, according to World Bank forecasts, making it the country's worst annual performance since the United States toppled Saddam Hussein, according to Agence France-Presse.
"Al-Kazemi will try to maintain a certain independence from political parties, but it can be sabotaged by members of the Abdul-Mahdi administration who have remained in their position," researcher at Chatham House told Renad Mansour.
Today, like the rest of the world, Iraq is seeking to confront the Covid-19 pandemic that has claimed the lives of a hundred and two people so far, coinciding with its endeavor to get rid of ISIS cells that are still hitting in different regions of its territory.
On Thursday night, the House of Representatives ended a state of stalemate that lasted for several months, by giving it confidence to the Al-Kazemi government, as 255 members of the 329-member assembly participated in the vote.
The vote was scheduled to start at 9:00 p.m. local time, but it started after midnight, after adjustments were made in the last moments to please political parties, according to Agence France-Presse.
The council rejected Al-Kazimi's candidates for the ministries of Trade, Justice, Agriculture, and Immigration, and the sensitive oil and foreign ministries did not vote, and postponed voting on them for a later session.
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