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[size=36]A year since Mustafa Al-Kazemi came to power in Iraq .. What has been achieved?[/size]
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Baghdad - Mawazine News
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi came to power a year ago after a protest movement overthrew the previous government and successive attempts to establish a new government failed.
The decline in the chances of a decent living, and the insecurity that Iraqis have been living for years, were among the reasons that stirred the streets most, and precipitated the fall of the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi (October 2018 - November 2019).
Was the Kazemi government able to meet the protesters' demands? How is the state of the Iraqi economy under his leadership?
In a joint analytical article, published on the US Institute of Peace website, Sarhanak Hama Saeed, director of Middle East programs at the Institute, and Eli Abu Aoun, director of Middle East and North Africa programs at the American Institute of Peace Regional Center in Tunis, addressed their most prominent results. Al-Kazemi during his first year in office.
In the beginning of the article it was stated that “although Al-Kazemi promised to meet many of the protesters’ demands, he did not achieve many tangible results, “despite his commendable efforts.”
However, the authors of the article added, “Nevertheless, given the nature of the demands. It is unrealistic to expect any government to meet it within a year or two only.
”Abu Aoun wrote,“ The protesters demanded a lot of things, which need a long-term approach and wide-ranging resources to achieve.
”He said that such a wide range of demands can be categorized within political reform. such as a system of power - sharing and fair elections, and reform based on tackling the financial crisis and create more job opportunities for economic, and improving access to basic , such as electricity, health services, education, and the fight against corruption and to hold accountable those involved in the use of lethal force against demonstrators.
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The elections are scheduled to be held in October 2021, but there are doubts about the extent to which they can be held under conditions of fairness and transparency.
The reasons for this, according to the analysis provided by the US Institute of Peace, include the continuing use of their own armed groups by political parties. Law enforcement agencies are still hampered by corruption and the instability this causes for the country.
The analysis also indicated that the perpetrators of the political assassinations that took place in Iraq during the last year are still unpunished, which opens the door to more insecurity.
Sarhanak Hama Saeed said in this regard that Al-Kazemi tried to gather the political diaspora with a comprehensive speech since his inauguration, but many activists in Iraq refused to join the coalition path that is required by any political or economic shift.
He gave an example in his speech during the historic visit of Pope Francis to Iraq, which was followed by the killing of demonstrators in the Iraqi streets, while armed groups managed to carry out deadly attacks, which made "negative views advance the scene in Iraq," as he described it.
Economy
On the economic level, the Al-Kazemi government tried to introduce important reforms through the "white paper", which included firm and objective ideas, but it required several years to investigate on the ground, in addition to that it needed strong political will.
And all of this depends, according to the analysis, of social participation leading to engaging in structural reforms that may be painful at the social level, because the inability to launch economic reform impedes the creation of job opportunities and the improvement of basic services such as electricity.
The security aspect and the regional situation
Despite government attempts to prioritize investigations into the shooting incidents that have killed hundreds and injured thousands of protesters since October 2019, no serious measures have been taken to identify, arrest or prosecute the perpetrators.
The two analysts attributed this failure to the absence of an effective and transparent judiciary, in addition to the absence of effective security agencies working to perpetuate the political will shown by Al-Kazemi.
When Al-Kazemi took office, tensions between the United States and Iran were at their height, so how did Al-Kazemi overcome these tensions and where he stands now?
Al-Kazemi seized the opportunity presented by the administration of former US President Donald Trump's approach to Iran.
Al-Kazemi took advantage of the previous White House administration to pressure Iranians in Iraq
As a result, Al-Kazemi improved the government's control of the multiple border crossings in Iraq, as this step saved $ 60 million to the state treasury, and Al-Kazemi also appointed new leaders in some of the most sensitive security positions, marginalizing those deemed loyal to Iran.
He engaged in intensive communication with Arab countries, improved relations with the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and worked on bilateral and multilateral agreements with Jordan, Egypt and others. Ended 29 / h
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