A study by “Trends”: Corruption has made Iraqis lose confidence in democracy

[size=52]A study by “Trends”: Corruption has made Iraqis lose confidence in democracy[/size]

[size=45][You must be registered and logged in to see this image.][/size]
Kurdish Peshmerga forces participate in a graduation ceremony in Erbil (AFP)
Abu Dhabi 

[size=45]A recent study considered that Iraqis have lost confidence in democracy, due to the spread of corruption in all aspects of life and the state, until Iraq has become one of the permanent members at the top of the list of the most corrupt countries in the world during the past 15 years.
The study pointed out that the Integrity Committee of the Iraqi Parliament estimated Iraq's losses resulting from corruption at 320 billion dollars, and the poverty rate rose to 40 percent, while the size of the middle class shrank to 30 percent last year.
The study entitled: "Iraq between the eulogy of democracy and nostalgia for dictatorship", issued by the "Trends" Research Center, indicated that the democratic experience in Iraq suffers from confusion from the Iraqis' point of view, due to the inability of the post-2003 regime to achieve the hopes and aspirations of Iraqis.
The study revealed that democracy is eroding significantly in Mesopotamia, as a result of the lack of confidence in the ability of the current political class to implement it, and the resulting problems for Iraqis in the name of democracy.
The study is based on the “World Values ​​Survey” and the Iraqi public opinion polls conducted during the past decade, which concluded that there are between 75% and 80% of Iraqis who prefer democracy as a system of government, but despite their preference for democracy, they tend to The trends of democratic governance, not hatred of democracy as a system of government, but resentment of the results of its application, in light of the instability of the situation, and the prevalence of feelings of insecurity and fear of the future.
The study indicates that the option of democracy is no longer preferred by Iraqis, as 71 percent of Iraqis considered democracy a good thing in 2004, and continued to support it until they reached the peak of support for the democratic system in 2014, but the situation changed after ISIS occupied part of the Iraqi lands. And the percentage of those who said that democracy is good decreased to 57 percent in 2019.
The study revealed that unemployment rates jumped to about 25 percent among young people, and reached 50 percent among women, and the illiteracy rate rose to 24 percent, and the percentage of those who said that democracy is good . 73 percent fear losing their jobs, and 76 percent expect a civil war to break out.
The study found that about two-thirds of Iraqis believe that the elections do not give them a voice in the politics of their country, and this applies to the experience of early elections that will be organized next October, at a time when 50 percent of Iraqis prefer that the military establishment take over the reins of government, as the percentage of Iraqis has increased Iraqis looking for a strong leader who does not come through elections or parliament to rule them, from 17 percent in 2004 to 66 percent in 2020.[/size]
[size=45][You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]