Observers: The blocs reneged on their promises to hold early elections

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[size=52]Observers: The blocs reneged on their promises to hold early elections[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Firas Adnan[/size]
[size=45]Observers say that the political blocs have reneged on their promises to go to early elections, stressing that the next government will be formed on the basis of quotas and those close to political leaders.[/size]
[size=45]The researcher in political affairs, Ziad Al-Arar, said that “Iraq has returned to the usual scenario in forming the previous government on the basis of consensus and quotas.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Arar added, "Attention is still directed to the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, with the hope that something will be issued by him."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "what happened in Iraq is a very strange process, in the name of democracy, which excludes the political majority and withdraws the first winner in the elections."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Arar pointed out that "other political forces continued to insist that they do not want to go to a new scene other than the scenario that the Iraqis previously rejected."[/size]
[size=45]He explained, "The Prime Minister-designate, Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, is in an unenviable situation, and the road ahead will not be as easy as some imagine."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Arar stressed, "The political forces, with the exception of the Sadrist movement, agreed on quotas, and that agreement resulted in the election of the President of the Republic and the assignment of the Coordinating Framework candidate to form the government."[/size]
[size=45]He denied any agreement "between the political forces in charge of forming the government on the one hand and the Sadrist movement on the other hand," explaining that "Al-Sadr will not get positions in this government because he gave up his entitlement to head it because of others' insistence on quotas."[/size]
[size=45]And Al-Arar said, "All the political blocs participating in the quota agreement did not talk about their desire to go to early elections. Rather, the talk is currently about completing a full electoral cycle."[/size]
[size=45]He believed that "talking about a date for early elections, which was previously discussed after legal amendments were made, is now excluded."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Arar expects, "The political scene is going to get complicated with the continuous monitoring of the public and the Sadrist movement, and the preparations of the people of the October uprising to renew their activity in demonstrations."[/size]
[size=45]He stated, "The blocs supporting Al-Sudani will work to make the formation of the government successful, but the data on the ground indicate that the situation is not easy and achieving this success is very difficult."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Arar went on to say that "the way to escape for these moves is to convince the Sadrist movement and the Iraqi public to reach a political agreement that is in line with the public interest."[/size]
[size=45]He added, "Those who oppose the quota government will use their constitutional means to protest and change through popular demonstrations and media pressure."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Arar concluded that “a conflict may occur between the forces of the State Administration Alliance over the ministries, and its results will appear soon, and the Sadrists, the Tishreen forces and the silent majority are waiting for such disputes to erupt over the spoils.”[/size]
[size=45]For his part, Essam Al-Faili, a professor of political science, said that "the Sudanese are facing great challenges, most notably the belief of the traditional political blocs in quotas."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Faili continued, "The quotas for many blocs are based on expediency and the nature of government formation."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "the mechanism by which the Sudanese will deal in selecting ministers is to present five candidates to the ministry, the three best among them will be discussed, and one will be chosen in the last stage."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Faili expects that "the political blocs will present the names of those close to the leaders of these blocs, as they are the most loyal to them."[/size]
[size=45]Political expectations indicate that the next government will not succeed in performing its duties as long as it is formed on the basis of quotas.[/size]
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