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    What have the civil forces achieved after entering the Iraqi parliament?

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    What have the civil forces achieved after entering the Iraqi parliament? Empty What have the civil forces achieved after entering the Iraqi parliament?

    Post by Rocky Sat 22 Jul 2023, 7:27 am

    [size=47]What have the civil forces achieved after entering the Iraqi parliament[/size]


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    A demonstration by civil forces in Baghdad, May 2021 (Mortada Al-Sudani / Anadolu Agency)
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    Activists in the Iraqi civil movement agree, with observers and researchers on political affairs in Baghdad, on the failure of the emerging civil forces that won seats in the current parliament to be a figure that enables them to negotiate and impose their vision in various political and governmental fields.
    The reasons for this failure differed despite the passage of 18 months into the life of the new parliament, since its first session on January 9, 2022, according to the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] .
    Among these reasons is the lack of experience of the new civilian representatives and their inability to keep up with what one of them described as "the political malice of the religious parties", and the love of appearance among some of them, which prevented them from uniting in one bloc, as well as the involvement of some of the representatives in relations and side agreements with the parties in power.
    However, the outcome is the same, which is the failure of the civil forces to achieve what they promised their public, such as pushing for the formation of a special court for corruption and another for human rights, approving laws, and obstructing projects related to quotas.
    Yasser Al-Salem: The failure of the civilian representatives will be reflected in the results of the civil forces in the provincial elections
    There is no clear number of independent members of the House of Representatives or those who belong to civil political movements, but they are centered around 40 deputies out of 329 members of Parliament. Although the majority of them won their seats through the civil popular movement, which chose to resort to participating in the political process after the repression it was subjected to as a result of the protests in the streets and squares, during the period that was later known as the "October Uprising", but this number decreased with the change of alliances and partisan and political coups within the civil forces, most notably the "Extension" movement, which formed the strongest emerging parties and won 20 members of parliament.
    Now, [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] each of which represents about 5 or 6 deputies, due to the members’ disagreements with the head of the movement, the well-known activist Alaa al-Rikabi.
    Some of these deputies also chose to join blocs with other deputies, who may be closest to them in terms of implementing political projects, while a number of deputies chose to get very close to large and well-known parties, in order to obtain protection and other gains.

    Civil forces before the 2021 elections

    Before the 2021 elections, civil parties and secular and protest political entities carried demands that they had promised their fans would be fulfilled, most notably the disclosure of the demonstrators' killers (about 800 demonstrators were killed in the October 2019 demonstrations), in addition to holding the armed militias behind these crimes accountable, punishing the officials accused of corruption cases, not to mention strengthening the regular security services, restricting weapons to the state, and other promises related to service matters.
    However, after nearly two years, none of these promises have been fulfilled. Rather, civilian representatives have often been persecuted by the Presidency of the House of Representatives and influential parties, and no real civilian force has emerged on the ground, according to observers.
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    In the context, the civil representative, member of the Parliament's Legal Committee, Muhammad Anouz, said, "Civilian representatives are still continuing their movement in order to achieve their goals, and this does not mean that there are no major problems within the civil forces."
    In an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, he pointed out that "among these problems is leadership, and unfortunately many of them have turned from active elements within their societies before obtaining parliamentary status, to looking for positions through the creation of new blocs, and this matter has negatively affected the spirit of teamwork to achieve the goal, and this matter does not include independent representatives, but even some new political entities and civil movements."
    For his part, member of the Political Bureau of [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] , Yasser Al-Salem, referred to what he considered "a state of fragmentation and division between civilian and independent representatives," stressing in an interview with "Al-Araby Al-Jadeed," that "these representatives are not all alike, even though they won the votes of protesters, demonstrators, and civil assemblies.
    This showed weakness and poor performance within the parliament, especially since they were unable to present any draft law or stand up to defend any issue that serves civilians and Iraqis.
    Abdullah Al-Rikabi: The civil forces have a confrontational project with the armed forces and militias
    Al-Salem acknowledged that "this failure of the civilian representatives will be reflected in the results of the civil forces in the upcoming local elections (provincial councils)" scheduled for December 18, continuing his speech: "We are realistic in this recognition, and this declining performance will have an impact on the masses who came out and voted for the civilians, but nevertheless, we count on the awareness of the Iraqis to be up to the responsibility and vote for those who deserve to be trusted, whether they are independents or civil parties."

    The experience of civil forces in the Iraqi parliament

    Hamid al-Sayed, a spokesman for the "consciousness" movement, described the current parliamentary experience as "paralyzed and failed," and the parliamentary performance of the independent and civil forces was "zero." He added, in an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, that "the differences within these forces were clear, and were reflected in the state of division and fragmentation, whether of entities or individuals, in addition to the lack of seriousness, belief, and strategic political vision."
    Al-Sayed, whose movement adopts the option of boycotting the elections in the next stage, explained that "many problems occurred in this parliamentary session, including the pursuit of positions, the evaporation of slogans, and the collapse of the idea of ​​change from within."
    In turn, Abdullah al-Rikabi, a researcher in political affairs, said that " [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] since 2003 have suffered from structural, objective and methodological problems as well, specifically in part because they did not believe in collective action and the establishment of solid alliances, due to the absence of commonalities among them, in contrast to the Kurdish parties that depend on nationalism, and Shiite and Sunni sects in establishing alliances, which made civil parties vulnerable to blackmail and division."
    In an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, he indicated that "disbelief in establishing alliances is still present, but there are current efforts to establish an alliance (Forces of Change), which may not move forward for the same reasons."
    Al-Rikabi believed that "the civil forces have a confrontational project with the forces of arms and militias, but they exercise a slow political role, and therefore the masses are in a hurry, but in political action there is no rush, and the lack of centralization in civil movements makes them vulnerable to criticism and fragmentation, as they do not have religious leaders or sectarian references, and they also believe in freedoms and sometimes excessive freedoms within party organizations. Therefore, this causes problems that often result in the cracking of organizations, and it can be predicted that new civil parties Those who intend to participate in the upcoming local elections will face the same fate and failure."
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