The in charged government in the face of pressures and conditions

Author:  Assistant  Lecturer. Ali Murad al-Abadi

Center for strategic studies/ Crisis management Department

Translated by: Hiba Abbas Mohammed Ali

Reviewed by: Assistant Lecturer. Hussain B Abdulameer

October 2018

After spending a long time in the phase of democratic transition, Iraq must continue the way of achieving democratic transition then strengthening democracy, And thus we can describe Iraq’s transition from dictatorship to democracy after passing the above stages, The most important phases of this transformation is the promotion of democracy through creating institutions that work according to what is drawn up with a political, constitutional and legal system not affected by the change of people as long as there is one target,  The most important of these pillars is to maintain the peaceful transfer of power, which was achieved in light of the previous sessions with the existence of differences under the government of Abbadi, which should be mentioned in fairness, not as a due, he managed to overcome the previous session with some acceptance, especially the security and sectarian subject and the liberation of cities and overcome the financial crisis and strengthen the bonds of the relationship between Iraq and its neighbors, opening up regional and international,  while the previous government was unable to address many of the failures as in the service file and  anti-corruption and solve the problem of weapons outside the corridors of the state.

In light of the formation of the new government after the mandate of Mr. Adel Abdul-Mahdi as prime minister, Abdul-Mahdi was independent for more than two years in addition to having a culture of resignation that we lost in many government officials, Abdul Mahdi resigned for two times, the first from the position as a Deputy of  Prime Minister and the second from the Ministry of Oil, Which is a positive factor may Abdul Mahdi resort to in the case of increasing pressure or inability to implement his government program,  Especially since he has set up a comprehensive government program in which he is diagnosis most problems, the major development that is happening for the first time is \ to become an independent prime minister who is not a winner in the elections, not affiliated with any electoral bloc, not controlled by the political blocs at least at present, but he conditioned that every bloc should produce four Candidates to take over ministerial portfolios, While the first and last choice  remain for him in the selection of an efficient person, However, the assigned Prime Minister has been exposed and still expose  to pressure and conditions, Some of the winning political blocs -except of Saairun- after Al-Sadr decision not to nominate any member from his bloc to take up any position, others winning forces may exercise kind of influence to select certain people according to the electoral entitlement, Which is a significant pressure that could impede the progress of the government project led by Abdul Mahdi, as well as some blocs undermine any progress,  so as not to become a political custom or attributed to a particular aspect  or even not lose it’s popular base or its electoral presence in the case of assigning the portfolios of independent people, Abdul Mahdi may also face a complicated files that may be difficult to resolve as in the issue of weapons outside the state control or the opening of corruption files against senior figures, And do not forget that the independent ministers are more vulnerable to extortion or confrontation as a result of the absence of the parliamentary shelter that support them, especially the new government is seems to be a transparent government because it comes under semi stable circumstances and unbalanced and regionally acceptable, Accompanied by a rise in the price of oil under the anticipation and control of popularity and political stricter than its predecessors, With a parliamentary presence carrying new faces and enthusiastic to work as well as the escalation of the US-Iranian dispute, which needs to find a balance in the relationship between the both revelries putting the interests of Iraq first, Under these circumstances, pressures and conditions, the task of the assigned president becomes more difficult and difficult problematic to resolve within the start of the countdown of 30 days to provide his Cabinet.