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How long will Iraq' s political chaos last
10/21/2022 1:00:00 PM Many Iraqis have ceased to look back at the Saddam Hussain era with an icy glare of criticism as public disdain for Iraqi politicians grows across the country
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'The public disdain for Iraq i politics is further exacerbated by the behaviour of the key players in today’s political crisis, all of whom have been involved in some capacity or another since Saddam’s ouster in 2003' Opinion DrTalAbdulrazaq Many Iraq is have ceased to look back at the Saddam Hussain era with an icy glare of criticism as public disdain for Iraq i politicians grows across the country. and exclaimed that, rather than just one tyrant in Baghdad’s palaces, Iraq now had one on every street corner. This decline has presided over gradually shrinking voter turnout over the years. In the two general polls held in 2005, turnout was at 58 and 79 percent respectively. In 2010, this dipped to 62 percent which, while lower, was still an acceptable turnout which held more or less steady in 2014. However, by 2018, turnout had plummeted to 45 percent, despite the fact that Daesh had been declared defeated a year earlier, and many had expected Iraq’s ostensibly increased security situation to reflect a more stable polity. Read more:
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This decline has presided over gradually shrinking voter turnout over the years. In the two general polls held in 2005, turnout was at 58 and 79 percent respectively. Jason E. In 2010, this dipped to 62 percent which, while lower, was still an acceptable turnout which held more or less steady in 2014. Advertisement Advertisement As for what shape the lettuce would have to be in for it to count as “outliving” Truss I think the definition of living depends on who you’d ask. However, by 2018, turnout had plummeted to 45 percent, despite the fact that Daesh had been declared defeated a year earlier, and many had expected Iraq’s ostensibly increased security situation to reflect a more stable polity. 20, 2022, 1:06 PM UTC By Curtis Bunn Tomekia Hicks-Gaskins was 29 when her brother, Termaine Hicks, went to prison for a rape he did not commit. What transpired, in reality, was a deepening of Iraq’s underlying political and social crises, far from the solely securitised atmosphere Iraqi elites had insisted was the reason behind its political malaise.6%, followed by household goods and basic resources. In 2021, in a staggering display of public insouciance with their political elites and the almost two-decade-old promise of democratic accountability, stability and economic prosperity that had failed to materialise, almost three out of five of all Iraqis decided to boycott the elections . Over those 19 years, Hicks-Gaskins said she “aged a great deal — I felt like I was 40 years older. Advertisement Advertisement At the end of the day, how long lettuce lasts probably depends on your particular lettuce, and the purpose you are asking it to serve in your life, as a source of food or, in the Daily Star’s case, a comedic entity. With the support of the political process – rather than any one political candidate or government – at an all-time low, the popular foundation of what constitutes an Iraqi democracy is now in peril and may be at risk of total failure. Chaos in the halls of power This public disdain for Iraqi politics and politicians is further exacerbated by the behaviour of the key players in today’s political crisis, all of whom have been involved in some capacity or another since Saddam’s ouster in 2003. “It was hard,” she said as her eyes welled up with tears. While he was ostensibly the winner of the past two general elections in 2021 and 2018, Shia cleric Muqtada al Sadr also won those polls arguably by virtue of the fact that he has a more organised grassroots movement to back him at a time when the general populace was not interested in the elections.m. However, Sadr’s mercurial tendencies have seen him make alliances, break alliances, and then dig himself into isolation as Iraq’s other political players moved on without him. I had to keep a straight face for him. First, Sadr campaigned on an anti-sectarian platform, despite his history as the leader of some of Iraq’s most infamous and deadly sectarian Shia militias . To bolster his anti-sectarian credentials, Sadr forged a political understanding with key leaders in northern Iraq as well as the Sunni Arab bloc led by parliamentary speaker Mohammed al Halbousi. It took such a toll on me. Long live the lettuce. Between October last year and January this year, Sadr and his new allies were successful in having Halbousi reinstated as a speaker but had failed to make any further gains. Some of Sadr's candidates for the presidency were repeatedly blocked by his rivals from the Coordination Framework – an umbrella bloc of Shia hardliners with overt ties to Iran and from whom the new prime minister, Mohammed Shia al Sudani, hails. There were financial burdens. Rather than continue to use his parliamentary dominance to stall out his opponents, Sadr took the extraordinary step – and without consultation with his allies – to command all his MPs to resign their parliamentary seats in June. In one unfathomable move, Sadr ceded his parliamentary majority to his apparently erstwhile foes and rivals, leaving his allies stranded and forced to reconsider their positions.” The Hicks family represent an often overlooked aspect of wrongful incarcerations and exonerations: that families suffer along with those wrongfully convicted. Since then, there have been short outbursts of violence as Sadr continues to demand new elections , including by attempting to force the Supreme Federal Court – Iraq’s highest judicial authority – to declare the 2021 elections that he won null and void. Naturally, this would mean that Sadr was effectively saying that his own electoral victory was illegitimate, a reality not lost on either his foes or the general Iraqi public. And Black families are affected the most. But Sadr is not alone in shouldering responsibility for Iraq’s never-ending crises. Rather than set the standard for behaviour in the public sphere and acting as leaders, Iraqi elites have instead presided over almost two decades of rampant corruption, sectarian violence and nepotism. “And that means more Black families are impacted,” said Samuel Gross, the registry’s founder and senior editor. This indicates that today’s ongoing chaos is, in fact, a symptom of a failing political process and is not, in fact, the fundamental cause of it, leading to the question of exactly how long Iraq can continue to weather such storms. My guess is not very long at all. They’re no happy endings with exonerations. Disclaimer: The viewpoints expressed by the authors do not necessarily reflect the opinions, viewpoints and editorial policies of TRT World. We welcome all pitches and submissions to TRT World Opinion – please send them via email, to opinion. And .editorial@trtworld. com Source: TRT World ..