The political stagnation over the past few weeks has influenced the political scene because of differences between the political blocs, especially issues related to government posts, where this issue still experiences push and pull. This is what has characterized the Iraqi arena, as it did not work in more than one joint of the body of the executive and legislative work which resulted in a state of a loss of confidence, between the political parties. This in turn has contributed to the state of frustration experienced by the Iraqi citizens because of the inability of the current government in the provision of basic services which have fallen alarmingly, and that they no longer trust the promises offered by the relevant authorities concerning the provision of  essential services to the citizens. We believe that there is a combination of key factors that have led to the failure of the political blocs and the government together, and these factors are the following:

1- Unique political decision-making:

All the political blocs agree upon the success of the national partnership, which led to the formation of the three presidencies and ended the political crisis that lasted more than eight months. But what has happened is that some politicians are trying to monopolize the political decision making process without consulting their partners and this is what has led some to be forced to take positions more rigid and tougher than any political decision issued by the executive branch that did not participate in the making of it. Perhaps the comments of his Excellency the President of the Republic of Iraq, Mr. Jalal Talabani, during the iftar dinner hosted by him in the presence of many senior officials in the Iraqi state, that true partnership is not to subscribe in the government, but to actively participate in making political decisions.

We believe that the best solution is to stand against this political deterioration and to bring about the activation of the national partnership that was agreed upon by everyone in the agreement of Erbil and that not taking the opinion of our government colleagues will complicate the political scene.

2- Government program:

Most of the political blocs within the National Alliance and outside it say that the government program submitted by the Iraqi National Coalition is the best and most favorable to the prospects towards the launch of scientific and practical progress that aim to go about solving all the problems that have accumulated. This includes the level of basic services that must be submitted to the citizen. Political observers believe that the current government program did not take into account what National Alliance submitted, but relied on partisan and factional visions and perceptions. These observers question that if the principles of partnership have not been achieved at its lowest levels within the National Alliance, then how can it be achieved at the level of politics and parties and actors within the state of Iraq?

We emphasize the need for discussions and revisions for the previous period and the evaluation of the work of the current government, and to take advantage of the programs established by the parties affiliated within the National Alliance, as that responsibility is shared. We call to review the current government’s programs that have caused a lot of setbacks, both on the level of security or services.

3- Lack of trust between the parties:

ISCI affirmed that the most important factor for success is to build bridges of trust between all the political blocs to overcome all the crises and problems facing the political process, and warned of the lack of it, because this will exacerbate the problems and crises.

We believe that there are difficulties with accepting the other side and listening to them because of the lack of an atmosphere of trust and understanding, in spite of the political consensus. The majority of these efforts have gone with the wind when it hit the factional interests, but we hope that everyone is aware of the challenges facing Iraq internally and externally.

4 Waste of public money:

The worst thing that characterized the last eight months is the high rate of waste of public money, both in terms of fictitious contracts or the implementation of projects by the services ministries or the exploitation of state funds for partisan and factional purposes unrelated to the interests of the Iraqi people. A statement issued by the Parliamentary Integrity Committee recently says that Iraq is in a danger stage after the loss of public fund due to corruption and that this cannot be covered because it affects the infrastructure and strategic projects of the Iraqi state and the volume of this waste, which reached unimaginable numbers estimated at billions of dollars went into the pockets of influential people in the state at the expense of depriving Iraqis. Perhaps the revelations report that was issued by the Office of Financial Supervision recently which stated that the Office of the Prime Minister allocated danger expenses to the employees of the Office of the Prime Minister in dollars and then converted it to the Iraqi dinar at an exchange rate of 1500 dinars. This cost upwards of 706 billion Iraqi dinars, and with the existence of major corruption covered in most cases because they affect the senior officials and this is what was said by the Parliamentary Integrity Committee. This confirmed the fact that senior state officials obstruct the work of the Committee, which delays the process of detecting corrupt files and provide those involved to justice, despite that the Commission has evidence of contracts of a number of ministries by officials trying to cover up these crimes, despite its widening danger.

5-The phenomenon of naming proxy ministries:

Political observers considered naming proxy ministries (interior, Defense, National Security Intelligence and finally electricity) a way to get around the election system and the rights of the political blocs. This is a departure from the national consensus and partnership. By  taking political decisions in an individual and monopolistic manner, it is considered that this measure comes in the context of the acquisition of positions and jobs in these ministries at the expense of equal opportunity without regard to the efficiency and integrity. This is despite the passage of nearly one year since the formation of a national partnership government.

This policy has formed a wide gap between the parties participating in the government, which led to a clear decline in its performance, which reflected negatively on the lives of citizens at the security level and services. This has led to distrust and a lack of confidence among the parties, and allowed a large scope for administrative and financial corruption in most joints of the Iraqi state. Despite warnings from the political blocs in the parliament of the consequences of this policy, which they described as marginalization, exclusion and political decision-making unilateralism, even within the Cabinet, this practice has continued.

We call on all political blocs to unify the political discourse and acceptance of others and accelerate the filling of vacancies in these ministries and adopt a policy of equal opportunities in accordance with political merits away from seizing all the jobs at the expense of partners in the political process.  This is needed to stand up to any new crises added to the crises of the country's chronic problems that has defied solution.