In the presence of President Jalal Talabani, Prime Minister Nuri Almaliki , President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Medhat Almahmoud, and a large number of political figures and members of the Council of Representatives, Ministers and representatives of civil society organizations and the clergy of various denominations, ISCI held an event marking the anniversary of the Iraqi martyr on Saturday, June 4, 2011.

Sayed Alhakim stressed in his speech on the importance of teamwork and concrete efforts to provide a decent life for the citizens of Iraq. Considering that the Iraqi people are in dire need for what they deserve, this is a travesty because their country is one of richest countries in the world. Addressing Politicians and saying they must act in accordance with national and historical responsibility and rid of the differences within the framework of the national interest, and the need to separate the security issues from politics so that Iraqis can enjoy the wealth of their country. He stressed on the importance of reducing the number ministries and strengthening national partnership and purging the security services of lurking menaces and filling vacancies in the security ministries. There is a great need to rely on qualified candidates in order to move towards the completion of the process of building the new Iraq.

He stressed that he would continue the same path trodden by late Sayed Abdul Aziz Alhakim and to reach the high goals of building a stable Iraq, an Iraq of freedom, independence, and justice.

He noted that this requires a united stance and work as a team among all political forces and the Iraqi leadership and the joints of the government. Sayed Alhakim pointed out that it is a national and historical responsibility and that everyone must be held accountable in the framing of differences and political interpretations within the framework of the national interest.

President Jalal Talabani recalled his strong personal relationship with the bereaved martyr Sayed Mohammed Baqir Alhakim and Sayed Abdul Aziz Alhakim, praising the role of the Alhakim family in combating injustice, dictatorship. He said that the "Alhakim family fought against the most notorious dictatorship, where they fought with unprecedented valiance against all forms of injustice and against tyranny, and justice for the oppressed and to uphold the right word."
President Talabani added: "If the loss of martyr Sayed Mohammed Alhakim and late Sayed Abdul Aziz is a great loss to our country, then it is double loss for me. I had with Mohammed Baqir Alhakim and Abdul Aziz Alhakim the bonds of amity and brotherhood and the bonds of struggle and unity of aspirations and hope in the future of Iraq that is free from injustice in all its forms".
Prime Minister Maliki in his remarks stressed that they fought to defend the oppressed.
The Prime Minister stressed on the significant role assigned to Late Sayed Mohammed Alhakim after the liberation of Iraq from the previous regime; when Sayed Muhammad Baqir Alhakim called for unity among Iraqis of various persuasions and the need to address the oppression and injustice and tyranny which was exercised by the previous tyrannical regime.

Mr. Massoud Barazani, Kurdistan's president stressed in a speech read on his behalf by Mr. Hoshyar Zebari, Minister of Foreign Affairs, that Sayed Mohammed Baqir Alhakim was a defender of the concept of national unity, indicating that he stood in front of all the attempts that wanted to disrupt this unity, he added that" The targeting of martyr Sayed Mohammed Baqir Alhakim was an attempt to tear apart the unity of the Iraqi people but they failed to do so.

He cited the national role of Alhakim by launching a fatwa Imam Late Sayed Muhsin Alhakim, when he banned the fighting and the killing of the Kurds.
He pointed out that the relation between the Kurdistan Democratic Party ISCI is a historic relationship evidenced by the years of struggle in the trenches and in the Diaspora for change, freedom and democracy. He said that the Kurds' relationship with Alhakim family was deepened more: "because Sayed Ammar Alhakim is pursuing a national approach to resolve Iraq's problems."

The head of the Syrian Catholic Church in Baghdad, Cardinal Khoury Boyce Qasha, confirmed today that the celebration of the anniversary of Martyr's Day and the martyrdom of Sayed Mohammed Baqir Alhakim, and Sayed Abdul Aziz Alhakim, in Iraq, is a celebration of all the blood that has been shed on the ground in Iraq.
He recalled the targeting of the Church of Our Lady of Salvation and the targeting of mosques and Shiite mosques, and other churches, noting that Iraqis in their various colors and beliefs standstill, and will continue to pursue the principle of brotherhood and the worship of God. Cardinal Qasha recalled the national roles of Sayed Mohammed Baqir Alhakim and Sayed Abdul Aziz Alhakim in this respect and others.