On demand opposition

That is pathetic, Abdul Ameer Al-Rukabi the “designed” oppo­si­tion after his nego­ti­a­tions with Maliki gov­ern­ment [see this Eng­lish report ], wrote a very weird arti­cle on Al-Quds Al-Arabi called “What I told Maliki and what he told me in Bagh­dad”. Don’t let the title mis­lead you because 3/4 of the arti­cle about Maliki’s open­ness, intel­li­gent and his good ini­tia­tive, the guy went so low say­ing; Maliki is a genius”.

Guess what his demand from Maliki is? A cen­tral gov­ern­ment, that’s all, as if there is some kind of tele­pathic com­mu­ni­ca­tion between Al-Rukabi and Maliki.

Al-Rukabi claims that he rep­re­sents the oppo­si­tions and they sent him to Bagh­dad to nego­ti­ate with the gov­ern­ment, but who are the oppositions?

The Ba’ath party rejected Maliki gov­ern­ment say­ing there is no way to cut a deal with a gov­ern­ment appointed by the occupation,the Islamic resis­tance refused this ini­tia­tive call­ing it “media trick” saying:

There are 4 mil­lion dis­placed Iraqis and refugees in other coun­tries, before they announce a rec­on­cil­i­a­tion ini­tia­tive, Maliki should repair the six years dam­ages caused by the gov­ern­ment and the occupation.

Moham­mad Kharoub on Jor­dain Al-Rai pin­pointed the prob­lems with Maliki’s initiatives:

Can we count on a state ran by three sec­tar­ian fac­tions? … The nature of the nego­ti­a­tions based on con­tain­ing the oppo­si­tion forces in one box …Al-Maliki chose to strengthen his posi­tion in the polit­i­cal con­flict that took place recently and prob­a­bly will esca­late fur­ther with the approach of the par­lia­men­tary elec­tions… Maliki’s tac­tics in his rela­tion with the oppo­si­tion (till now) never reached the strate­gic level…Everything going on are maneu­vers and media test balloons.

Still there are no reac­tions from the Supreme Coun­cil and the Sadrists on Maliki’s ini­tia­tive, stay tuned I will update you if read or see something.