Iraq election law, no solution yet

A funny sit­u­a­tion and exchange of words between Al-Hashimi and Al-Alusi.

Alusi called to with­draw con­fi­dence from AL-Hashimi, because he is one who caused sec­tar­i­an­ism, Al-Hashimi answered: “Peo­ple who live in glass houses … Those who secretly sneak at night to visit Israel must be charged with high treason”.

(Some exchange of words between Hashimi and Maliki also reported on Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, after Maliki called Hashimi’s veto “unconstitutional”).

As for the sit­u­a­tion right now, last news says that there are no agree­ment yet. Sun­nis and sec­u­lars are a bit irri­tated with Washington’s posi­tion from the whole issue, one com­mu­nist activist in the par­lia­ment put it like: “The Amer­i­cans are more inter­ested in pass­ing the new elec­tion law than imple­ment­ing real democracy”.

Even Biden’s tele­phone call to Hashimi, couldn’t solve the dead­lock, as stated by Hashimi’s announce­ment today, leav­ing the options open: “There is noth­ing seri­ous in the solu­tions we heard about till now”.

Which is also, said by other MPs such as Al-Karbuli: “Nego­ti­a­tions with Al-Hashimi are still below the accept­able level”.

Dis­play of Power?

It is clear that what is hap­pen­ing now is a test of strength and power between the par­ties that ben­e­fited from the new amended law and Hashimi and his sup­port­ers. AL-Hayat sees that at the end Hashimi will accepts the new law, explains:

Sun­nis are shocked when dis­cov­ered that they can­not change the de-facto equa­tion on the ground, to widen their options, they choose to join coali­tions with Lib­er­als and sec­u­lars, but even those are besieged by the com­plex­ity nature of the elec­toral mech­a­nisms, which will blocks their chances.