The insistence on the continuation of the quota approach is something that was planned externally, and the first sectarian trend was the beginning of the movements of Mr. Ahmed Chalabi (one of the opponents of Saddam Hussein’s regime, and the first agent of the Americans) at that time in order for the Shiite bloc, with Iranian and American blessing, to enter the elections with the aim of dominating and controlling the Parliament.

A simple review of the years after 2003 and the advent of governments, especially after the first legislative elections and the results that resulted, were considered the first step towards perpetuating sectarianism and hateful quotas at the expense of the national approach.

The external powers, led by the American administration, did not hesitate to establish the Governing Council led by the American civilian governor, Paul Bremer, and then Iran intervened, relying on facilitation by some of the Shiite forces affiliated with it.  During the political process troubled by obstacles and failures, these forces succeeded in dominating and controlling the government and Parliament.

This control was able to pass laws enshrining sectarian quotas, foremost of which is an unfair electoral law that contributed to the seizure of citizens’ electoral votes.

The dominant powers played a significant role in adhering to quotas, and the Election Commission also played a negative role because it was not independent and was formed according to the principles of sectarianism.   This resulted, due to financial and administrative corruption, in assassinations, killings, and displacement carried out by militias according to a grand plan. Therefore, all attempts at reform and change collided with Shiite forces with sectarian political influences and foreign relations, especially with Tehran. These relations appeared clearly in the movements of some of these forces, especially Nouri al-Maliki (former Prime Minister), and it is not wrong to remember his statements regarding this. We quote, “No one will be able to take power from us, and we will not give it to anyone,” which is a clear statement about the extent to which the mentality of possession and division adheres to thought. sectarian.

And to stand against any attempt at reform and change and the continuation of political disputes, sectarian disputes and sectarian division despite the statements of Al-Maliki and others, and these are the ones who insist on the continuation of the sectarian spiral and the quota approach.

Since the beginning, their methods, movements, and plans have been exposed in forming new militias, supporting old ones, arming them with the latest weapons, creating crises and disputes, following a policy of exclusion, and attempts to change the direction of building a national army with national missions and replacing it with militias affiliated with sectarian parties to settle scores and differences.

Then to transform these militias into a military force that could take the place of the army, as is the case with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

The widespread rejection of the sectarian approach and the strict position on it have thwarted many plans that were intended to expand further. We are witnessing the continuation of protests, demonstrations, and sit-ins, and the position on the recent elections, which has become almost daily, against what resulted from the policy of sectarian forces and affiliated armed sectarian militias, and making this approach a given so that it does not take place. Change.

The struggle to end sectarian quotas went through several stages, and each time when some solutions approach to emerge into the space of citizenship, we find that the rejectionist forces that hide under the slogans of patriotism create crises and problems.

  Indeed, some of the militias moved to the front and used them, as happened with the October Uprising and the attacks and assassinations that resulted from the terrorism of the affiliated militias, so that these forces and their militias were able to neutralize the uprising, limit it, and disperse it into several places and for many demands.  When the pressure intensified and the trend developed towards benefiting from the recent legislative elections and the losses that the influential forces suffered and the Sadrist bloc’s victory of 73 seats and its call for a political majority government, differences developed and the conflict intensified between the Shiite blocs, which led to the formation of a type of Shiite alliance called the “coordination framework.”

The “coordination framework” was alone in the arena after the Sadrist bloc resigned from Parliament, so the coordination framework was able to form (it appears that the plan succeeded in maintaining the quotas). The coordination framework assigned Nouri al-Maliki’s candidate, Mr. Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani, to form the ministry, and this is what happened, and as we believe, the problem is not in forming a government. The problem is that the government was based on the sectarian and party quotas approach, and this is an indication that the political, economic, and living problems and difficulties remain as they are.

Dollar crisis:

As for the dollar crisis, it has its effects on the Iraqi economy, and smuggling networks play a major role in smuggling dollars to Iran. An Iraqi banking advisor, Mr. Muhammad al-Husseini, indicated to Al-Ofoq Al-Mustaqil newspaper, “Iran receives about 100 million dollars a month from Iraqi merchants.”   In this context, officials in the Sudanese Prime Minister’s administration confirmed that they have conclusive evidence that there are smugglers who buy large quantities of dollars from the currency markets in Baghdad and smuggle them through the border crossings to Iran.

As for the Iraqi border police department at the Shalamja crossing near the city of Basra, dozens of smugglers buy dollars from the currency markets in Baghdad and use school bags to transport them before packing them in four-wheel drive cars to the border, under the protection of armed guards, and our people and their national forces have the right to ask: Who are these people? .

As we have pointed out and many have confirmed, there will be difficulties and problems without correct solutions because the government of Muhammad Shia al-Sudani was based on the interests and consensuses regarding the quotas that were obtained for the Sunni forces, the Shiite forces, the Kurds, and others.

Muhammad Akram (an independent politician) confirmed, “The political forces that have controlled the political system for years have been demanding that they fulfill their obligations before the people.”

They also formed governments according to their desires.” Nazir Al-Kanduri, the writer and political analyst, believes that the program of Muhammad Al-Sudani’s government is “closer to wishful thinking than to being implementable steps.” Thus, for the millionth time, life and the tangible reality in Iraq are proven.

“The quota government cannot succeed in achieving the legitimate needs and demands of the people, and it will not be able, no matter how much it promises, to move the country from its miserable reality to a better reality in which social justice and the demands of the popular masses that they announced in the October Uprising are achieved, as well as what the national and democratic forces stressed about the necessity of change and ending The abhorrent sectarian quota system.” Events also showed that the quotas extended further and included the military and security institution, the army

Al-Foq Al-Mustaqil newspaper noted, “The past two months have witnessed many changes in the Ministry of Defense, at the level of military commanders, all of which were implemented on the basis of sharing quotas between the political blocs.” So, the influential forces and the various armed Shiite militias are nested deep within the state, and it is an interconnection that is difficult to resolve by the coordination framework and the Sudanese government, which cannot take any step or action that is against its political interests and sectarian goals, and cannot do anything to undermine its gains and dominance. On the state.

As for the urgent demands related to the affairs of the Iraqi citizen, his living conditions, and his tragic conditions, they will remain as they are, and no party will be able to find logical solutions except the state. Especially if it is liberated from quotas and becomes a democratic civil state, and as Raed Fahmi, Secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party, pointed out, “As long as the state possesses the dollar, it is able to import, especially basic materials that are included in the consumption of vulnerable families, and on the other hand, it enhances the ration card and its components and provision.”

Before us are the tragic results that prevail in the public and private situation in the country, which are due to the approach of sectarianism and the monopolization of the powerful sectarian forces. These results, if they continue, will be more destructive and disastrous and will create, instead of a crisis, many crises. It seems that the sectarian forces are not concerned about this catastrophe and are continuing and racing against time to remain in power. .

The successive crises accompanying the rule of the quota system are crushing our people, and with them the rates of poverty, unemployment, and disease are rising, and the inability of those in power to find solutions and treatments continues.

It is not expected today, after the experience of their rule continuing for 19 years, yes more than 19 years, from bad to worse and from crisis to severe crisis. The time has come to get rid of quotas and subordination and adopt the citizenship approach to save Iraq before it is too late.