BREAKING NEWS: IRAQ IN STATE OF CHAOS: CIVILIANS GROW RESTLESS OVER LACK OF GOVERNMENT

Iraqis restless over late govt. formation – analysts

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BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Analysts believe that the late formation of a government three months after the parliamentary elections brought Iraqis to feel restless and nervous and opened the door for political conflicts.

“The Iraqis are now exasperated with all political parties and blocs for their failure to reach an agreement over a government lineup,” political analyst Rebin Rassoul told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The Iraqi citizens’ anger just took the form of demonstrations and sit-in strikes, let alone their collapse in this sweltering heat due to the lack of necessary services,” he added.

Rassoul pointed out that if the political blocs remain incapable o solving these problems the citizens would augment their forms of protests, which would add to a deteriorating security condition harming the country’s social harmony.

The political scene in Iraq is now witnessing an intensive dynamics a few days after convening the new 325-seat parliament’s first session on June 14. The session was confined to ceremonial oath-taking procedures due to the blocs’ failure to reach consensus over naming their candidates for the three top posts in the state: a president, a prim minister and speaker of parliament.

The disputes come amidst heated competition between the two largest blocs to for a government as the Iraqi National Alliance (INA), which won 159 seats, seeks winning the prime minister post while al-Iraqiya bloc of former Iraqi premier Iyad Allawi (91 seats) insists on retaining its constitutional right to form a government as it had been the bloc that won the largest number of seats in the March 7 legislative elections.