“Boycotting proceedings is an old method of protesting but it’s useless,” al-Bayati noted. “It keeps on being used but the government must continue its work. So the ministers that boycott will be replaced and the new ones will come from among al-Maliki’s supporters.”
Meanwhile those politicians who fear the idea of majority rule, have also been busy explaining why consensus is still the best method for Iraq for the time being. There is a lack of trust in government and there is a lot of missing legislation as well as a lack of civil peace. That’s why it’s still important that all sectors of Iraqi society be represented in politics – then they won’t feel marginalized and they will be reassured that a new dictatorship cannot emerge. When those various sectors do start to feel left out of the political process, the results have been violence and tension, they say.
“A decade has passed since the end of the old regime [headed by Saddam Hussein] but we’re still living in a transitional phase,” Khalid al-Alwani, a Sunni Muslim and MP for the opposition Iraqiya bloc, told NIQASH. “In order to form a majority government, we first need political stability and security. Also, all the required, basic legislation needs to be in place. The Constitution is not complete and there’s no agreement around various issues of social justice and the rights of minorities, the relationship between the various regions, the powers of various executive branches of government and even foreign relations. All these things are still needed. Which is why we are not yet ready to form a majority government.”
“In addition to politics, the security situation is also extremely unstable,” added Kurdish MP, Shwan Mohammed Taha. “Iraq is still at war with extremist groups like al-Qaeda and those groups have proven their ability to survive and to attack, just as they did a few days ago when they mounted an assault on the Justice Ministry.”
That is why Iraq still needs to work out its political affairs using the consensus method, he argues. “The various sectors in the country are still afraid they are going to be marginalized,” Taha said. “And al-Maliki is doing this because he wants to govern the country all by himself. Which means he’s replicating the former dictatorship Iraq suffered under.”
The name of the game is "do not blame me!".
The kurds and sunnies are pushed to a break away from Baghdad and perhaps Iraq. If they are forced to leave the central government and ask for some sort of independence then it is their own decision, not the bad guy al-Maliki. He, he, he
Its like everyone keeps saying, those people can't agree on anything. Their so concerned about not getting every nickel that's out there, to share it with the rest of their people. Saddam, might have been a tyrant, but he controlled the way things were done, and their money was worth something. Now, you have all these greedy politicians, and carpetbaggers, in there cleaning up on everything. it's like the civil war, that happened in the US. All the civilized peopled left their country, and the riff raff came in, and are raping the country of all its wealth. These companies are setting up shop, but they will not accept payment for goods or services with the Iraqi Dinar. Its dollars, euros, etc. anything BUT the Dinar. So HOW can this country come together, if their own money is worthless???? It can't. All of those power wielding people there, don't get paid in Dinar, so how can this country make it. The answer is, IT CAN't and IT WON'T, until there currency is circulated amongst the streets and the people. Until then, it's a country without any direction. Maliki, can't get it together, and now he wants to be a dictator of how things are going to go. The only way to get those people to understand anything is to wield a gun, when giving a directive. Saddam knew this, he knew his people better than anyone. Yes, he was a monster, but he controlled the wild animals, and the only thing that has been eliminated is the zookeeper (animal tamer) whatever. Now everything is amok, with NO guidance or direction. Ask any of those politicians, if they are paid in Iraqi Dinar?????? They will respond " Are you crazy" "I don't work for free" Until they get their currency objectives in order, this country will CONTINUE to be bled of all its wealth, and the ones driving the bus are filling their cache's with anything but Dinar.