The committee had been formed during the legislature's first session in 2005 with the goal of distributing government appointments as well as military commands in accordance with the social components of the Iraqi people — Arab Shiites and Sunnis, Kurds, Christians, Turkmens and so on — and their parliamentary representation.
“The results of the general elections determine each political party’s share of government posts in a fair manner without marginalizing any party when it comes to leadership and decision-making,” Saadoun claimed.
“Taking the election results into consideration does not imply sectarian or racial quotas with respect to distributing posts or adopting a technocracy, for each parliamentary bloc can nominate several qualified figures for each government post before the prime minister selects one among them.”
In regard to the larger issue, Yasin Bakri, a political science professor at Nahrain University, told Al-Monitor:
“The suspension of Article 61 of the Iraqi Constitution has been intentional over the past few years, ever since the constitution was adopted in 2005 until now. The prime ministers who were in office have been trying to control all aspects of the state by overriding parliamentary powers in terms of appointing senior public officials.”
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