Iraq .. Small components receive the new government lukewarm

It expresses a number of ethnic and religious components of Iraq society; Such as the Turkmen, the Yazidis, and the Sabean Mandaeans, expressing their frustration at the possibility of not being truly represented in the new government, considering that this is a continuation of the old approach.

In their conversations with “TnT Universal Tv”, leaders of these components mentioned that there are negotiations to obtain ministerial seats, and some of them demanded excluding the language of numbers in representing the components in the government, that is, with regard to the number of Iraq is affiliated with it.

Since the fall of the regime of the late Iraq President Saddam Hussein, after the US invasion in 2003, governments have been formed in the majority of their members from the main components of the country: Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds, while other components object to no avail, and the quota system based on the political and numerical strength of the bloc prevails.

With the formation of the recent government, headed by Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani, demands emerged from various components that they should participate in the government, through one or two ministers.

These components often obtain a limited number of seats in Parliament, which do not qualify them to participate in the government, which often requires about 8 deputies to reserve a “minister” seat in the government.

Turkmen negotiations

The leader of the Iraq Turkmen Front, Fawzi Akram, believes that the representation of the components will give it a better impetus and impetus than limiting the government to some components.

At the same time, he points out that “there are negotiations to obtain two ministries in the Sudanese government, for the third component, which is the Turkmen, especially since this component did not take its real role in successive governments, and it is time to break this unfair rule, to have the honor of participating in building the Iraq state.” .

The Turkmen leader adds, “We have to deal with all Iraq components on the same scale, without prioritizing one over the other, if we want to reach a just state, dominated by democratic values, but what happens is double standards in many cases.”

It seemed that the file of minority participation in the government did not take an appropriate share of the discussions of forming the new government for reasons related to electoral volumes, as well as the great scramble for ministerial positions and quotas. Which makes thinking about other minorities, according to some, a “luxury”.

Ministry for Christians.. Nothing for Sabeans

The Christian component managed to get the Ministry of Migration and Displacement in the Sudanese government, but usually if minorities are represented, they will get marginal ministries.

In turn, the head of the Sabean-Mandaean bloc in Parliament, Osama Al-Badri, believes that “there has been an exclusion and marginalization of the components for decades, as governments are formed from the basic components and the exclusion of small components, and this gives a negative image of the political blocs’ interaction regarding the involvement of the rest of their people in the decision.”

With regard to the size of the components, Al-Badri calls for “the need not to deal with these components in the language of numbers, and to grant them an exception to obtain a fair representation that reflects the image of Iraq diversity.”

According to Al-Badri, the inclusion of all components in the government is a message to immigrants abroad, that they can return to their sense of safety, when they see their compatriots in influential positions, able to protect them and provide for their living requirements.

Regarding the new prime minister, Al-Badri says in a critical tone that he “did not involve us in anything, such as consultation, knowledge of our opinion and the requirements of our Sabean-Mandaean people.”

Involve party leaders

Iraq includes a large number of components, such as Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen, Sabean-Mandaeans, Kaka’is, Yazidis and others.

If some political blocs nominate formerly independent figures to represent them in the government, and to suggest their asceticism in the position, the Sudanese government included the participation of blatant party leaders, which sparked criticism against it, as it adopted explicit quotas.