The President of the Republic calls for a new political contract that achieves the capable state that protects and serves its people

Sunday 12 September 2021 23:34
 
Baghdad / NINA / - The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, called for a new political contract that would achieve the capable state that protects and serves its people.

Saleh said in an interview on Al-Jazeera: The next stage in Iraq is decisive, and after 18 years, it is only possible to acknowledge the existence of a structural defect in the system of government, and the need to move towards reform, noting that elections are an opportunity for Iraqis and its alternative is chaos, and it must be fair and expressive of their will. Free, in order to produce a capable, effective government that expresses the will of the Iraqis and works to harness the country's resources to serve them.

He pointed out that "the popular movement came against the background of misery and deprivation and the Iraqis' refusal to violate their country, and their slogan was eloquent, which is "We want a homeland", and the popular movement succeeded in emphasizing the necessity of reforming the political situation and calling for early elections.

He added, "The current situation in Iraq is unacceptable and unsustainable, and it is time for Iraq, after all these difficult years, to have a rational system of governance that guarantees its citizens a free and dignified life. ".

He also added, "There are political and social discussions and elites about the need to review the constitution. It has many positives, but there are deficiencies that need to be addressed.

He pointed out that" Iraq's money derived from oil since 2003 until now amounts to about one thousand billion dollars, and estimates indicate that the looted funds From Iraq abroad $150 billion, and we must work to recover it. We asked the world to form an international coalition to fight corruption and recover looted funds, similar to the international coalition to combat ISIS.

He added, "Iraq will either be the arena of others' struggle and everyone will lose in that, or it will be a bridge for economic and commercial communication and infrastructure projects, as the region cannot rise without Iraq."

He pointed out that "the Iraqi-Jordanian-Egyptian rapprochement is an important rapprochement based on a vision for security The entire region is based on creating job opportunities and economic interdependence.

"All Iraqis in Basra, Baghdad, Najaf, Mosul, Sulaymaniyah and Erbil are in agreement on the need to reform the situation, and it is in the interest of the Kurds to be in harmony and integration with Baghdad

," Saleh said. "The number of Iraqis now is 40 million, and in 2050 it will reach 80 million." The global demand for oil in 2030 will decrease due to environmental policies in the world, and it will be reflected in a decline in the income of not only Iraq, but the entire region, and we must move towards cooperation frameworks that take into account these facts.


He stressed that "Iraq is committed to defending the Palestinian cause and the right of the Palestinian people, and peace cannot be established in the region without approving the full and legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, and the issue of normalization will not be brought up with us because it is not a topic for discussion at all.

" Iraq, and is based on returning to our green past and protecting biodiversity. / End 8

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